Nashville poverty down, but disparities still deep, By Tony Gonzalez, April 28, 2015, The Tennessean: “Poverty in Nashville lessened for the fourth straight year in 2013, but pockets of high need have proliferated since 2000, according to the latest Metro Social Services analysis presented Tuesday. The overall poverty rate dipped to 17.8 percent, but the higher rate for children remained stubborn at 30.5 percent. Poverty for a family of four is defined as no more than $24,250 in household income…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty