Poverty Rates by Race and Ethnicity

Poverty rates higher for blacks and Hispanics than whites and Asians, By Carol Morello, February 20, 2013, Washington Post: “Blacks and Hispanics in Maryland and Virginia are much more likely to be poor than whites or Asians there, but their poverty rates are still lower than the national average, the Census Bureau said Wednesday. A census report on poverty rates for various racial and ethnic groups found poverty widespread among American Indians, blacks and Hispanics…”
New report breaks down poverty levels among Latinos, By Emily DeRuy, February 21, 2013, ABC News: “Latinos are anything but homogenous, a fact underscored by a new Census Bureau report that shows a significant variance in poverty rates among different subgroups of Hispanics. The overall poverty rate for Hispanics is about 23 percent, but that number alone doesn’t do the millions of diverse Latinos living in the United States justice. The average Mexican, for example, has a very different life story than the average Cuban…”