For a start:
One in 10 American households struggled to feed their families last year, with more than 5 million families missing meals and cutting portions due to poverty
theguardian.com/…/us-food-insecure-families-pover…
My assumption would be that if you barely afford food, a flight would be out the window too.
As ever Wikipedia is a good resources to further information: en.wikipedia.org/…/Poverty_in_the_United_States
This bit in particular sticks out:
Among married couple families: 5.8% lived in poverty.[89] This number varied by race and ethnicity as follows:
- 5.4% of all white persons (which includes white Hispanics),[90]
- 10.7% of all black persons (which includes black Hispanics),[91]
- 14.9% of all Hispanic persons (of any race)[92] living in poverty.
Among single parent (male or female) families: 26.6% lived in poverty.[89] This number varied by race and ethnicity as follows:
- 22.5% of all white persons (which includes white Hispanics),[90]
- 44.0% of all black persons (which includes black Hispanics),[91]
- 33.4% of all Hispanic persons (of any race)[93] living in poverty.
Among individuals living alone: 19.1% lived in poverty.[89] This number varied by race and ethnicity as follows:
- 18% of white persons (which includes white Hispanics),[94]
- 28.9% of black persons (which includes black Hispanics)[93]
- 27% of Hispanic persons (of any race)[95] are living in poverty
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