POVERTY CONCENTRATION BY RACE

Did you know that as of 2000, a poor White person in the United States was four times as likely to live in a low-poverty community than a poor Black person and more than three times as likely as a poor Latino person? Did you know that poor Blacks were also more than four times as likely and poor Latinos were more than three times as likely to live in areas of extreme poverty than poor Whites? 

Since low-poverty communities often have good schools, access to employment opportunities, strong local government services, and other opportunities and amenities, there are wide-ranging implications to this disparity.  One response is to create more affordable housing opportunities in low-poverty areas through mixed-income housing development.

To learn more about mixed-income housing being built in low-poverty communities across the country, read the C.H.O.I.C.E. Initiative’s report (June 2007) "Increasing Access to Low-Poverty Areas by Creating Mixed-Income Housing."