Almost 1/3 in 7th District in poverty
THe RTD reports this morning that 29% of the residents of the 7th District live in poverty.
1st District: Bruce W. Tyler, 8 percent
2nd District: Charles R. Samuels, 24 percent
3rd District: Chris A. Hilbert, 14.5 percent
4th District: Kathy C. Graziano, 5 percent
5th District: E. Martin Jewell, 31 percent
6th District: Ellen F. Robertson, 41 percent
7th District: Cynthia I. Newbille, 29 percent
8th District: Reva M. Trammell, 28 percent
9th District: Douglas G. Conner Jr., 18 percent
[...] the area south of Ellwood/Floyd Avenues, Byrd Park, Oregon Hill, Maymont, and a chunk of Southside, has a 31% poverty rate. The 1st District, covering the rest of the area west of Boulevard, has an 8% poverty [...]