Race and the micro-scale spatial concentration of poverty

This paper uses block-group data from the US decennial censuses to document changes in concentrated poverty. It provides several substantive and methodological lessons. First, the majority of poor sub-county areas were located (and hidden) in low poverty counties. Second, the 1990s brought large dec...

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Published in:Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society economy and society, 2008-04, Vol.1 (1), p.51-67
Main Authors: Lichter, Daniel T., Parisi, Domenico, Taquino, Michael C., Beaulieu, Brian
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Language:English
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Summary:This paper uses block-group data from the US decennial censuses to document changes in concentrated poverty. It provides several substantive and methodological lessons. First, the majority of poor sub-county areas were located (and hidden) in low poverty counties. Second, the 1990s brought large declines in the share of high-poverty (sub-county) areas and the share of people, including poor people, who lived in them. Third, poor minorities-both in metro and non-metro areas-are highly ghettoized in high-poverty neighbourhoods and are highly segregated from whites and the nonpoor population. Discussions of concentrated poverty cannot be uncoupled from minority residence patterns.
ISSN:1752-1378
1752-1386
DOI:10.1093/cjres/rsm010