Report finds rise in D.C. poverty to nearly 1 in 5 residents, By Tim Craig, March 25, 2010, Washington Post: “Nearly one out of five District residents lives at or below the poverty line, a statistic that helps expose a widening gap between the rich and the poor in the nation’s capital, according to a study released Tuesday by social justice organizations gearing up for the 2010 elections. The study, undertaken by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute on behalf of a coalition of more than 40 local organizations, concludes that last year the District experienced its biggest single-year increase in poverty since 1995. Based on unemployment rates and other data, the coalition estimates that the city has 106,500 residents — up 11,000 in a year — living at or below the poverty rate, which in 2009 was $21,800 for a family of four…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty