--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > But a large proportion of the population of New > > Orleans is *grindingly* poor. > > "Large proportion":
21 percent of households under $10,000/year 39 percent of households under $20,000/year Forty percent of the children in New Orleans live in poverty. The federal poverty level is $14,629 a year for a family of three. The national average of people living below the poverty level is 13.7 percent; New Orleans has the third-highest percentage of people living in poverty in the United States. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
