POVERTY

BY: PATRICIA BERNABE-ALONSO

WE WIL L DE T E RMINE HOW POVE RT Y IS A BIG ISSUE IN UTAH AND WIL L DE TE RMINE HOW T HE RE ARE MANY FACTORS IN SOCIE T Y T HAT CONT RIBUT E WIT H PE OPL E IN POVE RT Y.

Population in Utah vs. the United States

Population in Utah

population in the United States

318,900,000

2,947,861

https://talkpoverty.org/state-year-report/utah-2016-rep
ort/

RATE BY GENDER
& AGE, RACE,
AND ETHNICITY IN
UTAH

percentage
30
25
20
15

WORKING AGE MEN: 9.8%

WORKING AGE WOMEN: 13%

10

AFRICAN AMERICAN:23.7%

ASIAN AMERICA: 17.2%

LATINO:19.5%
NATIVE AMERICAN:28.9%
WHITE:10.1%
percentage

https://talkpoverty.org/state-year-report/utah-2016
-report/

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POVERTY AND
EDUCATION
THIS CHART WILL SHOW YOU HOW EACH
STATES PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES CHANGE THE POPULATION
OF THE POVERTY. EDUCATION PLAYS A
BIG PART OF THE AMOUNT A PERSON
EARNS AND MAKES THEN EARN ABOVE
THE POVERTY LINE IN EVERY STATE.
THESE ARE THE TOP 16 STATES WITH
THE HIGHEST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
AND THE POVERTY POPULATION IS
BETWEEN 367,414- 550,508. THIS ALSO
DEPENDS ON THE TOTAL POULATION OF
THE STATES. UTAH RANKS 27TH WITH
83.9% OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

89

88

87

86

85

HIGHSCHOOL GRADUATE
IOWA
NEW JERSEY
INDIANA
MISSOURI
CONNETICUT

https://talkpoverty.org/indicator/listing/hs_gra
d/2016

NEBRASKA
TEXAS
VERMONT
NORTH DAKOTA
DELAWARE

WISCONSIN
NEW HEMESPHERE
KENTUCKY
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS

DEATHS DUE TO DRUGS VS. OTHER

HEALTH AND
DRUG ABUSE
DRUG ABUSE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
REASONS OF DEATH IN UTAH. THE
MOST RECENT SURVEY SHOWS THAT
UTAH IS AT 6.24% OF ITS RESIDENTS
ELICITING DRUGS WHICH THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 8.02%. MOST
OF THE DEATHS IN UTAH DUE TO
DRUGS IS WITH IN THE HOMELESS
POPULATION. POVERTY IS THE
BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO UTAHS
DEATH POPULATION.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/doc
s/state_profile_-_utah.pdf

DRUGS
SUICIDE

MOTOR VEHICLE
OTHER

FIRE ARMS

HOW IS UTAH
REDUCING THE
POVERTY RATE

Chart Title
NATIONAL

UTAH

60
54

EVEN THOUGH UTAH POVERTY POPULATION IS

AT 361,1810 THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT
4.4% WHICH IS RANKED AT 4TH COMPARE TO
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS AT 60 UNITS WHICH IS RANKED AT
35TH IN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND WITH
MORE PROJECTS TO ADD MORE BUILDING FOR
THE LOW INCOME IT WILL CHANGE.
PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WHO
WHERE HELPED WITH UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS 24%. AND FINALLY THE NUMBER OF
BIRTHS FOR TEEN GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES
OF 15 AND 19 IS 23.3 BIRTHS FOR EVERY 1000
GIRLS.

26.9

4.4

7.6

http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/utah-cause-of-de
ath-by-age-and-gender

24

28

23.3

HTTPS://TALKPOVERTY.ORG/STATE-YEAR-REPORT/UTAH-2016-REPORT/
HTTPS://TALKPOVERTY.ORG/INDICATOR/LISTING/HS_GRAD/2016
HTTPS://WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/DOCS/STATE_PROFILE_-_UTAH.PDF
HTTP://WWW.WORLDLIFEEXPECTANCY.COM/UTAH-CAUSE-OF-DEATH-BY-AGE-AND-GENDER