Sentence examples for high poverty rate from inspiring English sources

Today Haiti suffers under a high poverty rate and low gross domestic product per capita.

Like Flint, Newark has a large black population and a high poverty rate.

McAllen, with its high poverty rate, has an incidence of heavy drinking sixty per cent higher than the national average.

My thought: With a high poverty rate, 40-50%, you're always going to have cross border employment crossings.

Despite having a high poverty rate, Washington has a GDP per person of nearly twice the next wealthiest state.

Native Americans who live on reservations face low education levels, poor healthcare, a high poverty rate and substandard housing.

At the same time, the city's high poverty rate results in little tax revenue for the district, and years of mismanagement have compounded its problems.

The school's high poverty rate distinguishes it from other city schools that have little or no racial achievement gap, most of which enroll relatively few poor students.

Despite the high poverty rate in Kingsbridge Heights, Related and the city said a shopping development could work at the armory because Bronx residents had limited shopping options.

The issue of minimum wage is important to my district – I represent downtown south Omaha and we have fairly high poverty rate.

To many, the merger was an enticing package for a city with a high poverty rate and a desperate need for economic development.