AS 770 KKOB REPORTED THURSDAY, A CENSUS BUREAU REPORT FINDS NEW MEXICO HAS A HIGHER POVERTY RATE NOW THAN IT DID 12 YEARS AGO. THE NEWS IS NO SURPRISE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO RUN ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK IN ALBUQUERQUE.
SONYA WARWICK WITH THE FOOD BANK SAYS SHE SAW EVIDENCE OF IT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. SHE SAYS A PEOPLE WERE WAITING IN LINE AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING AT A FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE SOUTH VALLEY FOR FOOD SCHEDULED TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT NOON THAT DAY.
THE CENSUS BUREAU SAYS THE STATE'S POVERTY RATE LAST YEAR WAS 21 PERCENT, COMPARED TO 18 PERCENT IN 2000.
