Statistical Sources:

National Poverty Center. (2004) Poverty in the United States Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved June 4, 2008 from http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/.

- The National Poverty Center as a whole offers extensive statistics about poverty in the United States; however, its section on Frequently Asked Questions contains graphs, charts and other comprehensible statistics from the U.S. Census and other reliable sources. This site discusses poverty as a whole, encompassing rural poverty, and illustrates 2004 poverty thresholds, the poverty status of various groups, children under age 18 living in poverty and sample alternative poverty measures all graphically and statistically. This website is reliable, comprehensible and informative for any journalist researching poverty as a whole or beginning their research on United States poverty.

United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. (2004) Rural Development Research Report Number 100. Retrieved June 4, 2008 from http://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/soc/ruralpoverty.pdf.

- This statistically based article published by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service offers significant research regarding the increase in rural poverty after the 1990s economic boom ceased, the difference between poverty levels in metro and non-metro areas, the various dimensions of poverty (such as ethnicity and gender) and the regional characteristics of persistent poverty. Although this data is four years old, it is very informative and similar to the statistics and poverty trends of today. This PDF document can also be viewed as an HTML, and would be extraordinarily useful and easily citable for any journalist or researcher looking for statistical evidence regarding U.S. rural poverty.