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NC among states with largest increase in people living in ‘poverty areas, Census Bureau reports (access required)

WASHINGTON – One in four U.S. residents live in "poverty areas," according to American Community Survey data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 2008 to 2012, up from less than one in five in 2000. These areas of concentrated poverty refer to any census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent of more. The ...

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