Percentage of Families Living in Poverty, 2021 |
by Metro Area |
Rank |
Area |
Percentage of families with income below the poverty level |
1 |
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR Metro Area |
33.2% |
2 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area |
14.6% |
3 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area |
12.8% |
4 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area |
11.7% |
5 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area |
11.2% |
6 |
Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area |
10.3% |
7 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area |
10.1% |
8 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area |
10.1% |
9 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area |
9.8% |
10 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area |
9.8% |
11 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area |
9.8% |
12 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area |
9.8% |
13 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area |
9.6% |
14 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area |
9.6% |
15 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area |
9.4% |
16 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area |
8.9% |
17 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area |
8.9% |
18 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area |
8.8% |
19 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area |
8.8% |
20 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area |
8.7% |
21 |
Columbus, OH Metro Area |
8.5% |
22 |
Jacksonville, FL Metro Area |
8.5% |
23 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area |
8.4% |
24 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area |
8.4% |
25 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area |
8.0% |
26 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area |
7.9% |
27 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area |
7.9% |
28 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area |
7.9% |
29 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area |
7.8% |
30 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area |
7.8% |
31 |
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area |
7.7% |
32 |
Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area |
7.5% |
33 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area |
7.5% |
34 |
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area |
7.3% |
35 |
St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area |
7.3% |
36 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area |
7.1% |
37 |
Richmond, VA Metro Area |
6.9% |
38 |
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area |
6.6% |
39 |
Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area |
6.6% |
40 |
Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area |
6.6% |
41 |
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area |
6.4% |
42 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area |
6.4% |
43 |
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area |
6.3% |
44 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area |
6.1% |
45 |
Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area |
5.9% |
46 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area |
5.8% |
47 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area |
5.4% |
48 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area |
5.3% |
49 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area |
4.8% |
50 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area |
4.6% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2021 American Community Survey |
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