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Virginia Governor’s 2023 Report on Poverty in Virginia.
The extreme poverty rate is
6%
From 2020 to 2021, the number of Virginians living in poverty increased from 763,447 to
854,145. The poverty rate for Virginia is 10.6%
The overall poverty rate for Blacks & Hispanics is
9.90%
The overall child poverty
rate for Virginia is
13%
The 2022 overall poverty
level for Virginia is over
26%
The number of Black children living in families where no parent has full-time, employment year-round is 130,000; Hispanic families with no full-time employment year-round is 61,000.
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