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    The Great Recession led to significant increases in poverty across the United States and Midwest from 2008 to 2009. The number of people in poverty nationwide grew by over 3.7 million to a total of 43.6 million, while the poverty rate increased from 13.2% to 14.3%. In the Midwest, 648,000 more people lived in poverty in 2009 compared to 2008, raising the regional poverty rate from 12.4% to 13.3%. Several Midwest states experienced especially large jumps in poverty levels, with the number of residents living in poverty rising over 10% in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and South Dakota. Experts say the effects of the recession will continue to impact unemployment, income, and poverty for

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    The Great Recession led to significant increases in poverty across the United States and Midwest from 2008 to 2009. The number of people in poverty nationwide grew by over 3.7 million to a total of 43.6 million, while the poverty rate increased from 13.2% to 14.3%. In the Midwest, 648,000 more people lived in poverty in 2009 compared to 2008, raising the regional poverty rate from 12.4% to 13.3%. Several Midwest states experienced especially large jumps in poverty levels, with the number of residents living in poverty rising over 10% in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and South Dakota. Experts say the effects of the recession will continue to impact unemployment, income, and poverty for

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    2009 Poverty Data Release From The U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement

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    Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights
    The Great Recession led to significant increases in poverty across the United States and Midwest from 2008 to 2009. The number of people in poverty nationwide grew by over 3.7 million to a total of 43.6 million, while the poverty rate increased from 13.2% to 14.3%. In the Midwest, 648,000 more people lived in poverty in 2009 compared to 2008, raising the regional poverty rate from 12.4% to 13.3%. Several Midwest states experienced especially large jumps in poverty levels, with the number of residents living in poverty rising over 10% in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and South Dakota. Experts say the effects of the recession will continue to impact unemployment, income, and poverty for

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    ,MidwestSeeImpactofthe
    RecessioninIncreasesinPoverty

    2009PovertyDataReleasefromtheU.S.CensusBureaus
    CurrentPopulationSurvey,
    AnnualSocialandEconomicSupplement
    SocialIMPACTResearchCenter,aprogramofHeartlandAlliance

    September16,2010
    version1

    ThenewlyreleasedpovertydatafromtheU.S.CensusBureausCurrentPopulationSurveyshineaspotlighton
    howtheGreatRecessionhasfurthererodedeconomicstabilityformillionsoffamilies.Atotalnumberof43.6
    millionpeoplewereinpovertyin2009morepeopleexperiencedpovertythanatanyothertimesince
    povertyhasbeenmeasured.

    TheSocialIMPACTResearchCenterwillcontinuetoanalyzethedataandisavailableforcustomizeddata
    requests,fortrendanalyses,andforprovidingcontextforthenewpovertynumbers.

    UnitedStates
    Midwest

    Rate
    Number
    Rate
    Number

    43,569,000
    14.3%
    8,768,000
    13.3%
    2009Poverty

    2008Poverty
    39,829,000
    13.2%
    8,120,000
    12.4%

    2008to2009PovertyChangein
    numbers

    2008to2009PovertyChangein
    percents

    3,739,000

    +1.1

    648,000

    +0.9

    +9%

    +8%

    +8%

    +7%

    Priortothe2008to2009increase,thehighestincreasein
    povertyoccurredbetween1980and1981whenthepoverty
    rateincreasedfrom13.0%to14.0%,anincreaseof8%.

    Since1980thepercentageofchildrenlivinginextreme
    poverty,childrenlivinginfamilieswithincomebelow50
    percentoftheirpovertythreshold(lessthan$10,977in2009
    forafamilyoffour),increasedfrom6.9%to9.3%.

    Afterfallingformanyyears,reachingalowof33.0%in2000,
    thepovertyrateforfemaleheadedhouseholdswithchildren
    hasincreased,reaching38.5%in2009.

    TheFederalPovertyMeasure

    Officialpovertydataarebasedonthe
    federalpovertyguidelines,whichwere
    developedinthe1960s.

    2009FederalPovertyGuidelines
    FamilySizePovertyGuideline
    1$10,830
    2$14,570
    3$18,310
    4$22,050

    Visitwww.heartlandalliance.org/povertyreportformoreinformationandnewsmallergeography
    povertydatathatwillbecomeavailableonSeptember28.

    AGlimpseatStatePovertyRevealsLargeIncreasesinManyMidwestStates
    OfficialstateandlocaldatawillbereleasedonSeptember28,atwhichtimeIMPACTwillreleasestatelevelfactsheets.

    20072008
    Poverty

    20082009
    Poverty

    20072008to20082009
    PovertyChangein
    numbers

    20072008to20082009
    PovertyRateChangein
    percents

    Illinois

    11.1

    12.8

    +214,000

    +14%

    Indiana

    13.1

    15.2

    +142,000

    +16%

    Iowa

    9.2

    10.1

    +28,000

    +9%

    Kansas

    12.2

    13.2

    +28,000

    +8%

    Michigan

    11.9

    13.5

    +150,000

    +13%

    Minnesota

    9.6

    10.5

    +47,000

    +10%

    Missouri

    13.1

    14.4

    +92,000

    +10%

    Nebraska

    10.3

    10.3

    +1,000

    0%

    NorthDakota

    10.6

    11.4

    +6,000

    +7%

    Ohio

    13.2

    13.5

    +40,000

    +2%

    SouthDakota

    11.3

    13.6

    +20,000

    +21%

    Wisconsin

    10.4

    10.3

    1,000

    1%

    Expertsagree:theeffectsoftheGreatRecessiononunemployment,poverty,andincomegenerationwill
    lingerformanyyearsafterrecoverytakeshold.Thoughthenewdatashowgreatincreasesinpoverty,wehave
    partialsolutionsinplacethathavemitigatedwhatwouldhavebeenevenworsepovertyrates.Preserving,
    extending,andstrengtheningthesesolutionscanhelpkeepmorepeoplefromfallingintopovertyandhelp
    thosestrugglingtomeettheirbasicneeds.

    TANFEmergencyFund:puttingunemployedandunderemployedlowincomepeopletowork,giving
    themearnedincomeandvaluablejobexperience,andatthesametimehelpingbusinessessurvive.

    ChildTaxCreditandtheEarnedIncomeTaxCredit:puttingmoneybackintothepocketsofworking
    familiestohelpthemmeettheirbasicneeds.

    SNAP/FoodStamps:givingfamiliesvitalhelpinpurchasingfoodwhilestimulatinglocaleconomies.

    Forfurtheranalysisandcommentson
    povertytrends,implications,andsolutions,
    contactus:

    aprogramofHeartlandAlliance
    33W.GrandAvenue,Suite500,Chicago,Illinois60654
    312.870.4947research@heartlandalliance.org

    ThedatainthisfactsheetarefromtheU.S.CensusBureausIncome,Poverty,andHealthInsuranceCoveringintheUnitedStates,2009andCurrent
    PopulationSurveyhistoricaldataavailablehere:www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/incpovhlth/2009/index.html.Statedataaredisplayedin2
    yearfloatingaverages,pertheCensusBureausrecommendationsoncomparingstatedataovertime.
    Visitwww.heartlandalliance.org/povertyreportformoreinformationandnewsmallergeography
    povertydatathatwillbecomeavailableonSeptember28.

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