The 15 US Cities Where Poverty Is Soaring Fastest [View all]

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Southern poverty has grown in an extreme way within America's post-recession landscape, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.
Of the 15 metro areas where poverty is expanding at the greatest rates, nine are located in the South, with four in North Carolina and another three in Florida.

Metro areas include cities and their surrounding suburbs, where poverty has been expanding fastest.

The Brookings report analyzes the poverty levels in metro areas, examining the change between 2000 and the period of 2008-2012, which includes an average from a five-year Census estimate and shows the effect of the recession.



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Charlotte and Raleigh are tied for 3rd. Greensboro-HighPoint is 10th. Winston-Salem is 8th.