Michael Cassidy of the Commonwealth Institute on Virginia’s poverty rate
28 August 2008 | By Coy Barefoot in Charlottesville--Right Now, Poverty, Virginia politics
This week, the U.S. Census Bureau released new figures on poverty in America. Michael Cassidy of the Commonwealth Institute joined Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to break down the numbers in Virginia. (Click here for their report)
“Virginia actually saw a significant increase in the poverty rate, increasing from 9.6% to 9.9%,” Cassidy said. That translates to over 740,000 Virginians making below the poverty threshold as defined by the federal government.
