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Resources by Topic: Poverty

Cancer Clinical Trials: Federal Actions and Selected Non-Federal Practices to Facilitate Diversity of Patients
Examines actions taken by federal agencies to increase diverse population enrollment in cancer clinical trials as well as practices by non-federal cancer centers to facilitate diverse enrollment. Discusses strategies such as collaboration, reducing barriers, data standardization, training, utilization of community ambassadors, and more. Focuses on inclusion of underrepresented groups such as racial/ethnic minorities, young adults, older adults, those with low incomes, women, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons, and people living in rural communities.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 12/2022
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Counties with Continuous High Poverty Since 1960 Are Largely Rural
Map showing counties with consecutive decades of high poverty since 1960. Covers 1960 through 2019.
Date: 12/2022
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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U.S. Poverty Rates Differ by Age and County
Presents a series of U.S. county-level maps that show poverty rates among children and older adults using American Community Service (ACS) 5-year estimates for 2017-2021.
Date: 12/2022
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Living in Families That Were Food-Insecure in the Past 30 Days, by Family Income and Urbanicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2021
Bar chart showing the percent of adults in food insecure families overall, in urban areas, and in rural areas, with breakdowns by income level for those under the federal poverty level (FPL), between 100-199% of the FPL, and 200% or more of the FPL.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(48), 1539
Date: 12/2022
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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An Analysis of Pennsylvania's Children
Report examining trends from 2010-2019 pertaining to Pennsylvania children ages 0-17, comparing and contrasting the profiles of rural and urban children. Provides statistics on dimensions including economic circumstances, education, foster care, insurance, access to healthcare, health, mortality, and use of alcohol and illicit drugs.
Author(s): Rhoda C. Joseph
Date: 11/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Many American Indians and Alaska Natives Are Concentrated in High Poverty Rural Areas
Map identifying high poverty nonmetro counties that have a concentration of poverty for a specific racial or ethnic minority group. Identifies counties with concentrated poverty among Black or African American, Hispanic, White non-Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaska Native populations, based on 2015-2019 data.
Date: 11/2022
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Health and Health Care for Indigenous People
Fact sheet comparing data on healthcare and population health for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN), Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI), and White populations based on 2021 American Community Survey, Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System Data, and other national data sources.
Author(s): Drishti Pillai, Samantha Artiga
Date: 11/2022
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Enduring Poverty Counties, 2015–19
Map showing counties with enduring poverty from 1960 through 2015-2019 and from 1980 through 2015-2019. Also identifies counties with persistent poverty from 1990 through 2015-2019.
Date: 11/2022
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Persistent Poverty Counties and Census Tracts, 2015–19
Map showing counties and census tracts with poverty rates of 20% or higher in 4 consecutive reporting periods spanning roughly 30 years, from 1990 to 2015-2019.
Date: 11/2022
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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High and Extreme Poverty Census Tracts Within and Outside of High Poverty Counties, 2015–19
Map showing census tracts with poverty of 20% or higher in one measurement period and census tracts with poverty 40% or higher in one measurement period, within and outside of high poverty counties during 2015-2019.
Date: 11/2022
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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