The Pros And Cons Of Poverty In The Non-Metro Area

The United States Census Bureau (2015) defined rural as any population, housing, and terrain not included within an urban area. Rural communities are described by Mohatt, Bradley, Adams, and Morris (2005), as cited in Curtin and Cohn (2015), as possessing higher rates of poverty, unemployment, underemployment, uninsured, and underinsured when compared to urban populations. Nelson, Pomerantz, Howard, and Bushy (2007) discussed how most

Poverty is present in today’s U.S. social system. For example, as Lesser states in the Clearinghouse Review, “Forty-six million Americans live in poverty” (1). Lesser then goes on to say how forty-six million Americans living in poverty correlates to almost one in every three single-parent families is poor (1). This is a daunting fact as it applies to today’s economic context with “rising unemployment rates and mortgage crises driving more individuals and families to seek the support of a cash-strapped social welfare structure” (Grijalva 1). With this in mind, many legislators are discussing the topic of poverty in the political realm. In order to tally the score of representatives the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law conducted its sixth annual Poverty Scorecard. “The 2012 Poverty Scorecard grades the voting record of every U.S. senator and representative on the most important poverty-related votes in 2012” (Lesser 1). The 2012 votes covered a range of topics such as budget and tax, food and nutrition, health care, housing, and many more (1). The results of the 2012 Poverty

The term poverty is often used when referring to third world countries like Sudan or Darfur. Painful images of families suffering from malnutrition are often the first thing that comes to mind. Yet, sadly, the same struggle is happening here in the U.S. and even worse, it’s happening right here in Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reports that three years ago the state of Ohio was 12th in the nation for food insecurity because there were so many people who did not know where their next meal would come from. Now Ohio is ranked 6th in the nation for food insecurity. Many blame the troubles with the unemployment on the state’s difficulty recovering from the recession. Ohio’s poverty rate is rising as the national rate is leveling off (Candisky, 2011). According to the Ohio Poverty Report, Ohio’s individual and family poverty rate are lower than the nation’s average. Urban areas have higher rates but there are still people living in poverty in rural areas. Rates vary between characteristics and circumstances. Many families who receive cash assistance do not usually get out of poverty (Larrick, 2014)

The current research findings within Texas gives rise to the situation in Nacogdoches County. Although no two counties are alike, research on rural Texas counties reveal common barriers. Many of the same issues are expressed throughout the region. Joliffe (2004) showed that over 40 percent of the U.S. nonmetro population had the greatest prevalence of both poverty and persistent poverty. This is the equivalent to one in six persons in the region living in poverty, and more than one in four living in persistent poverty counties (Joliffe, 2004). This gives impoverished rural families very little income for adequate

Poverty in South Carolina is an issue for all citizens. The issue is particularly acute if you are a citizen living in poverty, but the issue is of critical importance to those citizens that must support those areas stricken by persistent poverty. Unbeknownst to many South Carolinians is the persistent poverty corridor in which certain counties struggle much more than others long I95. Allendale County stands out even amongst its peers as a county that is struggling to address multigenerational poverty. This paper deals with Allendale County poverty after offering insight into poverty in general within South Carolina.

According to Elizabeth Kneebone, author of “Confronting Suburban Poverty in America”, the growth of suburban poverty is partly due to the dark economic situations that forced people beneath “the line” and by migration. She added that most low-wage jobs in America are in the suburbs, and that people mistakenly believe that more services are offered in the suburbs than in the cities. Looking at the fast-growing poor population in the suburbs, this phenomenon has become a community situation where anyone is susceptible of. Furthermore, it indicates that there needs to be a synergistic, universal change to better the situation (the government and organizations should change as well).

The lack of money and influence in Washington is a primary contributor to poverty’s invisibility. The financially unfortunate do not have the time or resources needed to wage a second “war on poverty.” The need for reform is apparent but without adequate support from lawmakers, poverty will stay invisible. Politicians cater their campaigns to issues that resonate with the general public. Poverty is not an issue that plagues most constituencies therefore politicians opt to focus their campaigns on

In 2009, the number of people who were in poverty was approaching 1960s levels, which were shockingly high. In 2015, extreme poverty in the United States, meaning households living on less than $2 per day before government benefits, was doubled throughout the Appalachian areas: Clay county, Leslie County, Owsley County, and Jackson County all in Kentucky. That is 1.5 million households, including 2.8 million children living below poverty line ( “How…” ). The Appalachian region's economy, once highly dependent on mining, forestry, agriculture, chemical industries, and heavy machinery, has slowly diminished. Not only are there drugs, but children’s education has declined; people are below the poverty line; and half the population is jobless.

