The Geography of Poverty

For his project "The Geography of Poverty", Matt Black travelled about 77.249 km (48.000 miles) across 44 US states to photograph so-called poverty areas, i.e., communities with poverty rates above 20%. In the US, more than 43 million people qualify as poor (via).


In Canton, Ohio, 32.4% live below the poverty level.


In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 26.7% live below the poverty level.


In Alturas, California, 29.3% live below the poverty level.


In Cleveland, Ohio, 35.9% live below the poverty level.

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photographs by Matt Black (Magnum Photos, 2006) via