By Ethan Trejo of News 4 San Antonio.
A few days ago I posted about the recent U. S. Census Bureau report on poverty and incomes in 2024 for the whole country. See The official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 10.6% in 2024.
Now an excerpt from the article about San Antonio:
"San Antonio has the third-highest poverty rate among metropolitan areas in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2023 and 2024.
The city's current poverty rate stands at approximately 13%, ranking only below Houston and Detroit, and surpassing both the state and national averages.
David Vequis, a professor of management at Incarnate Word's business school, said, "Well, there's, there's several reasons for it."
He attributed the high poverty rate to factors such as average age and wages, but emphasized a lack of skilled workers as a primary reason."
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