Profiles of Poor Counties: Some Empirical Evidence

摘要

What are the relationships between poverty and the stereotypes of poor areas. Do Census Bureau estimates of poverty in counties fit what we think about such places. These answers--in figures and graphs--help to profile poverty in US counties. The first section of this paper introduces the topic of poverty measurement, the second section describes the comparison data, the third section provides some generalities from the results, some expected, and some unexpected. The conclusion summarizes poverty profiles.