04/24/2023
From UpNorthNews:
What We Know About the Wisconsin Young Adults Who Signed Up for Student Debt Relief
We're getting our most detailed look yet at who will be helped by President Biden's student debt relief program. POLITICO created an interactive map using federal data to show where the 25 million Americans who applied for the program live.
Here's what they found...
More than half of all applications came from lower-income areas where people make less than $35,000/year. And nearly all, 98%, came from ZIP codes where the average income is less than $75,000.
There were more applications per capita in majority non-white neighborhoods. But overall, more white students applied (about 15 million) than non-white (8.6 million).
Blue districts had more applications, on average, than red districts—but not by much! About 52% of applications came from Democrat-won districts compared to 48% from GOP-won districts.
Click on the interactive map below to see who applied near you:
The POLITICO analysis provides most detailed portrait yet of which neighborhoods across the country may benefit from the program.
