Transcript POINTS OF PROGRESS, POCKETS OF POVERTY

POINTS OF PROGRESS,
POCKETS OF POVERTY
An Analysis of Poverty in Rural Communities of Southwest
Mississippi
Bruce W. McGowan, Ph.D.
Alcorn State University
Walter Huston, Executive Director
Phoenix Project: Community Development Foundation
Understanding the pervasive
nature of poverty
Where are we???
• Facts and figures;
percentages; rank
• Tested models
• Indicators
• Outliers
• Pie charts and Bar
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A Different Perspective!!!
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35 YEARS OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
LIVING IN POVERTY CONDITIONS
POVERTY IS A LIFESTYLE OF CHOICES
IDENTIFYING MULTIDIMENSIONAL
CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING POVERTY
SOUTHWEST MS
POPULATION
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Adams
Amite
Claiborne
Copiah
Franklin
33,573
13,451
11,735
28,808
8,349
Data Source: Census Bureau, 2003
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Jefferson
Lincoln
Pike
Wilkinson
9,661
33,488
38,967
10,868
SOUTHWEST MS
POVERTY RATES
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Adams
Amite
Claiborne
Copiah
Franklin
25.9%
22.6%
32.4%
25.1%
24.1%
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Jefferson
Lincoln
Pike
Wilkinson
36.0%
19.2%
25.3%
37.7%
SOUTHWEST MS
PER CAPITA INCOME
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Adams $15,778
Amite
$11,254
Claiborne $11,244
Copiah
$12,408
Franklin $13,643
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Jefferson $9,709
Lincoln $13,961
Pike
$14,040
Wilkinson $10,868
SOUTHWEST MS
RACIAL BREAKDOWN
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Adams
Amite
Claiborne
Copiah
Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
Pike
Wilkinson
52.8% (B)
42.7% (B)
84.1% (B)
51.0% (B)
36.3% (B)
86.5% (B)
29.7% (B)
47.5% (B)
68.2% (B)
46.0% (W)
56.4% (W)
15.2% (W)
47.8% (W)
62.8% (W)
13.1% (W)
69.4% (W)
51.2% (W)
48.1% (W)
SOUTHWEST MS
Females/Children (-18)
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Adams
Amite
Claiborne
Copiah
Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
Pike
Wilkinson
53.7% (F)
51.7% (F)
53.9% (F)
51.8% (F)
52.0% (F)
50.3% (F)
52.0% (F)
53.2% (F)
48.1% (F)
26.8% ( C )
26.0% ( C )
26.3% ( C )
26.9% ( C )
27.3% ( C )
28.8% ( C )
26.7% ( C )
27.7% ( C )
25.8% ( C )
SOUTHWEST MS
Graduation Rates (25 and Above )
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Adams
Amite
Claiborne
Copiah
Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
Pike
Wilkinson
73.4%
67.2%
71.6%
69.3%
67.5%
59.7%
72.0%
70.3%
58.1%
MISSISSIPPI/United States
Statistics
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72.9%
$15,853
19.9%
61.4%
36.3%
51.9%
27.3%
GR
Per Cap Inc
Poverty
Pop (W)
Pop (B)
Pop (F)
Pop ( C )
• 80.4% GR
• $21,587 Per Cap Inc
• 12.4% Poverty
Multidimensional Precepts
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Poverty has Poverty Pimps and Prostitutes
Poverty is a Bureaucracy
Poverty is Regenerative
Poverty is a monolistic system
Poverty is a type of holocast
Poverty has parasites
Poverty is addictive
Poverty is an Acquired Community Immunodeficiency Disease (ACID)
Poverty has a fault line
Poverty is a sacred cow