But even decades later, statistics from the US Census Bureau show that still more than 37 million Americans, or over 11% of the population, have been living in poverty. It was in 2009 that National Poverty In America Awareness Month became recognized, particularly when US Congress pass the Me...
TheUSCensusdeclaredthatin200813.2%ofthegeneralpopulationlivedinpoverty:8.6%ofallWhites9.8%ofallAsianAmericans23.2%ofallHispanics(ofanynationality)14.2%ofallAmericanIndiansandAlaskaNatives24.7%ofallblackAmericans.Abouthalfofthoselivinginpovertyarenon-Hispanicwhite,butpovertyratesaremuchhigherforblacksandother...
America is the country of the many opportunities but to this population that is currently struggling to survive day by day it seems to be an unrealistic fact. In America there is a lot of poverty that is occurring and it has to do with different reasons and situations that are happening ...
Poverty In America There is an issue in the United States that a large portion of the population is either choosing to ignore or is simply naïve to the facts. I am a firm believer that poverty is directly associated to education. Research has backed this theory as it shows that 53% of...
In 2009, immigrants made up the highest share of suburban poor in the West (27 percent) and the lowest in the Midwest (10 percent). In Miami, Los Angeles, McAllen, and Fresno, immigrants made up more than one third of the poor population living in suburbs. ■ The West was the only...
Reports on AmericaO'Hare, W. P., & Johnson, K. M. (2004). Child poverty in rural America. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau.O'Hare, W. P. (2009). The Forgotten Fifth: Child Poverty in Rural Amer- ica. Durham, NH: Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire. (Also ...
As you can see, the richest 1 percent of the population in China now earn a much bigger share of national income. Our friends on the left tell us that inequality is terrible. If they are right, the above chart is a damning indictment of China’s partial economic liberalization, which led...
Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from widespread poverty. This book provides the first rigorous assessment of changes in socio-economic conditions among the region's indigenous people, tracking progress in these indicators during the first international...
Which companies collect revenue from most of the US population? What can the individual Christian do to help reduce poverty? How is a lack of income the root cause of most social problems? What are the top organizations helping the homeless in America right now?
In order to positively integrate the entire population into the economy, the education of women should be a priority. According to the World Food Program, “if women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million”...