List of poorest U.S. cities (rates, places, Chicago, job)

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

The same cities ranked by
Median Family Income, 2008
Plano, TX $102,275
San Francisco, CA $91,812
Seattle, WA $90,835
San Jose, CA $90,119
Anchorage, AK $87,930
Henderson, NV $78,458
Honolulu, HI $76,549
San Diego, CA $75,562
Virginia Beach, VA $74,358
Raleigh, NC $71,563
Lexington, KY $69,223
Colorado Springs, CO $67,770
Anaheim, CA $67,357
Lincoln, NE $66,734
Washington, DC $66,722
Portland, OR $66,645
Charlotte, NC $65,237
Austin, TX $64,726
Mesa, AZ $62,900
Minneapolis, MN $62,308
Arlington, TX $62,587
Jacksonville, FL $62,035
St Paul, MN $61,353
Omaha, NE $61,337
Albuquerque, NM $61,154
Las Vegas, NV $61,075
Riverside, CA $60,988
Atlanta, GA $60,954
Boston, MA $60,543
Oakland, CA $59,411
Wichita, KS $58,130
Louisville, KY $57,846
Kansas City, MO $57,840
Denver, CO $57,657
Sacramento, CA $57,572
Long Beach, CA $57,639
Aurora, CO $57,340
Phoenix, AZ $57,507
Fort Worth, TX $57,220
Indianapolis, IN $56,855
Bakersfield, CA $56,728
New York, NY $56,552
Tampa, FL $56,049
Greensboro, NC $54,886
Oklahoma City, OK $54,456
Columbus, OH $54,146
Stockton, CA $54,098
Chicago, IL $54,086
Corpus Christi, TX $54,026
Los Angeles, CA $53,577
San Antonio, TX $52,666
Ft Wayne, IN $52,297
Tulsa, OK $51,944
Pittsburgh, PA $51,567
New Orleans, LA $51,146
Houston, TX $48,887
Baltimore, MD $48,216
Tucson, AZ $47,698
Philadelphia, PA $46,363
Cincinnati, OH $46,114
Fresno, CA $44,633
St Louis, MO $44,503
Dallas, TX $43,973
Milwaukee, WI $43,609
El Paso, TX $42,935
Toledo, OH $42,275
Newark, NJ $38,668
Buffalo, NY $35,258
Cleveland, OH $33,986
Miami, FL $33,613
Detroit, MI $32,798

From the same source, American Factfinder of the US Census Bureau

..that this list is a better indicator of income and poverty than the original posting...

[noland123]

You also have to take in to account if this is a city proper or a metro area survey,Miami for example is only 36 square miles in the city(402,000 pop.) but metro Miami-Dade is close to 1900 square miles with approximately 2.5 million people,so that can make a difference in median incomes and poverty percentage levels.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by SewickleyPA

Cities that surprised me for how high they were on the list:

Miami
Cincinnati
Dallas
Minneapolis
Columbus... wow thought Dayton would be the forth Ohio city.

Baltimore should have made this list for sure... typo?



Side note: Lists like this really prove how far Pittsburgh has come since the Steel industry collapse. Dare I say it should be a beacon of hope for the rest of the rust belt?

I was surprised at Dallas, too, since it has such a huge footprint, I would have thought there would be some high income folks there to offset the poverty. Wasn't surprised at Cincinnati or Mpls, both cities have small footprints. So does Miami (in addition to having huge ghettoes and many recent immigrants in the city). Columbus? Dunno...

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by Fred314X

There's something wrong with any list of the poorest cities in the United States that doesn't have East St. Louis, Illinois at the top.

I wish people would read the criteria. East St. Louis doesn't have more than 250K.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by noland123

You also have to take in to account if this is a city proper or a metro area survey,Miami for example is only 36 square miles in the city(402,000 pop.) but metro Miami-Dade is close to 1900 square miles with approximately 2.5 million people,so that can make a difference in median incomes and poverty percentage levels.

Seeing that there are suburbs of some of the main cities on this list (Arlington and Plano for Dallas, for one), then the list is talking about city limits.

[BPerone201]

Top 4... All rust belt cities.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by Ben Around

I was surprised at Dallas, too

Me too. Surprising.

Originally Posted by Ben Around

I would have thought there would be some high income folks there to offset the poverty.

It did make the billionaire list recently posted.
I guess there's a big divide there.

[cdw1084]

If Philly has 1.4 million people and nearly a fourth lives in poverty then somethings wrong there thats almost 350,000 people alone!!! Yikes!

[john_starks]

^^ yup. sad state of affairs

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by Jlock2513

If Philly has 1.4 million people and nearly a fourth lives in poverty then somethings wrong there thats almost 350,000 people alone!!! Yikes!

...and I'm willing to bet that this is a conservative estimate, too..

NE Philly is decent, and Center City, and of course the Main Line, but the for a high percentage of neighborhoods in the city, calling them "bleak" is an understatement...