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Poverty Rate

Year: 1999; Ordered: alphabetically; Region: 100 Largest MSAs

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Scale Range: 6.7% – 35.9%

	Value
1: Akron, OH	9.8%
2: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	9.3%
3: Albuquerque, NM	13.9%
4: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	8.3%
5: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	9.5%
6: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	15.4%
7: Austin-Round Rock, TX	11.1%
8: Bakersfield, CA	20.8%
9: Baltimore-Towson, MD	9.8%
10: Baton Rouge, LA	17.1%
11: Birmingham-Hoover, AL	13.6%
12: Boise City-Nampa, ID	9.4%
13: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	8.5%
14: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	6.9%
15: Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY	11.9%
16: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	9.7%
17: Charleston-North Charleston, SC	14.0%
18: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC	9.4%
19: Chattanooga, TN-GA	12.0%
20: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI	10.5%
21: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	9.5%
22: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	10.8%
23: Colorado Springs, CO	7.9%
24: Columbia, SC	12.4%
25: Columbus, OH	9.9%
26: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10.8%
27: Dayton, OH	10.0%
28: Denver-Aurora, CO	8.0%
29: Des Moines, IA	7.5%
30: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	10.6%
31: El Paso, TX	23.8%
32: Fresno, CA	22.9%
33: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	8.8%
34: Greensboro-High Point, NC	10.6%
35: Greenville, SC	11.6%
36: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	8.2%
37: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	8.3%
38: Honolulu, HI	9.9%
39: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX	13.7%
40: Indianapolis, IN	8.5%
41: Jackson, MS	17.0%
42: Jacksonville, FL	10.7%
43: Kansas City, MO-KS	8.5%
44: Knoxville, TN	12.2%
45: Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	12.9%
46: Lancaster, PA	7.8%
47: Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	10.8%
48: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR	12.1%
49: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	16.2%
50: Louisville, KY-IN	10.9%
51: Madison, WI	8.9%
52: McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX	35.9%
53: Memphis, TN-MS-AR	15.6%
54: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL	14.0%
55: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	10.6%
56: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	6.7%
57: Modesto, CA	16.0%
58: Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN	10.3%
59: New Haven-Milford, CT	9.5%
60: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	18.3%
61: New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA	13.6%
62: Ogden-Clearfield, UT	6.9%
63: Oklahoma City, OK	13.5%
64: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	8.4%
65: Orlando, FL	10.7%
66: Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	9.2%
67: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	9.5%
68: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	10.8%
69: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	12.0%
70: Pittsburgh, PA	10.8%
71: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	9.5%
72: Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	9.2%
73: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA	11.3%
74: Provo-Orem, UT	12.0%
75: Raleigh-Cary, NC	8.9%
76: Richmond, VA	9.4%
77: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	15.0%
78: Rochester, NY	10.5%
79: Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA	12.7%
80: Salt Lake City, UT	7.9%
81: San Antonio, TX	15.1%
82: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	12.4%
83: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	9.1%
84: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	7.6%
85: Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL	8.8%
86: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA	10.8%
87: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	8.5%
88: Springfield, MA	13.1%
89: St. Louis, MO-IL	10.0%
90: Stockton, CA	17.7%
91: Syracuse, NY	12.3%
92: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	11.2%
93: Toledo, OH	12.1%
94: Tucson, AZ	14.7%
95: Tulsa, OK	11.8%
96: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	10.6%
97: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	7.4%
98: Wichita, KS	9.1%
99: Worcester, MA	9.2%
100: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	11.5%

Definition: Proportion of people below the poverty level, among the population for whom poverty status is determined

Source: 2000 Census Summary File 3

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