Despite overall declines in U.S. Latino poverty rates, many Hispanics continue to struggle with poverty.
Share on email communities with the largest share of Latino residents have a poverty rate that's 50% higher than the national average, an Axios review of the latest census estimates has found.An Axios analysis of 10 census-designated places with 100,000 or more residents with the highest percentage of Latinos had an average poverty rate of 18.7%.
That's well above the nation's overall poverty rate of 12.5% and higher than the 17.2% for all Latinos, based on theEast Los Angeles, an unincorporated community, and Laredo, Texas, had poverty rates of 17.2% and 21%, respectively. Both communities have the nation's highest percentage of Latino residents at 96%.Brownsville, a South Texas city where 95% of residents are Latino, had a poverty rate of 26.
The persistence of poverty in the nation's most Latino cities shows poor and low-wage workers aren't getting the needed attention from elected officials, William Barber of the "We continue to neglect poverty in these areas, whether it's Central California, or Appalachia, or the Delta." Barber said poverty is falsely seen as a marginal issue that affects few people but will continue to be passed down to the next generation unless people demand it be addressed.Share on twitter
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