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Map of average income by location in Pennsylvania from the 2014 American Community Survey five-year estimate. Outside of the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg metropolitan areas, Pennsylvania is a relatively poorer state, especially in the northern areas and the Appalachian Mountains; only 22% of Pennsylvania places have per capita incomes higher than the national per capita income, and ...
Throop is located at (41.445536, -75.614494 [4]According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 5.0 square miles (13 km 2), all land.It is bordered to the northeast by Olyphant, to the north by Blakely, to the northwest by Dickson City, to the west by Scranton, and to the south by Dunmore.
Redlining maps even became prominent under private organizations, such as appraiser J. M. Brewer's 1934 map of Philadelphia. [24] Private organizations created maps designed to meet the requirements of the Federal Housing Administration's underwriting manual. The lenders had to consider FHA standards if they wanted to receive FHA insurance for ...
Permanent, federally funded housing came into being in the United States as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Title II, Section 202 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed June 16, 1933, directed the Public Works Administration (PWA) to develop a program for the "construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing and slum ...
Under two now-overturned Supreme Court decisions, Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992) and National Bellas Hess v. Illinois (1967), states were not allowed to charge sales tax on sellers who did not have a physical presence or "nexus" in the state, such as companies doing mail order, online shopping, and home shopping by phone.
Five states (Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) impose only inheritance taxes. The exemptions under state inheritance taxes vary greatly, ranging from no exemption (Pennsylvania) for bequests to unrelated individuals to unlimited exemptions (Iowa and Kentucky) for bequests to lineal heirs, such as children or parents of the ...
One-half of all farmworker families earn less than $10,000 per year, [26] which is significantly below the 2005 U.S. poverty level of $19,874 for a family of four. In 2007, corn acres are expected to increase by 15% because of the high demand for ethanol, both in and outside of the U.S. Producers are expecting to plant 90.5 million acres ...
David Montgomery: part-owner, president, and CEO of the Philadelphia Phillies; Walter O'Malley: owner and chief executive of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers; member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Carroll Rosenbloom: former owner of the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams; Ed Stefanski: president and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers