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to the(4ISus Bure'sAmericm(1mniy Survey.with nearly a thurd of theIy's restcleints liying in po erty.Thisnews has reccived a lor of ittentianUIilely.the nuinhers oji which itishased are easily misinterpreled.  \nhutClevcland's concentrtonol pnurresidents is extrem:(ily Detoit haS much powerly concentrsted im thecentral city.Conparing cilies povenyrates doesn't grve us minch infoma-116m ahout wh(leveind eold doto improve heeatise such coparisnire not apples t apples.is weesplambelow  \nAnother hard-10-interpret lindung inhe hatest dita is the tupward trend nClevcland's poverty rate.Does a ris-ing poverty rute ndicate that the locallibor mrket has detenorited?Whilethat could he the esse fir the eitys  \nAeloser loik u these umhers reveulsbial the cleirest pichire they pint iscenirated m the cenral city.whule thieWealthier live in the suburhs.Manyiithercites follow the same paterm  \n## FIGURE1 POVERTY RATES INTHECLEVELAND-ELYRIA-MENTOR.OH MSA\n\n\n| Area   |  |  |  |  |  | 2005 poverty rate(percent)   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| ■  \u003Cbr>□  \u003Cbr>口   |  |  Cleveland (city)  \u003Cbr> MSA minus city  \u003Cbr>MSA(old)minu  \u003Cbr>MA(ld)   uS Cy  \u003Cbr>Cleveland  \u003Cbr>Cuyahog   |  |  |  | a[   |  | 3  \u003Cbr>Lake  \u003Cbr>Geauga   |  | 2.4  \u003Cbr>9.6  \u003Cbr>9.9  \u003Cbr>Ashtabula   |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Tumbull   |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Portage   |  |  |  |\n|  | A   | Lorain  \u003Cbr>Medina   |  | Summit   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Mahoning   |  |\n|  |  | shland   | Wayne   |  |  |  | Stark   |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nAinencanCommnity Survey.21W5  \nresidentsother data sitggest thil ihSiLuiltion in the gcneral metropoli-lan area fas atually been impnivug.Atequally plausihle explanalon forClevgland'smising poerty itesthitpeople are maving out f the cily althise that lete are disproportionatelyhelter-ulT thiam those that51iy heh  \n## ■ Poverty Rates in theCity of Cleveland versusthe MetroArea\n\nTo undetstand the cases ofCllarid's rising poverty nute.it ipoPtant to corsider the entire laburnarkellot just city boindaries.City bosindatiey are fanyely historieal.amd usingthem linesligate new ucn10ICtrends could he misleading.uspegallywhen it comey to lahur markets Fam-hies can typieally chousc a plaicc toIive from a numher of dilferenf eiewithut having lorchange employrs.ind conyersely,eny boujcanes do mtlimit iheir pob optons.For instane.many pevple live inClevcland buwork in is suhurhs 44 peree,  \nNews that Cleveland's povertyrate is the worst in the nation一and rising—has elevated thecommunity's concern about con-ditions in the city.But a closerlook at the way poverty rates arecaleulated suggests that all thepossible eauses of Cleveland'sranking have not been fullyunderstood.  \nFEB 15  \n2007  \n# A Closer Look at Cleveland's LatestPoverty Ranking\n\nby Mark Schweitzer and Brian Rudick  \nCleveland is the poorest big city inthe United States,according to theCensus Bureau's American Commu-nity Survey,with nearly a third of thecity's residents living in poverty.Thisnews has received a lot of attentionsince it was first released,but unfor-tunately,the numbers on which it isbased are easily misinterpreted.  \nbut Cleveland's concentration of poorresidents is extreme.Only Detroit hasas much poverty concentrated in thecentral city.Comparing cities'povertyrates doesn't give us much informa-tion about what Cleveland could doto improve because such comparisonsare not apples to apples,as we explainbelow.  \nA closer look at those numbers revealsthat the clearest picture they paint isone of a region whose poor are con-centrated in the central city,while thewealthier live in the suburbs.Manyother cities follow the same pattern,  \nAnother hard-to-interpret finding inthe latest data is the upward trend 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The report stresses that comparisons may not reflect what Cleveland could do to improve outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"What pattern does the document identify about where poverty is concentrated?\",\"answer\":\"It finds the clearest picture is that the poor are concentrated in Cleveland’s central city while wealthier residents live in the suburbs. It notes that this pattern appears in other cities as well.\"},{\"question\":\"Does a rising poverty rate automatically mean the local labor market worsened?\",\"answer\":\"Not necessarily. The document explains that a rising poverty rate could reflect people moving out of the city, with those who leave disproportionately better-off than those who stay.\"}]","A Closer Look at Cleveland's Latest Poverty Ranking - read online free | PDF",1789958850,23]