- Louisiana has sixth-highest income inequality in the nation, report finds, By Jeff Adelson, November 15, 2012, New Orleans Times-Picayune: “Louisiana has the sixth-highest level of inequality in the United States, a problem that has worsened in recent years due to stagnating wages for the poorest residents coupled with increases by those with high incomes, according to a report on the gap between rich and poor residents released Thursday. The state has seen the gap between those two population segments grow since the 1970s, a trend also apparent in the rest of the country, according to the report…”
- Income inequality study finds gap widening in Indiana, By Maureen Groppe, November 14, 2012, Journal and Courier: “The gap between the richest and poorest Hoosier households grew faster than in all but five other states in recent years, a new report concludes. In the late 1990s, the income of the richest fifth of Hoosier households was about six times the income of the poorest fifth. By the mid-2000s, the rich made eight times as much, according to a report released today from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute. Those think tanks focus on policies affecting low- and moderate-income families and on workers. The report also found that Indiana was one of seven states where the average income of the poorest households fell over the past three decades…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty