Report Shows That Few Metro Areas Made Progress Against Poverty in 2013 Brookings Institution
Newly released Census Bureau data confirm that, four years into
an official economic recovery, the nation’s largest metro areas
continued to struggle with stubbornly high poverty levels even
amid improving employment numbers.
This report by Elizabeth Kneebone and Natalie Holmes of the
Brookings Institution analyzes the 2013 American Community
Survey data on residents living below the federal poverty line.
