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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