Special Report
The City Hit Hardest by Extreme Poverty in Every State
July 22, 2019 1:44 pm
Last Updated: February 17, 2020 2:05 pm
26. Montana: Great Falls
> Concentrated poverty rate: 11.2% of poor pop. (1,164 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 13.1% (state: 14.4%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 1 out of 22
> Unemployment: 5.0% (poor neighborhoods) 4.6% (all other)
27. Nebraska: Lincoln
> Concentrated poverty rate: 15.8% of poor pop. (6,671 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 13.7% (state: 12.0%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 6 out of 73
> Unemployment: 7.4% (poor neighborhoods) 3.2% (all other)
28. Nevada: Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise
> Concentrated poverty rate: 6.5% of poor pop. (19,802 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 14.6% (state: 14.2%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 13 out of 487
> Unemployment: 15.7% (poor neighborhoods) 8.3% (all other)
29. New Hampshire: no metro area with concentrated poverty
> State poverty rate: 8.1%
30. New Jersey: Atlantic City-Hammonton
> Concentrated poverty rate: 23.9% of poor pop. (9,739 residents)
> Overall poverty rate: 15.3% (state: 10.7%)
> Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: 9 out of 68
> Unemployment: 17.4% (poor neighborhoods) 10.4% (all other)
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