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This 10 page paper begins with a table depicting the poverty thresholds. The writer then presents the data on poverty in this country, including the improvements during the 1990s and then the increased numbers. Possible causes of poverty are reported and discussed. The essay ends with suggested strategies to reduce poverty. 1 Table included. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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File: MM12_PGpovus.rtf
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# Persons 48 Contiguous States & D.C. Alaska Hawaii 1 $ 9,570 $11,950 $11,010 2 12,830 16,030 14,760 3 16,090 20,110 18,510 4 19,350 24,190 22,260 5 22,610 28,270 26,010
(Source: HHS, 2005). The data regarding poverty in America improved during the 1990s (Alter, 2005). In 2004, it got worse (Alter, 2005). The
number of Americans living below the poverty line reached 37 million recently (Alter, 2005). That was an increase of more than one million people in one year (Alter, 2005; Zuckerman,
2005). It represented a substantial increase since the year 2000 when the number was 31.1 million (Zuckerman, 2005). Proportionately, 12.7 percent of the entire American population were living in poverty
in 2004 (Zuckerman, 2005). In 2000, the percentage was 11.3 percent (Zuckerman, 2005). That is about the same percentage as in 1970 (Zuckerman, 2005). Dreier (2004) reported: "Poverty has moved
to the suburbs" (p. 7). In 2004, 13.8 million poor Americans lived in the suburbs and 14.6 million lived in cities (Dreier, 2004). This represents 38.5 percent of the entire
population living below the poverty line (Dreier, 2004). Poverty in the suburbs has increased at a rather steady rate over the last few decades (Dreier, 2004). For example, in
1970, 20.5 percent of poor Americans lived in the suburbs, in 2000, that had expanded to 35.9 percent and in 2004, the ratio increased to 38.5 percent (Dreier, 2004). The
suburbs are becoming more polarized economically (Dreier, 2004). There are poverty sections, sections where people are neither poor nor well-off, and the more affluent sections (Dreier, 2004). The poor
and rich sections have increased while the middle section has decreased (Dreier, 2004). Just like poor sections in the cities, poor sections in the suburbs are beset with numerous problems,
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