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Even the well to do can stumble into poverty.
Byline: Tony Pugh
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. _ Two years ago, Douglas County, Colo., had the nation's second highest median income among small counties.
But as new home construction, top-notch schools and a serene lifestyle draws thousands of new residents, the affluent community just south of Denver has struggled to deal with a rapid growth in population and poverty.
A surge in service, retail and construction jobs that typically accompany high-growth areas has brought more low skilled, working poor people to Douglas County despite the area's high cost of living.
Only about 7,000 of the county's roughly 250,000 residents are poor, according to …
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- Omaha in Black and White: Self-sufficiency still eludes the state's poor.
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Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)
July 29, 2007
700+ words
...the highest in the nation. This disparity is reflected in Douglas County's welfare rolls, where blacks constitute 50 percent of...Heineman said the state has tuned into the metro area's "severe poverty problem," citing the new learning community law ...
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