Through Poverty Awareness Week, students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are highlighting the reality of poverty in North Carolina. Did you know that:
- 13 out of every 100 North Carolinians lives in poverty. That's nearly 1 million of our neighbors.
- Nearly 200,000 children in North Carolina live in poverty.
- Nearly 60% of families in poverty have at least parent working full-time.
- Health care costs are the leading cause of bankruptcy.
- Nearly one in four North Carolinians lives in substandard or unaffordable housing.
These numbers are true March Madness.