![]() Meanwhile, 27 counties in 11 county and multicounty areas have poverty rates that are significantly lower than the statewide rate, including the counties of Washington and Ozaukee (3.6%, the lowest), Waukesha (4.2%), and Outagamie (5.0%).Milwaukee County (17.2%), and the Eau Claire/South Chippewa county area (14.4%) both had poverty rates significantly higher than the state average.Rising medical and work expenses largely cancelled out antipoverty effects of safety net for the overall poverty rate. Although safety net benefits, especially Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP (called FoodShare in Wisconsin) and refundable tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit or EITC, continued to play an important role in poverty reduction, these effects continued to decline in 2017. ![]() Conversely, elder poverty rose to 9.5 percent in 2017, up from 9.0 percent in 2016. Child poverty fell to 10.1 percent in 2017, down from 12.0 percent in 2016.
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