Number of People Living in Poverty Areas Up, Census Bureau Reports

census.gov - June 30, 2014 - (CLICK ON INFOGRAPHIC ABOVE FOR 1 PAGE .PDF IMAGE FILE)

One in four U.S. residents live in "poverty areas," according to American Community Survey data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 2008 to 2012, up from less than one in five in 2000. These areas of concentrated poverty refer to any census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent of more. The number of people living in poverty areas increased from 49.5 million (18.0 percent) in 2000 to 77.4 million (25.7 percent) in 2008-2012.

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Report -  Changes in Areas with Concentrated Poverty: 2000 to 2010 (27 page .PDF report)
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/acs/acs-27.pdf

Infographic - Living in Poverty Areas
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb14-123_povertystatic_graphic.pdf