Transcription of STATUS TY - San Antonio
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1 STATUS OF POVERTYIn San Antonio2 Executive SummarySan Antonio is a growing and vibrant city - in 2018 it was named one of the 15 best cities in the country to live in. Recent reports, such as Insights, Aspirations and Action Investing in Asset Building for San Antonio Families (commissioned by Asset Funders Network), STATUS of Women on poverty (commissioned by the Mayor s Commission on the STATUS of Women), American Community Survey data, Urban Institute data and presentations completed by Dr. Christine Drennon and others, point to the fact that San Antonio is also marked by high economic inequality, racial disparities, and residential segregation. People living north and northwest of downtown generally have more economic prosperity, higher education, and better health outcomes, while those living in central San Antonio and areas immediately east, west and south of the city center experience higher poverty , lower educational attainment, and higher rates of morbidity and disease.
The United States determines the official poverty rate using poverty thresholds issued each year by the Census Bureau. Poverty thresholds vary by the size of the family and age of its members, but not geographically. A family is counted as poor if its pretax money income is below its poverty threshold. Cash benefits such as public housing ...
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