Benson County (typology code: 38005), which is located in North Dakota, is a non-metro region with persistent poverty and persistent child poverty. It is a farming dependent county that mainly constitutes of Native Americans (USDA ERS, 2015). In 2013, 30.2% of the population were below the poverty level. The county was barely mentioned in any news, but the fact that people are living in substandard lives and the causes of their poverty worth our attentions. From ACE 255, I have learned that there are three explanations for poverty: flawed character, restricted opportunity, and big brother. As far as I’m concerned, poverty in Benson County is a result of a combination of these three causes, with more weight on restricted opportunity. In this

The population is currently 82 people and the county’s median income is a poor $20,000 dollars. Unfortunately half of the townspeople have health issues because they do not make enough to obtain adequate food and many suffer from drug addiction. Thus the average life expectancy in the county is about seventy-one years which is extremely low compared to the nationwide average. Currently the percentage of the population living below the poverty line is thirty-six percent (Pitts, Leonard, Jr). The main reason why Leonard wrote this article was to specifically address the poverty problem in Owsley County. He wants people to know that the issue with white poverty is growing therefore it should not be swept under a rug. Poverty is one of the many significant problems we have in America but in this case this issue greatly affects white Americans. When the author went around gaining insight on the town, citizens continued to use the same words to describe the place, there’s “nothing here” (Pitts, Leonard, Jr). Dee Davis, the founder and president of the Center of Rural Strategies in Whitesburg explains that the location of Booneville never used to be like this, it was full of mineral resources. But when the economy took a turn, prices for those resources declined and competition began to build. So they could no longer keep up with the product and services, leaving less work for the

The U.S. is seen as a country loaded with opportunities and economic successes as it is one of the top ten richest countries in the world. However, the U.S. has a poverty problem that’s been going on for decades. Oregon in particular has a high poverty rate and has shown some improvements to limit poverty, but it is not nearly enough to solve the problem. Thesis: Although the poverty rates in Oregon seem to be improving, it is still an ongoing problem; fortunately, there are many programs statewide to address economic hardship.

Social services are available in the United States to help citizens through the financial hardships which are all too prevalent in our society. The degree to which a state provides social services depends on many factors including state and federal budgets, current job opportunities, and cost of living. Take Texas, a state which is known for its low cost of living along with its low taxes. Yet, an article by the Burnt Orange Report contends that Texas is one of the states with the highest rates of poverty. (Cadik) Whether or not this claim is true is up for debate. The fact is Texas does face the issue of poverty just like the rest of the nation does. The state has chosen to address the issue by implementing two social programs designed to help those in need: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. We 'll cover both of these programs in detail, but we 'll also be looking at the trade off involved in increasing funding for these social services and how they would affect low-income Texans.

Inner city distress in the American economy is not the only pressing issue facing the nation. Lack of businesses and jobs in most inner cities fuels a crushing cycle of poverty and crippling social problems like crime and drug abuse. As the condition of inner cities continue to worsen, debate on how to improve them through such measures as education, financial and technical assistance has continued to grow. The sad reality is that efforts from the past decades to address the causes of inner cities poverty have failed. Attempts to establish a sustainable economy through the creation of employment opportunities, wealth creation, and improved infrastructure (Kasarda, 4) have not worked. These efforts have failed

Over the decades, national and international organizations have focused on rural poverty without looking at urban poverty, which is the bigger challenge at the dawn of the century. It was not until the unrest caused by the misconduct of police in killing black men in Ferguson, Cleveland, Oakland, California, and Baltimore that the improvised lives of those living in urban cities came to light. Most of the minority groups in America’s big cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Kansas experience low education standards, unemployment, crime, urban diseases, high detention rates, and ghettoized housing patterns driving them to poverty (Lemons, 2015). In other cities in states like Florida, up to a third of the city population live below the federal

The ecological dimension is one of the most common ways to define rural characteristics. Noticeable characteristics such as behavior, composition, culture, environment, organization, and resources can be examined to endure a rural macro theme. In simply explanation, it is the interchangeable use of rural and nonmetropolitan and, differing, urban and metropolitan (Hash, Jurkowski, & Krout, 2015). About two thirds of the nations counties are classified as nonmetropolitan areas which include small cities, villages, and open country (Hash et al., 2015). A subculture model of poverty classifies core deficits of the lower subclass as the cause of the problem. Appalachian traditional subculture should not be described as either poverty or farmer