ORONO (AP) – More than 12 percent of the state’s population was living in poverty in 2007, according to a study produced by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine and the Maine Community Action Association.
The Bangor Daily News reports that the 12.2 percent figure is about 1 percentage point lower than the national average and compares to Maine’s 2000-01 poverty rate of 10.1 percent.
Researcher Ann Atcheson said traditionally, when a recession ends, poverty rates continue to rise.
Broken out by counties, Washington County was the highest with a poverty rate of 20.1 percent, while York County was lowest at 8.2 percent.
The poverty line in the report is defined as $20,650 for a family of four.
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