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Springs bucks suburban poverty trend

by Amy Gillentine

Published: January 20,2010

Time posted: 10:17 am

Tags: Brookings Institute, city, Colorado Springs, poverty levels, suburbs

Colorado Springs suburbs are bucking a nationwide trend known as "the suburbanization of poverty." While the number of poor people living in suburbs grew by 25 percent from 2000 to 2008, the poverty rate in Colorado Springs' suburban areas showed no change - but a significant increase inside the city limits, according to findings from ...

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