Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Report to Members of the City of Tucson Mayor’s Commission on Poverty August 25, 2014 Journal

Who Are the Poor in Tucson, and Where Are They Located? 
Poverty in Tucson is highest among women, children, female-headed households where no husband is present, individuals living in nonfamily households, American Indians, Hispanics, those with less than a high school degree, the foreign-born, and persons who aren't employed or who work less than full-time year-round. Of the census tracts that are fully or mostly within the City of Tucson, 15 had poverty rates above 40% between 2008 and 2012. There is a clustering with one at the northeastern city limits, one to the east, three in the south, and the remaining ten neighborhoods contiguously spanning downtown, the university area, and north of the university up Miracle Mile. One quarter of Tucson's poor live in these neighborhoods characterized by concentrated poverty.


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