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These 3 Maps Show Where the Great Recession Hit Hardest

The Great Recession hit many Americans hard—but the impact didn’t spread equally across the U.S. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday, poverty rates in Florida, the Mountain West, the Midwest and the Northeast have risen after the Great Recession, as median household income and homeownership rates in those areas declined significantly. “The mortgage meltdown coupled with the job bust hit some places very hard,” said Brookings Institution demographer William Frey.

 

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