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Population Below Poverty

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

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Scale Range: 30,375 – 2,451,775

	Value
1: Akron, OH	66,386
2: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	73,946
3: Albuquerque, NM	99,746
4: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	59,500
5: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	397,037
6: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	74,945
7: Austin-Round Rock, TX	134,589
8: Bakersfield, CA	130,949
9: Baltimore-Towson, MD	243,792
10: Baton Rouge, LA	116,199
11: Birmingham-Hoover, AL	139,841
12: Boise City-Nampa, ID	42,501
13: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	362,866
14: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	59,689
15: Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY	135,192
16: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	42,316
17: Charleston-North Charleston, SC	74,504
18: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC	122,312
19: Chattanooga, TN-GA	55,863
20: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI	934,512
21: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	186,697
22: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	226,498
23: Colorado Springs, CO	41,414
24: Columbia, SC	76,293
25: Columbus, OH	155,402
26: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	547,385
27: Dayton, OH	82,370
28: Denver-Aurora, CO	170,649
29: Des Moines, IA	35,082
30: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	464,642
31: El Paso, TX	158,722
32: Fresno, CA	179,085
33: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	63,250
34: Greensboro-High Point, NC	66,648
35: Greenville, SC	62,678
36: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	40,094
37: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	91,303
38: Honolulu, HI	83,937
39: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX	635,349
40: Indianapolis, IN	126,503
41: Jackson, MS	81,608
42: Jacksonville, FL	118,116
43: Kansas City, MO-KS	154,021
44: Knoxville, TN	73,225
45: Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	60,953
46: Lancaster, PA	35,553
47: Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	145,855
48: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR	71,904
49: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	1,964,074
50: Louisville, KY-IN	124,257
51: Madison, WI	43,111
52: McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX	201,865
53: Memphis, TN-MS-AR	184,381
54: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL	692,014
55: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	155,664
56: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	195,253
57: Modesto, CA	70,406
58: Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN	131,548
59: New Haven-Milford, CT	75,733
60: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	236,747
61: New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA	2,451,775
62: Ogden-Clearfield, UT	30,375
63: Oklahoma City, OK	143,729
64: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	62,703
65: Orlando, FL	172,476
66: Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	68,540
67: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	44,218
68: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	598,949
69: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	383,484
70: Pittsburgh, PA	256,990
71: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	179,809
72: Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	54,530
73: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA	172,784
74: Provo-Orem, UT	44,117
75: Raleigh-Cary, NC	68,874
76: Richmond, VA	99,314
77: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	477,496
78: Rochester, NY	104,742
79: Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA	224,922
80: Salt Lake City, UT	74,938
81: San Antonio, TX	252,311
82: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	338,399
83: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	371,257
84: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	129,711
85: Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL	50,921
86: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA	58,727
87: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	254,886
88: Springfield, MA	84,243
89: St. Louis, MO-IL	264,721
90: Stockton, CA	97,105
91: Syracuse, NY	76,991
92: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	262,439
93: Toledo, OH	77,558
94: Tucson, AZ	120,778
95: Tulsa, OK	99,150
96: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	160,249
97: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	345,860
98: Wichita, KS	51,228
99: Worcester, MA	67,136
100: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	67,208

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

Source: 2000 Census Summary File 3

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