Community Analysis Project

I have always been interested in interpreting statistics. I guess its my archaeology background that does it for me, always having to take and record data. Sometimes it can be hard to read some of them, though. I was really shocked by the census stats about Newton, NC from 2000 and I can only hope they have changed a little in ten years. Reading the stats on education level and income levels reminded me that many people are not doing well in this area. The average income was a little over $18,000 per year per person and the median household income was only a little over $35,000 per year! I never realized it was that low. I was surprised to see all the implementations that the library has created to help people who are unemployed and uneducated. In this economy we need everybody pitching in to help and the library is the information outlet. After doing this project I am still reeling from the facts I discovered about the community I just moved away from.