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Percent of People Below Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months (for whom poverty status is determined)
Population for whom poverty status is determined (Place level)
Rank Place Percent Lower Bound Upper Bound
1 Miami city, FL 30.5 26.2 34.8
2 Buffalo city, NY 27.9 22.8 33.0
3 Atlanta city, GA 27.0 21.7 32.3
4 Newark city, NJ 26.6 20.2 33.0
5 New Orleans city, LA 26.3 22.5 30.1
6 Cleveland city, OH 24.3 20.0 28.6
7 El Paso city, TX 23.6 19.8 27.4
8 Fresno city, CA 23.0 18.7 27.3
9 Philadelphia city, PA 22.4 20.3 24.5
10 Baltimore city, MD 22.1 18.6 25.6
11 Cincinnati city, OH 20.7 16.1 25.3
12 Detroit city, MI 20.4 17.6 23.2
13 Los Angeles city, CA 20.2 18.6 21.9
14 Santa Ana city, CA 20.0 13.7 26.3
15 St. Louis city, MO 19.7 15.4 24.0
16 Tucson city, AZ 19.4 18.2 20.6
17 San Antonio city, TX 19.3 17.3 21.3
18 Memphis city, TN 19.1 16.0 22.2
19 Milwaukee city, WI 18.8 15.8 21.8
20 Pittsburgh city, PA 18.6 15.0 22.2
21 Phoenix city, AZ 18.0 15.7 20.3
22 New York city, NY 17.9 17.1 18.7
23 Toledo city, OH 17.7 13.7 21.7
24 Washington city, DC 17.5 16.0 19.0
25 Chicago city, IL 17.2 15.4 19.0
26 Tampa city, FL 16.8 12.8 20.8
27 Minneapolis city, MN 16.6 12.1 21.1
27 Dallas city, TX 16.6 13.5 19.7
27 Houston city, TX 16.6 15.4 17.8
30 Riverside city, CA 16.5 11.6 21.5
31 Fort Worth city, TX 16.4 10.8 22.0
32 Columbus city, OH 15.7 14.7 16.7
33 Sacramento city, CA 15.6 11.3 19.9
34 Boston city, MA 15.3 12.5 18.1
35 Oklahoma City city, OK 15.0 12.2 17.8
36 Oakland city, CA 14.7 10.6 18.8
37 Long Beach city, CA 14.4 10.6 18.2
38 Raleigh city, NC 14.0 9.9 18.1
39 San Diego city, CA 13.9 11.8 16.0
39 Kansas City city, MO 13.9 10.4 17.4
39 Portland city, OR 13.9 13.1 14.7
42 Albuquerque city, NM 13.4 10.3 16.5
43 Austin city, TX 12.9 10.1 15.7
44 Wichita city, KS 12.8 9.2 16.4
45 Omaha city, NE 12.0 11.0 13.0
46 Tulsa city, OK 11.4 8.8 14.0
47 Seattle city, WA 11.3 9.5 13.1
48 Jacksonville city, FL 11.1 9.1 13.1
49 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 11.0 8.9 13.1
50 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 10.8 8.7 12.9
51 Anaheim city, CA 10.7 7.1 14.3
51 Las Vegas city, NV 10.7 8.4 13.0
53 Mesa city, AZ 10.6 7.5 13.7
53 Denver city, CO 10.6 8.0 13.2
53 Charlotte city, NC 10.6 8.1 13.1
56 St. Paul city, MN 10.1 7.1 13.1
57 Honolulu CDP, HI 9.9 8.1 11.7
58 San Francisco city, CA 9.5 8.5 10.5
59 Colorado Springs city, CO 8.4 5.9 10.9
60 Anchorage municipality, AK 7.4 6.2 8.6
61 Arlington city, TX 7.2 4.9 9.5
62 San Jose city, CA 7.0 5.2 8.8
63 Virginia Beach city, VA 6.8 4.8 8.8
64 Aurora city, CO 5.7 3.4 8.0

  
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Supplementary Survey

Notes

The table above shows the margin of error, represented by the lower and upper bounds of the 90-percent confidence interval. The confidence interval gives a range of values likely to include the population true value.  The smaller the confidence interval the more precise the estimate of the characteristic of interest.

An "N" entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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