Top Ten Cities (250,000 or more population) with the Highest
Poverty Rate
| City, State, % People Below Poverty Level |
| 1. Detroit, MI |
32.5% |
| 2. Buffalo, NY |
29.9% |
| 3. Cincinnati, OH |
27.8% |
| 4. Cleveland, OH |
27.0% |
| 5. Miami, FL |
26.9% |
| 5. St. Louis, MO |
26.8% |
| 7. El Paso, TX |
26.4% |
| 8. Milwaukee, WI |
26.2% |
| 9. Philadelphia, PA |
25.1% |
| 10. Newark, NJ |
24.2% |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007
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