It outlines and discusses US poverty statistics based on race, age, gender and region of the country. This book analyzes data surrounding hunger and food security issues within the United States. It addresses hunger and food security issues on a global scale. It offers a look at American workers and how they are managing in terms of family income, taxes, jobs, wages, wealth, poverty, and in comparison to workers abroad. The US Census Bureau offers a wide array of state and national statistical data and analysis through its CenStats and CenStore.
Topics range from housing to population to poverty.
The Department of Health and Human Services offers state and national data on social and health related issues. It also offers poverty guidelines and links to other sites. The University of Michigan's Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy not only offers a great deal of research and data resources, it also holds a fairly extensive website link page. Topics of links vary from statistical data to advocacy groups to government resources. It also offers information on advocacy and policy, education and training, and field work.