Thousands More in West Michigan Hit ‘Extreme Poverty’ as State Woes Continue
Grand Rapids Press
August 27, 2008
More people in West Michigan are bottoming out. The U.S. Census Bureau shows the number of Grand Rapids residents in extreme poverty — at $10,325 or less for a family of four and half the federal poverty line — climbed from 13,957 in 2000 to 22,497 in 2007, a 65 percent increase.
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