Did You Know...?

• There are about 121,771 people in DuPage County (13% of the population) with incomes less than twice the poverty level, and 34,599 with incomes below the poverty level.1
• The average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in DuPage County is $900--139 hours of work at minimum wage.1
• Two-thirds of Dupage County households making less than $35,000 per year spend more than 35% of their income on rent.1
• A single parent with two children (infant and preschooler) needs to make $22.97 an hour in order to be economically self sufficient in DuPage County.2
• As many as 63,000 individuals in DuPage lack access to health care because they are uninsured. Over 36,000 others on Medicaid have trouble finding physicians willing to treat them.2

1 U.S. Census Bureau 2004 American Community Survey
2 A Profile of the Working Poor in DuPage County

For more information about Poverty in DuPage County, visit...

• When Work Doesn't Pay: What Every Policymaker Should Know, from the National Center for Children in Poverty
• Housing Crisis (Love Christian Clearinghouse)
• The DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform