Poverty rate rank by top 50 MSAs (living, cost, better, rates)

[mjtinmemphis]

These are the top 50 MSAs with the lowest poverty rates to the highest.

1) San Jose 7.54%
2) DC 7.8%
3) Minneapolis 8.6%
4) Denver 8.84%
5) Seattle 8.98%
6) San Francisco & Salt Lake City 9.02%
8) Boston 9.35%
9) Raleigh 9.81%
10)Hartford 9.88%

11)Baltimore 10.1%
12)Kansas City 10.5%
13)Portland 10.6%
14)Austin 10.8%
15)Richmond 11.2% & Pittsburgh 11.2%
17)Virginia Beach & St. Louis 11.3%
19)Nashville 11.4%
20)San Diego 11.6%

21)Charlotte 11.7% & Dallas 11.7%
23)Chicago 11.8%
24)Providence 12%
25)Atlanta 12.1%
26)Cincinnati 12.2%
27)Indianapolis & Philadelphia 12.4%
29)Louisville 12.5%
30)Jacksonville 12.6

31)New York City 12.8%
32)Columbus 13.2%
33)Milwaukee 13.3%
34)Sacramento 13.4%
35)Tampa Phoenix 13.7% Orlando 13.7% Las Vegas 13.7% Houston 13.7%

40)Los Angeles 13.9% Oklahoma City 13.9%
42)Birmingham 14.1% Buffalo 14.1%
44)Cleveland 14.3%
45)San Antonio 14.4%
46)Detroit 14.5%
47)Miami 14.6%
48)Riverside 14.8%
49)New Orleans 17.3%
50)Memphis 17.6%

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[masssachoicetts]

No surprises Exactly how I thought this list would be bar DC. I thought DC would be a little higher, maybe around 10-12%?

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

No surprises Exactly how I thought this list would be bar DC. I thought DC would be a little higher, maybe around 10-12%?

DC is rich af

with very very few pockets of intense poverty. It’s literally Ward 7/8 and a few adjacent pockets of Prince George’s County inside the beltway: the suburban prosperity is pretty unbroken and amazing. Saw it first hand.

For a long time it was/is? The wealthiest MSA in the US. And with much better purchasing power and newer homes/infra than Boston. The continuity and diversity of the wealth is glaring. No lie? I would’ve thought it was 6-7% poverty at this point…

[Nemean]

Are these COL adjusted? If not, dang LA. San Antonio might have a higher rate, but it would be preferable if things aren't adjusted to local effects.

[mjtinmemphis]

Originally Posted by Nemean

Are these COL adjusted? If not, dang LA. San Antonio might have a higher rate, but it would be preferable if things aren't adjusted to local effects.

I don't know. There are no notes on data usa about cost of living adjusted. For some reason, I am not surprised by Los Angeles.


I expected people to be surprised by Hartford, Baltimore and St. Louis. I am not.

Where did the poverty go in DC over the past 30 years?

[Duderino]

These should be compared with the Supplemental Poverty Measure.

Cities like DC, SF and Boston would definitely be knocked down a peg. New York would be toward the bottom.

[btownboss4]

Originally Posted by mjtinmemphis

I don't know. There are no notes on data usa about cost of living adjusted. For some reason, I am not surprised by Los Angeles.


I expected people to be surprised by Hartford, Baltimore and St. Louis. I am not.

Where did the poverty go in DC over the past 30 years?

It probably didn’t go anywhere. It’s just that tons of high income migrants diluted the rate down.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by Nemean

Are these COL adjusted? If not, dang LA. San Antonio might have a higher rate, but it would be preferable if things aren't adjusted to local effects.

No, it’s not.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Kinda surprised Sacramento is so high. I think of it as kind of a DC-type metro, some poverty on the south side of the city proper but the rest of the city and suburbs are affluent.

Also a little surprised about OKC, I don't know much about it but I don't think of it as having a large, poor, dilapidated inner city. The areas I've streetviewed have looked between lower-middle-class and upper-class.

[ckhthankgod]

Keep immigration/refugee resettlement in mind to some degree with these numbers, as many areas on the middle to lower end get quite a few that don’t come with much or are just getting on their feet.