Census: Number of Arizonans living in 'poverty areas' jumped in 2010

Arizona saw an increase between 2000 and 2010 in the percentage of residents living in “poverty areas,” or those tracts where more than 20 percent of the population is below the poverty level. The state’s shift was part of a national trend during the decade. (Map courtesy the U.S. Census Bureau)

Arizona saw an increase between 2000 and 2010 in the percentage of residents living in “poverty areas,” or those tracts where more than 20 percent of the population is below the poverty level. The state’s shift was part of a national trend during the decade. (Map courtesy the U.S. Census Bureau)

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