A map of changes in poverty, county by county. By Andy Hull, Nick McClellan, and Troy K. Schneider . It’s hardly news that the Great Recession pushed millions of Americans into poverty.

New Census estimates show that one in five residents in Fresno and nearby California counties lived in poverty from 2016 through 2020. See our map for data.

The map shows a change in nonmetropolitan county persistent poverty area status between the yeasrs 2007 and 2021. The research indicates that the majority (86%) of all nonmetropolitan counties ...

In 1960, 78% — or 2,412 of all counties for which poverty status was determined (3,110 out of a total of 3,142) — had poverty rates of 20% or more. Among them, 680 (28%) continued to have high ...

According to the map, the county with the highest percentage of residents under the federal poverty line is Saginaw — a little more than 20% of the population. However, the county with the lowest ...

Whitman County, Washington, saw its population soar by 10% from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, ... This one map shows the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking counties in the US.