Analysis of Poverty Level in United States till 2030

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ANALYSIS OF POVERTY LEVEL IN UNITED STATES TILL 2030
by ..................
Tutor: ....................
University of .........
13 June 2019

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Abstract
In the recent years there has been serious poverty levels affecting the United States economic
parameters. In this study we are going to carry investigation to obtain the spatial and non spatial
data .And then perform analysis to find out the population (National Research Council,
Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee
on Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade, 2010) in high
poverty levels. Most of the citizenry in poverty fall under those that are unemployed. The study will
investigate how the health and nutrition, the living standards and Education is affected by poverty in
USA (Nations, 2013). We will apply the use of Arc maps to enable us obtain the data and real
statistics of the population of the united states in relation to poverty rates till 2030. The study will
employ the use of descriptive statistics, tables, graphs and arc amps to represent and explain about
data represented and compare it
to the national income of the USA till 2030. (Nations, 2009)
Table of Contents
Abstract 2
Introduction 3
Research aim and objectives 4
Research Questions (hypothesis) 4
Literature Review 4
Data collections 6
Methodology.............................................................................................................6
Discussion ................................................................................................... ............16
Recommendation.........................................................................................................17
Conclusion...................................................................................................... .........18
References..............................................................................................................19
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Introduction
According to USA poverty is a state where one source of income falls under the poverty
distribution threshold. Poverty levels have been a critical issue in most parts of the world, both
developed and under developed countries. In this study we are going to discuss how poverty is an
issue and how it affects the economy of a country by stagnating it (Deepa Narayan, 2009).
Those Americans living under the poverty distribution threshold, they struggle a lot with their
inadequate income to satisfy their basic needs even though the government provides additional
programs to enable earn extra income (Sassen, 2014). In this study we are going to study and
identify how poverty has affected the health sector, the education sector, the mortality rate of
citizens of America, the most impoverished age brackets and the living standards of the people who
are distributed across the different states and how many citizens of those working and not working
are affected majorly by poverty and at what rate the poverty has risen. (World bank, 2011)Also
there are various programs that the federal government has put in place to help their citizens to get
out of poverty and be able to pay their bills such as medical bills, water, electricity and affordable
housing, homes for the families. This programs will enhance the citizens to engage themselves in
economic activities and by the Year 2030 all citizens of USA will be living above the poverty
distribution threshold where they can pay their bills without struggling. (World Health
Organization, 2015)
Research aims and objectives.
The main objective is to analyze the poverty levels in USA and the reduction measures by
2030.There are those areas in USA that are most affected by poverty, The aim of this study is to
enable determine the poverty levels and how they can be minimized from now until 2030 to ensure
they are totally reduced.
Research questions (Hypothesis)
Who are greatly affected by poverty both in rural areas and urban areas how minimize the poverty
levels till 2030?
What percentage of areas and age bracket of people in the USA are most affected by poverty and
how to reduce till 2030?
How poverty will affect the national income by 2030?
Literature Review
In the early years of eightieths the USA showed high number of its population faced with high
poverty levels (World Bank Group, 2017). The government introduced a mechanism called
poverty threshold to determine those who are in poverty and those who are not. For a family which

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lived above the poverty distribution threshold it is considered to be out of the poverty (Monchuk,
2013) bracket while a family which was found to live under the poverty distribution threshold
according to the amount of income and the individuals in the household they were considered as
poor. (Isabel Ortiz, 2012) For instance for family with one individual the income must be above
$12489, for a family of 2 individuals the income should be above $15899, family with 3
individuals should have an income of $ 20517, a family with 4 individuals an income of $ 25728 ,
(Office of the Director of National Intelligence Council, Createspace Independent Pub,
2017)This shows for an addition of a member in a family their must an increase of more than$
4000 to enable a family live above the poverty threshold but if it fall less than the poverty threshold,
then the given family is in poverty and need to access the government programs to earn more
income to avoid straining in paying their bills such as electricity, water and rates. (Stephen
Ackermann, 2013)
According to the US poverty on statistics it was found that most of the young people mostly from
single parent families are high percentage of impoverishing poverty, the Americans under the age of
18 years who are languishing in poverty is 13million which is clearly representation of almost 18 %
of the total population of the age bracket of under 18 years. This clearly shows that in every 10
children 2 are languishing in poverty. (Santoshi Halder, 2017)Whereas for those in the age
bracket of 65 years in poverty is low as compared to other age brackets, this is because of the
federal government that has been introduced such as the Medicare and the social security. For those
who worked and paid enough taxes enjoy pension from the government, (Bank, 2018)this has
enabled the status of the aging Americans from impoverishing in and poverty and over dependency
on those working in their families.
According to the US census statistics the number of people living in metropolitan areas under the
poverty threshold were found to be less than those in outside the metropolitan areas. (Jensen,
2010) According to statistics 33.5 million Americans in metropolitan areas live under the poverty
threshold which is a representation of 11.91% of the total American population living in the
metropolitan areas. While the number of people who fall under the poverty threshold outside the
metropolitan is 6.45 million this representation of 14.9% of the total population in the USA that live
below the poverty threshold. (Maria Cancian, 2009)
In the US there are those that work full time and they are paid less while others work part time, The
national income is built by workers on the time spend on work be it sole proprietorships , private or
public job. This shows that the total number of working adults in poverty is 22.3 million, (National
Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,
Committee on Population, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on
Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Committee on the Long-Run
Macroeconomic Eff, 2013)This shows most of working class in the US is under the poverty
distribution threshold. There is a huge need by the government to introduce social security
programs and favorable mortgage loans with low interest rates that will enable the American
Citizens to earn more and contribute more in the national income and facilitate government
development agendas. (United Nations, 2013)
Data collection
In this study data was obtained from the USA poverty Statistics, One of the methods used is the use
of USA Education census; we have used Arc maps to identify the poverty levels in the USA (Dean
Jolliffe, 2014). We have used tables and graphs from the USA Federal of statistics to do analysis of
data and the use of GIS to enumerate different parts of USA and how they relate to income