New Census Data: Despite Small Gains, More Than 1.5 Million North Carolinians Live in Poverty, Struggle to Afford Basics
September 14, 2017
September 14, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 14 -- The North Carolina Justice Center issued the following news release:
Despite national improvements, more than 1.5 million North Carolinians lived in poverty and struggled to make ends meet in 2016, according to new data released today from the Census Bureau. People and communities across the state still face barriers to getting ahead such as lack of access to good-paying jobs, unaffordable childcare, little access to public transportation to get to work, a . . .
Despite national improvements, more than 1.5 million North Carolinians lived in poverty and struggled to make ends meet in 2016, according to new data released today from the Census Bureau. People and communities across the state still face barriers to getting ahead such as lack of access to good-paying jobs, unaffordable childcare, little access to public transportation to get to work, a . . .