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Scale Range: 4.0% – 36.7%
Definition: This indicator provides the poverty rate in the neighborhood where the average homeowner or renter of different racial/ethnic groups lives. For instance, if the value is 10% for Hispanic renters, this statistic is interpreted as "The average Hispanic renter household in this metro area lives in a neighborhood where the poverty rate is 10%."
Notes: Poverty rates defined as of 1999. Excludes metro areas with less than 5,000 population of the specified racial/ethnic group.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census, Summary File 3 accessed through the Neighborhood Change Database. U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census, Summary File 1.