Presents maps that depict the topography of America's social well-being. Among the many topics covered are: cultural diversity and immigration; income, poverty and unemployment; lifestyle risks including drug abuse, smoking, and auto fatalities; access to medical care; medical costs; status of women, children, and senior citizens; marriage and divorce; teen pregnancy and non-marital births; school dropouts; abortion; death rates from AIDS, cancer, suicide, and infant mortality; violent crime and homelessness.
Collection of tables, figures, maps, photographs and texts describes the pervasive nature of poverty in the US, the reasons behind its constant presence, and the lived experienced of those who face it, including children, women, Black families, the Black male incarcerated, Hispanics, the elderly, and the working poor along with that of the wealthy in America.
Brings together a diverse collection of maps from different continents and countries, depicting small area estimates of vital development indicators at unprecedented levels of spatial detail.