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riversedge

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Sat Jun 9, 2018, 12:03 AM Jun 2018

@govWalker: Study: Wisconsin poverty rate increases



Study: Wisconsin poverty rate increases



http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/study-wisconsin-poverty-rate-increases/article_a60d81d6-6b49-11e8-b539-dfddc539dc29.html#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

The Wisconsin Gazette Jun 8, 2018 Updated 15 min ago 0







WPM county-/multicounty-level poverty rates vary in relation to the overall state rate of 10.8 percent in 2016.


The 10th annual Wisconsin Poverty Report released June 8 found the rate increased to 10.8 percent in 2016, compared to 9.7 percent in 2015.

The annual study was led by Timothy Smeeding, a professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs and affiliate and former director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in collaboration with IRP programmer analyst Katherine Thornton.

They found poverty rates rose for children and elders as well using a tool called the Wisconsin Poverty Measure.
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WPM Child poverty increased by 2 percentage points to 12 percent, .............................

WPM elderly poverty rose from 7.8 to 9 percent between 2015 and 2016........................
As explained in the report, the WPM child poverty rate is almost 5 percentage points lower than the official child poverty rate because the WPM counts as income family resources from tax credits and noncash benefits — such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP food assistance, the child tax credit and earned income tax credit.
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@govWalker: Study: Wisconsin poverty rate increases (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2018 OP
As far as republicans are concerned that is a good thing. AJT Jun 2018 #1
WI income for seniors lowest of all states HelenWheels Jun 2018 #2
sad. riversedge Jun 2018 #3

HelenWheels

(2,284 posts)
2. WI income for seniors lowest of all states
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 01:12 PM
Jun 2018

Read this on a site comparing retirement sites for seniors. According to them WI average income for married seniors is $40,000/year. Even Misssissippi's was higher.

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