Editing Prince Edward County, Virginia (section)

===Poverty===
About 14.6 percent of families and 18.9 percent of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.4 percent of those under age 18 and 15.9 percent of those ages 65 and over. Persons below poverty in the year of 2007 were 20.3 percent compared to 9.9 percent of Virginia. Native Americans accounted for 71.8 percent in 2000. There is a relatively large number of children between the ages of 12 and 17. This age group accounts for 27 percent of the poverty.<ref>[http://www.ecanned.com/2007/06/17/income-and-poverty-in-prince-edward-county-virginia/ Income and Poverty in Prince Edward County, Virginia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224062043/http://www.ecanned.com/2007/06/17/income-and-poverty-in-prince-edward-county-virginia/ |date=February 24, 2012 }}</ref>

Unemployment accounted for 10.3 percent in Prince Edward County compared to 7.2 in all of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.propublica.org/recovery/locale/virginia/prince-edward |title=Recovery Tracker |publisher=Projects.propublica.org |access-date=September 24, 2011}}</ref>