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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:29 AM Jun 2016

More than 900,000 Alabamians live in poverty

al.com

Alabama, the heart of Red State America!

The 2016 Data Sheet reveals that 19.2 percent of Alabamians, or more than 900,000 people, live below the federal poverty line. Alabama’s poverty rate is higher than the national average of 15.5 percent.

Alabama is the fourth poorest state in the U.S., and 19.2 percent of Alabamians live below the federal poverty line, a noticeably larger percentage than the national average of 15.5 percent. The federal poverty line is $24,300 for a family of four.

19 of Alabama’s 67 counties have a poverty rate higher than 25 percent.

Alabama has the fourth highest rate of child poverty in the country, and more than 300,000 Alabama children live in poverty. This is especially true among minorities, as African American children are twice as likely to live in poverty as white children, and Hispanic or Latino children are three times more likely to live in poverty as white children.

More - and 2016 Data Sheet - at: http://alabamapossible.org/2016/06/13/more-than-900000-alabamians-live-in-poverty/


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More than 900,000 Alabamians live in poverty (Original Post) yallerdawg Jun 2016 OP
The governor and legislature of AL has made it very hard for people to function. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
$85,000,000 Medicaid shortfall still in place? yallerdawg Jun 2016 #2
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
1. The governor and legislature of AL has made it very hard for people to function.
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:36 AM
Jun 2016

While this isn't new, there sure seems to be some renewed push to crush the poor in the state.

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