Six deepest pockets of poverty [podcast]

Eight years ago, the Studer Community Institute published a map showing the pockets of poverty in Escambia County based on the 2014 census data.

Inweekly asked the UWF Haas Center to update the map using the most recent census data. The interactive map can be found here.

“Our developers, which include Mariah Hill, our statistician, and two UWF economic students, Alex Vargas and Oliver Watson, worked on this team effort,” said Nicole Gilason, Executive Director of the UWF Haas Center. “Our big focus was to shine a light on areas of Escambia County where children are experiencing poverty.”

The county has 78 census tracts and 14,308 children living in poverty.

Six tracts in the city and county’s urban core have more half their children living in poverty.  These six tracts account for 24% of the children in poverty – so almost one of four children in Escambia County living in poverty resides in those neighborhoods.