that is a blanket that the Indians used for warmth.
FARMINGTON â The percentage of children in San Juan County living in poverty rose 2.4 percent in 2014, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2013, there were 9,332 children in San Juan County living in poverty, which is 27 percent of the general children population, according to the bureau's findings. In 2014, that population increased to 9,772 children, or 29.4 percent of the general population.
Families at Risk. According to the American Community Survey, 12.4 percent of all families in North Carolina lived at or below poverty level for at least a year between 2008 and 2012. Families with children are at a much higher risk of poverty. For families with children under 18, the poverty rate was 19.8 percent.