 There were 12.5% of families and 13.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including 13.9% of under eighteens and 7.7% of those over 64.In 2011, interest in the deposits of rare earth minerals and niobium in the area was rekindled.This ore body has potential to reduce the dependence of the United States on rare earth minerals produced in China, and could prove to be one of the largest and purest rare earth mineral sources in the U.S. Investment by both Wall Street and the U.S. government may result in impact to global rare earth markets.