US Census Bureau
Skip top of page navigation

People Business Geography Newsroom Subjects A to Z Search@Census

American Community Survey (ACS)

Skip top of page navigation
  Census >ACS Home > Ranking Tables Main > Ranking Tables 2002 Index > Percent of People Below Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months… (Place Level)
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 31.2 24.6 37.8
2 Newark city, NJ 30.6 24.8 36.4
3 Cleveland city, OH 26.3 21.7 30.9
4 El Paso city, TX 26.1 22.1 30.1
5 Atlanta city, GA 25.9 21.3 30.5
6 St. Louis city, MO 24.0 19.7 28.3
7 Detroit city, MI 23.3 20.2 26.4
8 Cincinnati city, OH 23.2 18.9 27.5
9 Minneapolis city, MN 22.9 19.3 26.5
10 Long Beach city, CA 22.6 17.3 27.9
11 Memphis city, TN 22.5 19.0 26.0
12 Milwaukee city, WI 22.0 19.0 25.0
13 New Orleans city, LA 21.7 17.9 25.5
13 Corpus Christi city, TX 21.7 17.4 26.0
15 Philadelphia city, PA 21.2 19.1 23.3
16 Dallas city, TX 20.9 18.4 23.4
17 Buffalo city, NY 20.8 15.7 25.9
18 Baltimore city, MD 20.6 17.6 23.6
19 Fresno city, CA 20.2 15.7 24.7
20 Stockton city, CA 20.1 13.8 26.4
21 Louisville city, KY 19.9 16.1 23.7
22 Oakland city, CA 19.5 15.0 24.0
22 Boston city, MA 19.5 16.9 22.1
24 Toledo city, OH 19.4 16.6 22.2
25 Chicago city, IL 19.0 17.4 20.7
25 New York city, NY 19.0 18.2 19.8
27 Los Angeles city, CA 18.8 17.3 20.3
27 Lexington-Fayette, KY 18.8 14.3 23.3
29 Houston city, TX 18.6 17.0 20.3
30 Tucson city, AZ 18.2 16.4 20.0
31 Oklahoma City city, OK 18.0 14.9 21.1
32 Washington city, DC 17.5 15.9 19.2
32 Pittsburgh city, PA 17.5 14.0 21.0
34 San Antonio city, TX 17.1 15.0 19.2
35 Columbus city, OH 16.9 15.7 18.1
36 Santa Ana city, CA 16.7 11.1 22.3
37 Phoenix city, AZ 16.6 14.3 18.9
38 Bakersfield city, CA 16.4 10.8 22.0
38 Denver city, CO 16.4 13.4 19.4
38 Fort Worth city, TX 16.4 13.3 19.5
41 Wichita city, KS 16.3 12.5 20.1
42 Tampa city, FL 15.6 12.0 19.2
42 St. Paul city, MN 15.6 12.0 19.2
44 Sacramento city, CA 15.5 11.9 19.1
45 Austin city, TX 15.1 12.3 17.9
46 Kansas City city, MO 15.0 11.4 18.6
47 San Diego city, CA 14.7 12.2 17.2
48 Portland city, OR 14.6 13.1 16.1
49 Jacksonville city, FL 14.4 11.9 16.9
49 Albuquerque city, NM 14.4 11.1 17.7
51 Seattle city, WA 13.7 11.4 16.0
52 Honolulu CDP, HI 13.6 11.5 15.7
53 Raleigh city, NC 13.2 10.2 16.2
54 Riverside city, CA 12.9 8.3 17.5
55 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 12.6 10.3 14.9
56 Anaheim city, CA 12.5 7.2 17.8
57 Mesa city, AZ 12.4 8.6 16.2
58 Omaha city, NE 12.3 10.8 13.8
59 Tulsa city, OK 12.1 8.8 15.4
60 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 11.8 9.8 13.8
61 Las Vegas city, NV 11.3 8.8 13.8
62 Charlotte city, NC 10.7 8.9 12.5
63 San Francisco city, CA 10.5 9.5 11.5
64 Aurora city, CO 8.9 6.3 11.5
65 Arlington city, TX 8.7 5.1 12.3
66 Colorado Springs city, CO 8.4 5.9 10.9
67 San Jose city, CA 7.7 5.9 9.5
68 Virginia Beach city, VA 7.1 5.0 9.2
69 Anchorage municipality, AK 5.9 4.9 6.9

  
View.....

this data in chart form

this table at state level

this table at county level

this table at place level

this table from 2003

this table from 2002

this table from 2001

this table from 2000

this table as printable pdf

the Statistical Significance of this data (xls).

Go back to 2002 Index

 
      
 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 American Community 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.

Top of page

  [PDF] or PDF denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format. To view the file, you will need the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader This link to a non-federal Web site does not imply endorsement of any particular product, company, or content. available free from Adobe.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  American Community Survey Office  |  Page Last Modified: August 22, 2007