What is the status of people of color in rural America?
Over seven million Americans living in rural areas are poor. Among this number, people of color are a disproportionate segment. Combined, communities of color only account for 17 percent of the total rural population, but they are poor at two to three times the rate of their white counterparts. African American and Latino poverty rates are 34.5 percent and 25.4 percent respectively, and the rate for Native Americans is 34 percent.
