Metropolitan poverty: The case of Chicago

This study demonstrates a method of estimating and projecting annual poverty for various demographic groups at sub-national levels. Projections are based upon curvilinear trends of counts and rates for each separate group. The methodology can be easily applied in a variety of jurisdictional settings and levels.The second objective is to provide a demographic portrait of poverty specifically within the Chicago metropolitan region. The evidence indicates both erratic rates and growing numbers of impoverishment. The first decade of the new millennium is projected to see a 33% rise in total poverty persons but a halving of the overall poverty rate.