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Top Ten Counties with Highest Poverty Rate
| County,
State, % People
Below Poverty Level |
| 1.
Hidalgo County, TX
|
38.0% |
| 2.
Cameron County, TX
|
36.5% |
| 3.
Bronx County, NY
|
28.7% |
| 4.
El Paso County, TX
|
27.4% |
| 5.
Tulare County, CA
|
22.9% |
| 6.
Philadelphia County, PA
|
22.3% |
| 7.
Fresno County, CA
|
21.8% |
| St. Louis City, MO
|
21.8% |
| 9.
Lubbock County, TX
|
21.6% |
| 10.
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
|
21.1% |
U.S.
Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates,
August 2004
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