The key findings of a report by public policy fellow Tazra Mitchell, of N.C. Justice Center's Budget and Tax Center:
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Note: The counties marked in white either have no data available, or partial data, according to the N.C. Justice Center via Facebook.
- North Carolina’s poverty rate was 17.9 percent in 2011, statistically unchanged from the rate in 2010.
- The poverty rate jumped more than 25 percent since 2007, the beginning of the Great Recession.
- Nearly 1.7 million North Carolinians were officially in poverty in 2011, and more than 737,000 lived in deep poverty.
- The poverty rate for children in North Carolina was 25.6 percent in 2011, compared to 9.7 percent for seniors.
- People of color experienced higher rates of poverty. In 2011, 28 percent of African‐Americans, 34.9 percent of Latinos, and 27 percent of American Indians in the state lived in poverty.
- Median household income fell to $43,916 in 2011, down 1.8 percent from $44,726 in 2010.
- The poverty rate jumped more than 25 percent since 2007, the beginning of the Great Recession.
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Note: The counties marked in white either have no data available, or partial data, according to the N.C. Justice Center via Facebook.
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To much incomplete data....
By uh-oh
09/27/2012