Poverty in America 2005 - the Races
UPDATE: [I forgot the link sigh]The Census Bureau has issued its annual report on poverty in the United States.
| INCOME LEVELS | 2005 |
2000 |
1991 |
| Black - over $25K | 57.9% | 61.0% | 51.7% |
| Black - over $50K | 30.2% | 32.2% | 24.5% |
| Hispanic - over $25K | 66.3% | 67.4% | 60.4% |
| Hispanic - over $50K | 34.2% | 35.6% | 28.7% |
| POVERTY LEVELS | 2005 |
2000 |
1991 |
| Black | 24.7% | 22.5% | 32.7% |
| Hispanic | 21.8% | 21.5% | 28.7% |
The best that you can say about poverty levels and incomes for blacks and Hispanics under Bush is that they are not losing ground. Income levels are near historic highs. Poverty rates are near historic lows.
As I have pointed out in the past, the Clinton “boom” was an exception, not a rule when it comes to poverty in America. The 2005 overall poverty rate of 12.6% is lower [typo corrected] than the rates for all the years from 1980 through 1998. The poverty rate for blacks in 2005 of 24.7% is lower than the rates in the period from 1959 through 1998. The Hispanic poverty rate for 2005 of 21.8% is lower than the rates from 1980 through 1999.
Minorities did ok under Bill Clinton, but they have done better under George Bush when you compare the terms. Clinton only had great years in 1998 [for some statistics], 1999 and 2000. The rest of the time Bush’s economy has performed better.
| POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES 2005 | ||||
| Overview | Race | Sex | 2004 | 2003 |
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