- More than 40 plus percent of African-American, Latino and Native American children in North Carolina live in stark poverty.
- In Eastern North Carolina communities – over 50 percent of Tar Heels live below the harsh federal poverty standard — $22,000 a year for a family of four.
- One in five black North Carolinians is presently unemployed.
- Over a thousand homeless women and men in Elizabeth City are trying to scramble for one of 26 beds available in area shelters.
Source: UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity