List of poorest U.S. cities (crime, place, life, moving)

[Brickmama]

You have to have more than 250k. East St Louis has a pop of 30k.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by Angel713

List of poorest U.S. cities:

 1. Detroit, 33.3% in poverty
 2. Cleveland, 30.5% in poverty
 3. Buffalo, 30.3% in poverty
 4. Newark, 26.1% in poverty
 5. Miami, 25.6% in poverty
 6. Fresno, 25.5% in poverty
 7. Cincinnati, 25.1% in poverty
 8. Toledo, 24.7% in poverty
 9. El Paso, 24.3% in poverty
 10. Philadelphia, 24.1% in poverty
 11. Milwaukee, 23.4% in poverty
 12. Memphis, 23.1% in poverty
 13. St. Louis, 22.9% in poverty
 14. Dallas, 22.6% in poverty
 14. New Orleans, 22.6% in poverty
 16. Atlanta, 22.4% in poverty
 17. Stockton, Calif., 21.6% in poverty
 18. Minneapolis, 21.3% in poverty
 19. Pittsburgh, 21.2% in poverty
 20. Tucson, 20.9% in poverty
 21. Chicago, 20.6% in poverty
 22. Columbus, Ohio, 20.1% in poverty
 23. Long Beach, Calif., 19.8% in poverty
 24. Houston, 19.5% in poverty
 25. Los Angeles, 19.4% in poverty

You can find the list here: Los Angeles, other cities see high poverty marks - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

American Community Survey (ACS)

Sad but interesting data. I am shocked by a few of the cities on the list; and by the high poverty rates......truly a shame.

[Rachael84]

Good job NY for not making the list

[2e1m5a]

Actually, The Bronx is the poorest urban county in the country with more than 380,000 residents in poverty

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by 2e1m5a

Actually, The Bronx is the poorest urban county in the country with more than 380,000 residents in poverty

Where did you read this?

The Bronx only encompasses about 18% of NYC. It still doesn't put NYC on the list of poorest cities

[TANaples]

Manhattan is probably one of the richest places in the country.

[2e1m5a]

The Bronx has about 28% of its residents in poverty and Brooklyn has 21% in poverty. That doesn't take away from the fact that they are probably my 2 favorite boroughs in the city though.

NY1 | 24 Hour Local News | Top Stories | Report Cites Bronx As Poorest Urban County

[StopSosialism!]

im suprised chicago isnt on the list with it bringin us a comunist dictator and all. soon this hole nation is goin to be in poverty sharin the welth.

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by 2e1m5a

The Bronx has about 28% of its residents in poverty and Brooklyn has 21% in poverty. That doesn't take away from the fact that they are probably my 2 favorite boroughs in the city though.

NY1 | 24 Hour Local News | Top Stories | Report Cites Bronx As Poorest Urban County

I believe it, since i teach in the south Bronx, and nearly all the schools in the area are Title 1. 95% of the 1000 students in my elementary receive free lunch. But my point is that it ends up balancing out, since the other boroughs have some very wealthy areas that make NYC in general not that poor.

[machiavelli1]

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.

That is a list for cities abouve 250,000 residents I think

If it were all cities period, then E St Louis would be near or at the top