The Brookings Institute released a report today about the rise of suburban poverty and the Tampa Bay area clocks in at number 11. (Thanks, TZ!)
“Tampa’s share of suburban poor grew by 7.2 percentage points between 2000 and 2008. In 2000, the area’s share was 62.4%, but by 2008 it had risen to 69.6%.”
Read the HuffPo article here. New Orleans is number one.
“New Orleans’ share of suburban poor increased by 13 percentage points between 2000 and 2008, from 44.7% to 57.7%. The shift of poverty into suburbs was greater in the New Orleans metropolitan area than in any other in the country.”
