The Poor Who Live Right Next Door To Us

Monroe County, Ohio:

Employed (2000): 5,891
Unemployed (2000): 428
Unemployment Rate (2009): 12.6%
Annual Payroll per Employee (2007): $25,250
Local Government Employment (2007): 752
Local Government Revenue (2007): $49,022 (thou. dol.)
Local Government Debt (2007): $5,540 (thou. dol.)

"It is too easy simply to talk or concern ourselves with the poor who are far away. It is much harder and, perhaps, more challenging to turn our attention and concern toward the poor who live right next door to us."

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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