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Minnesota's Poverty Rates Analysis: Testimony to End Poverty by 2020

Tom Gillaspy, State Demographer, presents findings to the Legislative Commission on Poverty in Minnesota, examining poverty rates from 2005 to 2006, the impact of Group Quarters populations, and the state's comparison to national rates.

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Minnesota's Poverty Rates Analysis: Testimony to End Poverty by 2020

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  1. Poverty In MinnesotaTestimony to Legislative Commission To End Poverty In Minnesota By 2020 Tom Gillaspy, State Demographer October 3, 2007

  2. Poverty Rates From Two Surveys Change Little From 2005 To 2006 Changes are not statistically significant at 90% confidence level

  3. Addition Of Group Quarters Population Affects Poverty Estimates 2006 CPS and ACS

  4. Group Quarters And Poverty Measurement • People living in these settings are included in the poverty measure • Emergency & homeless shelters & transient quarters • Group homes with 10 or more residents • Work dorms, Job Corps and other vocational dorm settings • Religious communities • Military staff quarters • Rooming and boarding houses • Facilities for victims of natural disaster • People living in these are not included in the poverty measure • Institutions—prisons, nursing homes, etc • College dorms • Military barracks • Unrelated children under age 15 in shelters

  5. Minnesota Poverty Rate Is Typically Lower Than The Nation CPS poverty rate

  6. Mississippi 21.1% D. C. 19.6% Louisiana 19.0% New Mexico 18.5% West Virginia 17.3% Arkansas 17.3% Kentucky 17.0% Oklahoma 17.0% Maryland 7.8% New Hampshire 8.0% Connecticut 8.3% New Jersey 8.7% Hawaii 9.3% Wyoming 9.4% Virginia 9.6% MINNESOTA 9.8% Highest & Lowest Poverty Rate States 2006Minnesota Statistically Tied With Six Other States 2006 ACS

  7. Numbers of Poor & Near Poor Have Changed Little Since 1990 1990 & 2000 Census & 2005 & 2006 ACS

  8. While Some Nominal Differences In Poverty Rates Appear, Changes Are Not Statistically Significant After Accounting For Population Base 2006 ACS. Changes between 2005 and 2006 excluding group quarters population are not statistically Significant at the 90% confidence level

  9. High Poverty For Children & Young AdultsRises Again Over Age 752005-2006 Change Not Statistically Significant 2006 ACS. Changes 2005 to 2006 are not statistically significant at 90% confidence level

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