Poverty

Percentage Of K-12 Students Living Below The Poverty Level

This map shows by census tract the percentage of K-12 students who are living in poverty.

Data Source:
POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS BY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY LEVEL OF SCHOOL FOR THE POPULATION 3 YEARS AND OVER
Universe: Population 3 years and over for whom poverty status is determined more information
2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Portraits From An Appalachian Battleground, 1964 – TIME.

War On Poverty: Portraits From An Appalachian Battleground, 1964 – TIME.

"The Valley of Poverty,” illustrated with some of the most powerful and intimate photographs of Dominis’ career, served (and still serves today) as an indictment of a wealthy nation’s indifference, and a plea β€” if not a demand β€” that the rest of the country not turn its back on the suffering of so many of its citizens."