The suburbanization of poverty
Subtitle: trends in metropolitan America, 2000 to 2008
By: Elizabeth Kneebone and Emily Garr
Contributors: Garr, Emily; Brookings Institution. Metropolitan Policy Program
Series: Metropolitan opportunity series -- no. 3; Metropolitan opportunity series -- no. 3.
Publisher: Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Poverty; Statistics; Poor; Urban poor; Suburbs; Economic conditions
Description: Over the course of this decade, two economic downturns translated into a significant rise in poverty,  nationally and in many of the country's metropolitan and non-metropolitan communities.  Suburbs saw by far the greatest growth in their poor population and by 2008 had become home  to the largest share of the nation's poor. These trends are likely to continue in the wake of the  latest downturn, given its toll on traditionally more suburbanized industries and the faster pace  of growth in suburban unemployment. This ongoing shift in the geography of American poverty  increasingly requires regional scale collaboration by policymakers and social service providers in  order to effectively address the needs of a poor population that is increasingly suburban -- p.1

Over the course of this decade, two economic downturns translated into a significant rise in poverty, nationally and in many of the country's metropolitan and non-metropolitan communities. Suburbs saw by far the greatest growth in their poor population and by 2008 had become home to the largest share of the nation's poor. These trends are likely to continue in the wake of the latest downturn, given its toll on traditionally more suburbanized industries and the faster pace of growth in suburban unemployment. This ongoing shift in the geography of American poverty increasingly requires regional scale collaboration by policymakers and social service providers in order to effectively address the needs of a poor population that is increasingly suburban.
Notes: "January 2010."

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