The City Hit Hardest by Extreme Poverty in Every State

41. South Dakota: no metro area with concentrated poverty
> State poverty rate: 13.9%

42. Tennessee: Memphis
> Concentrated poverty rate: 28.4% of poor pop. (70,965 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 18.9% (state: 16.7%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 52 out of 309
> Unemployment: 16.3% (poor neighborhoods) 7.6% (all other)

43. Texas: Laredo
> Concentrated poverty rate: 54.2% of poor pop. (45,403 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 31.5% (state: 16.0%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 27 out of 60
> Unemployment: 7.2% (poor neighborhoods) 5.2% (all other)

44. Utah: Ogden-Clearfield
> Concentrated poverty rate: 6.5% of poor pop. (3,623 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 8.7% (state: 11.0%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 3 out of 116
> Unemployment: 14.9% (poor neighborhoods) 4.0% (all other)

45. Vermont: Burlington-South Burlington
> Concentrated poverty rate: 10.9% of poor pop. (2,332 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 10.4% (state: 11.4%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 1 out of 45
> Unemployment: 8.1% (poor neighborhoods) 4.0% (all other)