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Which Places Made Progress Against Poverty in 2017?

Data from the 2017 American Community Survey were released in September, which can supplement recent Census data on poverty and income measurements to give a more robust picture of poverty in the United States. A post by Brookings summarizes the findings chiefly around disparities in rural and metropolitan poverty. Urban poverty continues to decline in aggregate, but fewer regions are experiencing that drop as compared to 2016. Overall, though, cities are experiencing accelerating rates of poverty reduction and changing twice as fast as stagnating suburban poverty reduction rates. Although poverty is still higher in cities, these trends contribute to a narrowing suburban-urban poverty gap due to both steeper rates of decline in cities and shallower rates of decline in the suburbs. The post also emphasizes how the American Community Survey can provide a more nuanced view of the uneven economy as compared to the Census data alone.
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Publication Date
2018-09-19
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