Poverty rate falls in Arizona; Pinal lowest in state
by Renata Clo |
Cronkite News
An estimated 88,529 Arizonans rose out of the ranks of poverty last year, but that still left about 1 million — or one state resident in seven — living below the poverty level, new data show.
The latest Census Bureau figures also show that Arizona’s poverty rate fell faster, but remained higher, than the national average last year. Poverty in Arizona fell from 16.4 to 14.9 percent, while the national level went from 14.0 to 13.4 percent in the same period.
However, in Pinal County the rate was 12.6 percent, the lowest measured by the Census Bureau in the state and below the national average.
