U.S. Concentrated Poverty in the Wake of the Great Recession
Fourteen million Americans live in areas of extreme concentrated poverty, an increase of more than 5 million since 2009, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. U.S. Concentrated Poverty in the Wake of the Great Recession analyzes Census data to map trends in the concentrated poverty rate – the share of poor residents living in extremely poor neighborhoods, where 40 percent or more of the population lives below the poverty line. Concentrated poverty increased in 67 of the nation’s 100 largest metro areas between 2005-09 and 2010-14, and 15 percent of poor urban residents live in extremely poor neighborhoods, according to the report.