“An analysis of the changing geographic distribution of low-income workers and their families, measured by receipt of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in tax years 1999 and 2005, nationwide and in 58 major metropolitan areas across the country reveals that: The number of tax filers nationwide living in areas with high rates of working poverty increased by 40 percent, or 1.6 million filers, between tax years 1999 and 2005. By 2005, 12.3 percent of low-income working families lived in high-working-poverty communitiesZIP codes where more than 40 percent of taxpayers claimed the EITCup from 10.4 percent in 1999. Of 58 large metropolitan areas studied, 34 experienced increased rates of concentrated working poverty…”
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