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New Americans in Poverty

Newer New Americans in Lincoln have consistently higher poverty rates

Foreign-born persons who live in Lincoln and entered the United States prior to 2000 and those who entered between 2000 to 2009 have poverty rates of 13% and 11%, respectively. Those who entered after 2010 have a higher poverty rate of 33%.

Notes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-year estimates, Table S0502.