CENSUS BUREAU
Figures show Buffalo remains third-poorest
Published: September 30, 2009, 12:30 am
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Buffalo remains one of the poorest cities in the United States, with close to a third of city residents living in poverty, federal figures released Tuesday show.
An estimated 30.3 percent of residents in Buffalo are poor, the third highest poverty rate in the nation among cities with more than 250,000 people, according to the new statistics from the Census Bureau.
It’s no surprise. Buffalo was in the same position when poverty estimates were released last year.
Detroit has the highest poverty rate— 33.3 percent—followed by Cleveland, although its poverty rate of 30.4 percent statistically isn’t any worse than Buffalo’s. The other cities near the top of this dubious list include: Newark; Miami; Fresno, Calif.; Cincinnati; Toledo, Ohio; El Paso, Texas; Philadelphia; Milwaukee; Memphis and St. Louis.
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