Mesa: Increase In Poverty Rate 2007-2017 Highest In The Nation

Got a clue?

New U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey data released yesterday show that Mesa and New Orleans saw their rates of poverty rise the most of 141 large cities.New Orleans might have an excuse named Katrina, but Mesa??? 
Half of the nation's 81 biggest cities haven't seen their poverty rates return to pre-recession level

On Sept. 12, the U.S. Census Bureau https://twitter.com/uscensusbureau

Just announced: 2017 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: https://go.usa.gov/xPrP2  
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WATCH THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM U.S. Census Bureau:

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Anyone on the Mesa City Council even bringing up Mesa Poverty Rate ??

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News Conference: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S., 2017

Published on Sep 12, 2018

Running time: 52:19

Full news conference from the Census Bureau's studio on 9/12/18. Includes presentations on income, poverty, health insurance and the Supplemental Poverty Measure for 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsZlKyDfexE____________________________________________________________

The headline was that 39.7 million people were poor in 2017.
This works out to 12.3 percent of the population or 1 in 8 Americans. The good news is that the U.S. poverty rate has fallen since 2010, when it hit 15.1 percent, and is now where it was before the Great Recession. NOT HERE IN MESA

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