Jax Ranked 32 of 100 for Growth...in Concentration of Poverty

[TheCat]

Jacksonville had a growth in total poor population of 56 percent — an increase from 118,000 poor residents in 2000 to 184,000 poor residents between 2008 and 2012.

JBJ Article : http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/08/01/jacksonville-ranked-32-out-100-for-metro-areas.html utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_jacksonville+%28Jacksonville+Business+Journal%29Brookings Report

Brookings Report: http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/concentrated-poverty?utm_campaign=Brookings%20Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=13660613&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8J2tSiGfVled-17x7uAsQxhumUZid8hMJr82XxRr-5TdM-OA5yy8OKM5pWSiLJ5Ii-5ZWPwmKqOmgj5Cj0ggEo42oYbg&_hsmi=13660613#/M27260

[IrvAdams]

Long term effects of failed 'trickle down' economics plus last seven years of real-estate and banking fiasco scandal equals a substantial number of people falling off the bottom of the scale. And improvement is going to be slow and painful.