Regional Poverty

The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the US

Alan Berube, Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institute, October 2008

Urban and Rural Children Experience Similar Rates of Low-Income and Poverty (PDF)

Allison Churilla, The Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire, August 2008

Place Matters: Employers, Low-Income Workers, and Regional Economic Development

Nancy M. Pindus, Brett Theodos, G. Thomas Kingsley, Urban Institute, September 2007

Persistent Poverty and Place: How Do Persistent Poverty and Poverty Demographics Vary Across the Rural-Urban Continuum? (PDF)

Kathleen K. Miller, Mindy S. Crandall and Bruce A. Weber, Rural Poverty Research Center, Oregon State University, November 2002

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Rural

Understanding Very High Rates of Young Child Poverty in the South (PDF)

Marybeth J. Mattingly and Catherine Turcotte-Seabury, The Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire, June 2010

Challenges in Serving Rural American Children through the Summer Food Service Program (PDF)

Barbara Wauchope and Nena Stracuzzi, The Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire, May 2010

Concentrated Rural Poverty and the Geography of Exclusion (PDF)

Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi, Rural Sociological Society, November 2008

Place Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Four Rural Americas (PDF)

Lawrence C. Hamilton, Leslie R. Hamilton, Cynthia M. Duncan and Chris R. Colocousis, The Carsey Institute, August 2008

The Causes of Enduring Poverty in Alabama’s Black Belt (PDF)

Table 1: Selected Demographics of United States, Alabama, and Five Black Belt Counties (PDF)

Andrew A. Zekeri, Tuskegee University, 2004

Rural Economic Development and Persistent Poverty in the South (PPT)

Matt Bishop and Joe Whorton, In the Shadow of Poverty Conference, July 2004

The American Black Belt Region: A Forgotten Place (PPT)

Veronica Womack, In the Shadow of Poverty Conference, July 2004

Rural Poverty and the Cost of Living: Implications of Current Discussions on Changing How We Measure Poverty (PDF)

Dean Jolliffe, Economic Research Service and USDA, 2004 – paper presented at In the Shadow of Poverty Conference

Beyond the Interstate: The Crisis in Rural Alabama

Auburn University Economic Development Institute, January 2003

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Urban

Rising Poverty Threatens Neighborhood Vitality

The Urban Institute

The Next War on Poverty

Peter Edelman, Democracy Journal, Winter 2010

Combating Poverty: Emerging Strategies from the Nation’s Cities

National League of Cities, 2007

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Suburban

The Suburbanization of Poverty: Trends in Metropolitan America, 2000 to 2008

Elizabeth Kneebone, Emily Garr, The Brookings Institute, January 2010

Suburban Poverty and the Healthcare Safety Net

Laurie E. Felland, Johanna Lauer, Peter J. Cunningham, Center for Studying Health System Change, July 2009

The Symbolic Dilemmas of Suburban Poverty: Challenges & Opportunities Posed by Variations in the Contours of Suburban Poverty

Alexandra K. Murphy, Sociological Forum, 2010

Reversal of Fortune: A New Look at Concentrated Poverty in the 2000s

Elizabeth Kneebone, Alan Berube, Brookings Institute, August 2008

Two Steps Back: City and Suburban Poverty Trends 1999-2005

Alan Berube, Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institute, December 2006

Where Did They Go? The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America

Jason C. Booza, Jackie Cutsinger, George Galster, Brookings Institute, June 2006