A paragraph quoted by Dallas City Hall's website "During the past 15 years, the number of people living in poverty in Dallas increased by 42%, outpacing the city's population growth. Dallas' poverty rate in 2017 was 18.5%, higher than the national average of 13.4%. Today, about 21% of Hispanic and Black residents (230,417 individuals) live below the poverty line. More than 28% of all children live in poverty in Dallas, with notable differences based on race—the Child Poverty indicator shows nearly 40% of Black children live in poverty, about three times the percentage of White children."
