- Report: Allen County incomes faltering, By Bob Caylor, June 8, 2011, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: “In many ways, Allen County has been hit harder than the nation or Indiana as a whole by economic decline in the last decade, according to an analysis of the latest census data. Many parts of the information highlighted by the Community Research Institute at IPFW in a report released today are familiar. However, the institute collects and connects census data in a way that clearly shows the challenge confronting the community. There are strengths in Allen County, including population growth that outpaces the state as a whole and a continued advance in many measures of education. But 2010 census data, along with information from the 2005-09 American Community Survey, revealed the continuation of a long trend of median household income dwindling, compared with the nation as a whole…”
- Study: Local incomes slip as economy shifts, By Ron Shawgo, June 8, 2011, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: “Allen County is growing though incomes have slipped, has mixed educational success among minority groups and more college graduates but relatively few with advanced degrees. The findings are from a new local report that, while sounding some positive notes, expresses concern that black income, for example, has declined sharply compared with white income and poverty rates have increased dramatically among children and older residents. The report, to be released today by the Community Research Institute at IPFW, provides a profile of Allen County using recent census figures…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty