As a member of Group 2 we are suppose to present Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's first Congressional District is the second hungriest in the nation. One in four people are at risk of hunger in Philadelphia. Reason for homelessness in Philadelphia is same as in any other place, and that is substance abuse, mental illness, lack of education, lack of afordable housing, and etc. Unemployment rate in Philadelphia is 7.2 % , which is 1.5% higher than national average. My part of this presentation was to show distibution on racial and age homeless people in shelters. HOmelessness disproportionately affects people of color, with over 80 % African American, and about 15 % white. Children in families constitute approximately a third of the shelter population. Homeless people under age of 18 are the most common shelter users. Large percent of families entering shelteer were also single parent househols, 86% of these were female headed and 14 % were male headed.
AGE DISTRIBUTION:
18 - 25 9%
26 - 45 49%
46 - 65 40%
65 + 3%
RACIAL DISTRIBUTION :
African-American 80%
Latino/a 6 %
White 13%
Asian 1%
Other 3%
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