U.S. Poverty in Space and Time: Its Persistence in the South

Abstract

Poverty in the United States is not randomly distributed across the country in an even or fairly even pattern. As mapped by the authors, places with the worst poverty levels tend to cluster together in areas of persistent poverty. The authors point out that welfare reforms, whether they work or not, will have important implications for the South and Appalachia.

Keywords

• poverty
• patterns of poverty
• applalachia
• race