Poverty Rate in Boise Remains Low While West Suffers
A newly released Brookings report spells good news for Boise and its suburbs. While cities in the west, and particularly the suburbs (meant here as cities in an MSA outside the primary city, e.g., Meridian, Eagle, Nampa) saw increasing poverty rates, from 2000-2008, Boise maintained a low poverty rate compared to the other largest metro areas in the country:
