The 100 concentrated-poverty neighborhoods were located in only 30 of the state’s 100 counties, with the largest share located in Guilford and Mecklenburg counties. Of these 100 neighborhoods, 63 were in urban counties, with the remaining 37 located in rural counties.10 The largest share of people who were poor within these 100 neighborhoods were also clustered in Guilford and Mecklenburg counties. The map below shows the geographic spread of concentrated poverty in North Carolina.
The census tracts and neighborhoods in High Point with the high concentration of poverty generally extend from Montlieu Avenue and U.S. 311 through downtown to the southwest along the railroad tracks to Interstate 85 Business Loop and the Davidson County line...
Other areas of the region with the highest concentrations of poverty include neighborhoods or census tracts in Davidson County in or around the cities of Thomasville and Lexington...
Ed, Thanks again, for making my points for me.
Posted by: Billy Jones | Mar 19, 2012 at 03:43 PM
Am I misreading the map, or are the vast majority of very poor tracts rural rather than urban?
Posted by: David Wharton | Mar 19, 2012 at 07:28 PM
I think that's right, DW.
Per an official document, "The spatial size of census tracts varies widely depending on the density of settlement."
Posted by: Ed Cone | Mar 20, 2012 at 11:45 AM