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Poverty rate jumps locally
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
BY BILL BUSH AND RITA PRICE
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
About half of all pay in Franklin County last year ended up in households with incomes north of $95,000, while those that made less than $20,000 got just over 3percent of the payout, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released yesterday.
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Wages in most jobs fall short in Ohio
Saturday, May 7, 2011 03:07 AM
By Catherine Candisky
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Of Ohio's 10 largest occupations, only one pays enough for a family of three to pay for food, housing and other basic needs: nursing.
A report released yesterday found a job doesn't always pay enough for families to be self-sufficient. Despite full-time employment, many still rely on food stamps, subsidized child care or other types of government assistance to make ends meet.
people211
Columbus
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Sliding incomes.. high gas prices.. rents getting higher.. more and more companies finding it more favorable to send jobs elsewhere...
doesn't seem like an effective way to attract and retain... unless you count people getting stuck here because they don't have the means or opportunity to go elsewhere.......
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Personal income growth in Columbus region outpaces most of state
Business First
Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Total personal income in the Columbus area grew 3 percent in 2010.
Total income among Central Ohioans grew only a shade faster than the national average in 2010 but outpaced most other cities in the state, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2011/08/09/personal-income-growth-in-columbus.html
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Future murky for region’s income growth
By Mark Williams
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday August 12, 2011
People in central Ohio had more money to spend last year than in 2009, as personal incomes rose faster in the region than in other major cities in the state and for the average Ohioan.
The big question is whether that will be the case again this year amid government cost-cutting and fresh signs that the economy is stalling again.
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Study: A ‘wake-up call’ on poverty
By Mark Ferenchik
The Columbus Dispatch
Wednesday November 30, 2011 7:09 AM
The Columbus metropolitan area has the highest poverty rate among 16 areas measured in a new report of community benchmarks. Central Ohio also has a lower average household income than most of the areas, according to the report written by Community Research Partners with funding from the Columbus Foundation and the Columbus Partnership. Benchmarking Central Ohio 2011 will be released at noon today during a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum.
READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/11/30/study-a-wake-up-call-on-poverty.html
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Ohio Food Stamp Cut Won’t Be As Severe As Expected
November 23, 2012
by The Associated Press
A drop in food stamp benefits for some Ohioans won’t be as steep as first feared a few weeks ago. Ohio officials say a change in the way the federal government calculates the benefits means some Ohio families will lose $23 a month.
READ MORE: http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/11/23/ohio-food-stamp-cut-wont-be-as-severe-as-expected/
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