The trends in poverty throughout Northwest Arkansas Counties are inconsistent throughout many diverse situations.

In Northwest Arkansas, there are discrepancies between the percent of households ( that are under the poverty line, and the Median household income. The counties that have the most households under the poverty line, also have the lowest median household income. Thirty–two percent of households in Sebastian County are under the poverty line, an income of $25,000 per year,, and the median household income is around $40,000 per year. This trend remains interesting and true throughout the counties, states, and the United States shown. Benton County, the home of the Wal-Mart Inc. has the lowest amount of households under the poverty line, and has the highest median household income at $60,000 a year.

The next image explains the relationship between the percentage of families in poverty, and the percentage of those that are run by a single mother. One of the most shocking examples here is that of Sebastian County. It has the highest number of households below the poverty line, and the highest percentage of single mother households under the poverty line. Additionally, from this data, the United States has an alarming  30% of households under the poverty line being run by single mothers.

The following image demonstrates the most interesting discrepancies. It shows the distribution of different racial categories that are under the poverty line. The most common groups with the highest poverty rates are African Americans and Pacific Islanders. However, whites are always among the lowest below the poverty line in almost every county, except Benton County.

The image above shows the percentage of people in each county that are in poverty and employed. The county with the highest percentage is Washington County. However, the fact that there are people who are both employed and in poverty is consistently astonishing.

The images above represent the many distinctions of poverty in the Northwest Arkansas corridor, Arkansas as a state, and the country. They allow a clearer view at the groups that are most effected by poverty, as well as provide different types of measures to take to lower these percentages in these areas.

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