POINTS OF PROGRESS, POCKETS OF POVERTY

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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

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Understanding the pervasive nature of poverty

• Where are we???
• Facts and figures percentages rank
• Tested models
• Indicators
• Outliers
• Pie charts and Bar charts

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A Different Perspective!!!

• 35 YEARS OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
• LIVING IN POVERTY CONDITIONS
• POVERTY IS A LIFESTYLE OF CHOICES
• IDENTIFYING MULTIDIMENSIONAL
• CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING POVERTY
  

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SOUTHWEST MS POPULATION

• Adams 33,573
• Amite 13,451
• Claiborne 11,735
• Copiah 28,808
• Franklin 8,349
• Data Source Census Bureau, 2003

• Jefferson 9,661
• Lincoln 33,488
• Pike 38,967
• Wilkinson 10,868

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SOUTHWEST MS POVERTY RATES

• Adams 25.9
• Amite 22.6
• Claiborne 32.4
• Copiah 25.1
• Franklin 24.1

• Jefferson 36.0
• Lincoln 19.2
• Pike 25.3
• Wilkinson 37.7

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SOUTHWEST MS PER CAPITA INCOME

• Adams 15,778
• Amite 11,254
• Claiborne 11,244
• Copiah 12,408
• Franklin 13,643

• Jefferson 9,709
• Lincoln 13,961
• Pike 14,040
• Wilkinson 10,868

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SOUTHWEST MS RACIAL BREAKDOWN

• Adams 52.8 (B) 46.0 (W)
• Amite 42.7 (B) 56.4 (W)
• Claiborne 84.1 (B) 15.2 (W)
• Copiah 51.0 (B) 47.8 (W)
• Franklin 36.3 (B) 62.8 (W)
• Jefferson 86.5 (B) 13.1 (W)
• Lincoln 29.7 (B) 69.4 (W)
• Pike 47.5 (B) 51.2 (W)
• Wilkinson 68.2 (B) 48.1 (W)

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SOUTHWEST MS Females/Children (-18)

• Adams 53.7 (F) 26.8 ( C )
• Amite 51.7 (F) 26.0 ( C )
• Claiborne 53.9 (F) 26.3 ( C )
• Copiah 51.8 (F) 26.9 ( C )
• Franklin 52.0 (F) 27.3 ( C )
• Jefferson 50.3 (F) 28.8 ( C )
• Lincoln 52.0 (F) 26.7 ( C )
• Pike 53.2 (F) 27.7 ( C )
• Wilkinson 48.1 (F) 25.8 ( C )

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SOUTHWEST MS Graduation Rates (25 and Above )

• Adams 73.4
• Amite 67.2
• Claiborne 71.6
• Copiah 69.3
• Franklin 67.5
• Jefferson 59.7
• Lincoln 72.0
• Pike 70.3
• Wilkinson 58.1

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MISSISSIPPI/United StatesStatistics

• 72.9 GR
• 15,853 Per Cap Inc
• 19.9 Poverty
• 61.4 Pop (W)
• 36.3 Pop (B)
• 51.9 Pop (F)
• 27.3 Pop ( C )

• 80.4 GR
• 21,587 Per Cap Inc
• 12.4 Poverty

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Multidimensional Precepts

• 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