Such households tend to suffer among the lowest incomes and the highest poverty rates in the country.
In Central California, the nation's agricultural powerhouse and a region with one of the highest poverty levels, the 1986 law had a profound impact on people like Mejia.
The old New Orleans had some of the highest poverty and murder rates in the country, and so well before Hurricane Katrina was ever a blip on the radar screen, Pres Kabakoff was wrestling with how to make his hometown more liveable and attractive.
For math, the percent of students in the highest-poverty schools scoring at or above the Basic level was two-thirds that of the national average.
In 1998, the percent of fourth-grade students in the highest-poverty public schools who met or exceeded the NAEP Basic level in reading was about half the national rate, and progress in reading overall is only back to 1998 and 1990 levels.
Nevertheless, large performance gaps continue to exist between the highest-poverty and other schools.
But the schools they attend also tend to have the highest rates of poverty, larger pupil-teacher ratios and bigger schools.
We decided to work in close collaboration with partner organizations in Africa, the second-fastest growing region in the world that also shoulders the highest burden of poverty.
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Last year, the Census Bureau reported that the total number of Americans in poverty was the highest in the 51 years that Census has been recording the data.
And while the United States has one of the highest household disposable incomes of any OECD nation, we also have one of the highest rates of child poverty.
Rural women and girls face some of the highest rates of educational poverty in the world.
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In terms of local authorities, Tower Hamlets in London had the highest levels of child poverty, with 42% of children growing up in poverty.
The percentage of Americans struggling below the poverty line in 2009was the highest it has been in 15 years, the Census Bureau reported recently.
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At the same time, the disparity between the city's rich and poor continued to grow, and the poverty rate reached its highest point in more than a decade during Mr. Bloomberg's third term, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
As a group, Hispanics have suffered some of the highest unemployment, foreclosure and poverty rates.
Such shops targeted poorer areas with the highest levels of unemployment and poverty, the Hackney MP claimed.
Local authority housing had the highest proportion of households in fuel poverty in October last year, compared with other types of housing, at one in three.
It's estimated that fully one-third of Detroiters live at or below the poverty line, the highest rate of any city with a population of at least 250, 000.
Once one of the most egalitarian of countries, Japan is now above average among rich nations in its income inequality and, at 14%, has the highest rate of children raised in poverty.
And which state has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line?
For example, 19% of the region's population is over pensionable age, and poverty among pensioners in this region is the second highest in England.
Supporters say the law, which took 14 years to pass, will reduce poverty and maternal mortality in a country with the highest birth rate in the region.
According to the End Child Poverty campaign, six of the 20 local authority areas with the highest proportions of poor families are in, you've guessed it, London.
According to data reported this morning, the share of Americans below the poverty line rose to 15.1% in 2010, the highest rate since 1983.
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In Chicago, the most poverty-stricken neighborhoods have the highest homicide rate.
In 2001, London was home to the highest levels of people living below the relative poverty line, with 32% of Londoners categorised in this class.
Poverty and dependency have soared to the highest totals in American history.
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Mitman says affordability is a real issue here. 16 percent of Easton's population live below the poverty income level and unemployment is the second highest in the region.
This means that workers below and around the poverty line can face some of the country's highest marginal tax rates.
Most single mothers operate under extreme social and economic impediments -- triple the poverty rate of the rest of the population, the highest rate of low-wage employment, the worst wage gap, the lowest net worth, the highest risk of bankruptcy -- that add up to a massive inequality in American society.
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