Your newspaper has received Census Bureau data on family incomes and the percentages of Americans in poverty. Here are the figures: | Year | White | Black | Native
American | Asian | Hispanic | | Median household income | 1980 | $29,632 | $18,340 | $20,541 | $33,463 | $22,629 | | 1990 | $31,435 | $19,758 | $20,025 | $36,784 | $24,156 | | Percentage below poverty line | 1980 | 9.4% | 29.9% | 27.5% | 13.1% | 23.5% | | 1990 | 9.8% | 29.5% | 30.9% | 14.1% | 25.3% | | Children below poverty line | 1980 | 11% | 37.8% | 32.5% | 14.9% | 29.1% | | 1990 | 12.3% | 38.8% | 37.6% | 16.6% | 31% |
Use a database to bring these figures up-to-date. Write the first three paragraphs of a news story for: - A medium-size daily newspaper in an affluent suburb.
- A metropolitan daily newspaper with a large Hispanic and black population.
- A weekly newspaper that is directed at Asian residents of the state.
- A newspaper adjacent to a large Native American reservation.
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