Poverty and homelessness
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Poverty rates are one indicator of who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
*For various groups, the percent living below the poverty line:
Latino: 24.4 percent
African-American: 28.4
Asian and Pacific Islander: 14.5
White, non-Latino: 11.2
*Of all people below the poverty line, the percent from each group:
White, non-Latino: 45.1 percent
African-American: 26.5
Latino: 22.4
Other: 6
Source: US Census Bureau