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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2008 1(1):51-67; doi:10.1093/cjres/rsm010
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Race and the micro-scale spatial concentration of poverty

Daniel T. Lichter*, Domenico Parisi{dagger}, Michael C. Taquino{dagger} and Brian Beaulieu{dagger}

* Department of Policy Analysis and Management, 102 MVR, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. dtl28{at}cornell.edu
{dagger} Mississippi State University, Social Science Research Center, PO Box 5287, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, MS 39762, USA, domenico.parisi{at}ssrc.msstate.edu, michael.taquino{at}ssrc.msstate.edu, brian.beaulieu{at}ssrc.msstate.edu


  Abstract

This paper uses block-group data from the US decennial censuses to document changes in concentrated poverty. It provides several substantive and methodological lessons. First, the majority of poor sub-county areas were located (and hidden) in low poverty counties. Second, the 1990s brought large declines in the share of high-poverty (sub-county) areas and the share of people, including poor people, who lived in them. Third, poor minorities—both in metro and non-metro areas—are highly ghettoized in high-poverty neighbourhoods and are highly segregated from whites and the nonpoor population. Discussions of concentrated poverty cannot be uncoupled from minority residence patterns.

Keywords: poverty, rural, race, demography

Received on September 1, 2007. Accepted on December 4, 2007.

JEL classifications: I3, N3


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