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MacLachlan, Gretchen – 1974
Of the 27 million poor people in the United States in 1970, 10 million lived in the 11 Southern states. This was 38% of the nation's poverty population, making the South's poverty rate twice that of the remaining 39 states. This study, essentially a statistical analysis of regional poverty data derived from the 1970 Census, identifies the South's…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
