Poverty Of The United States - 1667 Words

Poverty in America Poverty has become a major problem in the United States of America, affecting up to millions of Americans. Today the poverty level in the U.S is at a whopping sixteen percent. While sixteen percent doesn’t seem like a large number; it represents up to 40 million citizens in the United States. Statistics show that the poverty universe consumes up to 308,196,783 citizens that can be affected by poverty. According to the census Bureau, The poverty universe refers to the people who the Bureau can determine poverty status. However, the United States census Bureau has come up with a ninety percent confidence interval that shows that 48,810,868 to 49,067,044 citizens are affected by poverty. Coincidentally that interval†¦show more content†¦In addition to the studies done on poverty in America, I turned my focused on poverty over the state of North Carolina. North Carolina has a poverty universe of 9,396,989 and a ninety percent confidence interval of 1,687,683 to 1,73 4,979. From these estimates you can conclude that around 17 percent of North Carolina citizens are below the poverty line. In the graph below you will notice that in North Carolina the rate of poverty amongst the minorities in this state is very high. The Hispanic or Latino origin has the highest poverty rate sitting at thirty four percent followed by American Indians and then African Americans. Majority of the citizens living under the poverty line in North Carolina are residing in small counties around the state. Table 2 NC Source: U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits I researched three of the counties with the highest poverty rate (Anson County, Richmond County, and Scotland) and found that they had a very high poverty rate of twenty eight percent and above according to USDA . These are all rural, low incomes and high crime rate areas in