Syracuse Poverty

The United States economy has seen economic activity rebound from 2008 lows, unemployment rates are decreasing, and wage growth is slowly rising. Despite the compelling figures on key and major economic indicators, there are still factions of our society who have yet to be positively impacted by recent economic growth while many of these groups have actually seen their incomes, wealth, and overall well-being decrease over the past decade. The Syracuse Metro area is one of these areas, in particular, the city of Syracuse. Syracuse has the highest rate of concentrated extreme poverty among blacks and Hispanics in the United States. Areas of concentrated poverty are defined as a census tract where more than 40 percent of the population is below the poverty line. From the years 2000 to 2013, Syracuse has seen the number of these areas of concentrated poverty go from 9 to 30. The overall poverty rate in Syracuse is 34.4 percent—the 16th poorest in the nation.
One primary group that is widely impacted by the effects of poverty is children, where 1 out of 2 children in Syracuse live in poverty. Since areas of concentrated poverty such as Syracuse have limited financial resources, high school students, and their families cannot afford necessities such as school supplies, high-cost education, tutors, and transportation for students. …show more content…
We are hoping that by providing this service they will get them motivated and they will start to work on their academic future. There are many ways you can help a community improve but education is a fundamental foundation needed to progress in modern times. If more high school graduates start to get into higher education it will benefit the Syracuse city community as a whole since there will be more people getting paid higher salaries and more industries will be