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50. Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
> Child poverty rate: 69.3%
> Median family income, households with children: N/A
> Share of households with children receiving SNAP benefits: 48.3% — 498th highest of 8,589 towns
> Households headed by single mothers: 35.5% — 164th highest of 8,589 towns
49. Wadesboro, North Carolina
> Child poverty rate: 69.5%
> Median family income, households with children: $22,869 — 138th lowest of 8,278 towns
> Share of households with children receiving SNAP benefits: 86.2% — 5th highest of 8,589 towns
> Households headed by single mothers: 32.3% — 266th highest of 8,589 towns
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48. Brent, Alabama
> Child poverty rate: 70.0%
> Median family income, households with children: N/A
> Share of households with children receiving SNAP benefits: 68.9% — 50th highest of 8,589 towns
> Households headed by single mothers: 38.8% — 110th highest of 8,589 towns
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47. Vado, New Mexico
> Child poverty rate: 70.2%
> Median family income, households with children: N/A
> Share of households with children receiving SNAP benefits: 65.1% — 89th highest of 8,589 towns
> Households headed by single mothers: 18.8% — 1,791st highest of 8,589 towns
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46. Macon, Mississippi
> Child poverty rate: 70.3%
> Median family income, households with children: $18,992 — 57th lowest of 8,278 towns
> Share of households with children receiving SNAP benefits: 51.4% — 370th highest of 8,589 towns
> Households headed by single mothers: 42.5% — 64th highest of 8,589 towns
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