Poverty Reports
KIDS COUNT: High-poverty neighborhoods
Michigan ranks among the 10 worst states for children living in high-poverty neighborhoods, a new study finds, but there are clear steps to take to improve the lives of kids in those communities.
The report, Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities, was released by KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It found that Michigan ranked 44th among the states (No. 1 being the best or lowest rate) for concentration of poverty, defined as neighborhoods where 30 percent or more the population is in poverty. February 2012.
Ties that Bind: Poverty and Mich.’s Economic Recovery
Poverty has a huge impact on the ability of Michigan’s economy to recover. When people have less disposable income, consumer spending goes down, forcing businesses to lay off workers or shut down entirely. December 2011.
Read the report: Ties that Bind – Executive summary
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Press release: Poverty rate jumps 20% since 2007
Nearly 2 million people in Michigan lived in poverty in 2010, with the poverty rate jumping 20 percent since the country slid into the Great Recession, new census data released today shows. Sept. 22, 2011
Fact Sheet: Keeping Kids Out of Poverty with the Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit
The Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit is an effective tool that encourages work and helps keep working families out of poverty. Unfortunately, a plan by Gov. Rick Snyder would reduce it from an average of $432 per family to $25 a child, to help pay for business tax cuts. The reduced amount will have no measurable impact on keeping kids out of poverty.
Michigan by the Numbers: Hard Times Continue
Many Michigan families have fewer dollars in their pockets this holiday season as the state grapples with eroding incomes, high unemployment and a climbing poverty rate. The tough economy has particularly hurt families of color.
As other parts of the country appear to be emerging from the Great Recession, Michigan is still struggling behind other states, a new report released by the Michigan League for Human Services concludes. The report, Michigan by the Numbers: Hard Times Continue, finds:
- Michigan’s poverty rate has jumped to 17th highest in the country in 2008, up from 23rd in 2005;
- About one in every seven Michigan residents lives in poverty – that’s about $22,000 a year or less for a family of four; and
- Young children (under age 5) are especially hurt with more than 22 percent living in poverty. For young children of color the rates are much higher with 38 percent of Hispanics and 45 percent of African Americans in poverty.
Read the report
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Children in Immigrant Families in Michigan
In Michigan, 11 percent of children live in families with at least one immigrant parent and 4 percent of Michigan children live in homes with English language learners. Fact sheet compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, September 2009.
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