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(4,571 posts) Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:36 PM Feb 2015

10 poorest cities in the US (in the top 75 metro areas)

Table 2: The 10 Poorest Cities in the United States Among the Top 75 Metro Areas

1: Detroit 39.3%

2: Cleveland 35.4%

3: Dayton 34.7%

4: Hartford 33.6%

5: Rochester 32.9%

6: Buffalo 30.7%

7: Cincinnati 30.4%

8: Birmingham 30.2%

9: Miami 29.9%

10: Milwaukee 29.1%

Source: U.S. Census, American Community Survey for 2009-13

http://www.actrochester.org/sites/default/files/Poverty%20Report%20Update%202015-0108.pdf

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