Household income in the United States

the time spent in the United States Army. During my time as an enlisted soldier, I learned some of lives most valuable lessons and values. The seven Army values that were instilled into me were loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal…

higher crime rates. I will be arguing the reasons that places that are below the poverty line have higher crime rates and explaining how living below the poverty line causes more crime to be committed. There is a correlation between the general income of an area and the amount of crime,…

percent of Americans were reported to live in poverty in 2010, which was the highest level since 1993. This represented approximately 46.2 million Americans who have incomes below the poverty line. However, income alone cannot provide an accurate measure of poverty since it ignores the effects of government subsidies like the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicaid, food stamp, and housing subsidies James Sullivan from National Poverty Center. For example, food stamps alone give $14 million worth of…

the displacement that comes with gentrification. She lives in Brookline Manor, a World War II-era development of 19 squat brick blockhouses with 535 no-frills apartments. A few miles north of the U.S. Capitol, the complex is occupied mainly by low-income tenants whose rents are government-subsidized. As the District’s growing affluence spreads in every direction, the tide of prosperity is moving toward Brookland Manor, and Brookland’s owner has decided that the complex will raze and rebuild to…

total U.S. population. Simultaneously, the migration from Asia to the United States rose from 5% share of population in 1960 to 30% in 2014. This is an astonishing leap in immigration numbers in U.S.. But the share of women immigrants in all U.S. immigrants has been static. It keeps at around 51%. From the Graph 1, we can see the numbers of female immigrants from Asia fluctuates a little in years…

has been problematic since the 1800s in the United States. The tenement reform was an early intervention by the local government before the federal government got involved in 1937. Congress passed the Wagner-steagall housing Act, which established the current federal housing program. For the past years, public housing authorities having been trying to attain the level of success mixed income housing authorities pursue today? The beginning of mixed income housing was the 1970s with a federal…

the harsh reality that the manner in which education is currently structured is not always the answer. As Oliver and Shapiro (1995: 12) state, parents who were not able to get out of the inner city or the older suburban communities “entrust their children to school systems that are rarely able to provide them with…

the family, and the income of the family. Some of the wealthiest people can qualify for aid, because all the money is invested and not making a profitable income for the family. It is important to mention that the student’s income can have a powerful and sometimes negative affect on the families over all reported income on the application. Part of the student’s income is taken off, but the majority of it is reported and figured in with the total income of the family. (Income and Financial Aid…

The physical and emotional impacts of divorce can be very tough for the entire family, but is the most challenging for the mother. While each situation is unique, one of the first consequences of a divorce for a couple with children is the change in financial conditions for the divorced parents (Eldar-Avidan, Haj-Yahia, and Greenbaum. 2008:75). From moving to a new home to finding employment, this adjustment is often more challenging for the primary caretaker, in most cases, the mother. Even…

Texas growing and diversifying quickly. In the ten-year span between 2000-2010 Texas had a population increase of 4,293,741(United States Census Bureau). Of this population increase those of Hispanic ethnicity make up sixty-five percent, while the current majority of non-Hispanic whites make up just under eleven percent of the change (Texas Counties Videos). During this time there was an increase in African American by twelve percent, Asian by nine percent, leaving Non-Hispanic other making up…