Share of Children Living in Very High Poverty Neighborhoods

Year: 2000; Ordered: alphabetically; Region: 100 Largest MSAs

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Scale Range: 0.1% – 50.7%

	Value
1: Akron, OH	2.1%
2: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	1.8%
3: Albuquerque, NM	2.0%
4: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	2.0%
5: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	2.6%
6: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	5.3%
7: Austin-Round Rock, TX	1.6%
8: Bakersfield, CA	12.2%
9: Baltimore-Towson, MD	3.3%
10: Baton Rouge, LA	4.8%
11: Birmingham-Hoover, AL	3.7%
12: Boise City-Nampa, ID	–
13: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	0.8%
14: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	1.1%
15: Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY	5.9%
16: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	2.5%
17: Charleston-North Charleston, SC	4.9%
18: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC	0.7%
19: Chattanooga, TN-GA	3.5%
20: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI	3.7%
21: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	3.0%
22: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	4.6%
23: Colorado Springs, CO	0.1%
24: Columbia, SC	2.0%
25: Columbus, OH	1.8%
26: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1.4%
27: Dayton, OH	1.7%
28: Denver-Aurora, CO	0.3%
29: Des Moines, IA	–
30: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	3.1%
31: El Paso, TX	10.7%
32: Fresno, CA	18.7%
33: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	0.8%
34: Greensboro-High Point, NC	1.2%
35: Greenville, SC	1.4%
36: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	2.3%
37: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	2.7%
38: Honolulu, HI	1.4%
39: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX	1.9%
40: Indianapolis, IN	0.4%
41: Jackson, MS	4.4%
42: Jacksonville, FL	1.7%
43: Kansas City, MO-KS	1.0%
44: Knoxville, TN	2.6%
45: Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	0.7%
46: Lancaster, PA	1.0%
47: Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	0.3%
48: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR	0.9%
49: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	5.7%
50: Louisville, KY-IN	4.6%
51: Madison, WI	0.1%
52: McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX	50.7%
53: Memphis, TN-MS-AR	7.6%
54: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL	4.5%
55: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	7.4%
56: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1.4%
57: Modesto, CA	2.6%
58: Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN	2.1%
59: New Haven-Milford, CT	2.3%
60: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	10.0%
61: New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA	8.1%
62: Ogden-Clearfield, UT	1.0%
63: Oklahoma City, OK	3.1%
64: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	1.0%
65: Orlando, FL	1.1%
66: Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	–
67: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	1.1%
68: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	5.5%
69: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	3.2%
70: Pittsburgh, PA	2.1%
71: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	0.1%
72: Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	5.0%
73: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA	3.1%
74: Provo-Orem, UT	1.4%
75: Raleigh-Cary, NC	0.6%
76: Richmond, VA	2.1%
77: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	3.0%
78: Rochester, NY	5.4%
79: Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA	1.6%
80: Salt Lake City, UT	–
81: San Antonio, TX	2.9%
82: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	3.6%
83: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	0.8%
84: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	–
85: Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL	–
86: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA	0.3%
87: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	0.4%
88: Springfield, MA	7.5%
89: St. Louis, MO-IL	3.5%
90: Stockton, CA	7.2%
91: Syracuse, NY	4.8%
92: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	2.0%
93: Toledo, OH	2.8%
94: Tucson, AZ	3.3%
95: Tulsa, OK	1.8%
96: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	3.9%
97: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	1.7%
98: Wichita, KS	0.9%
99: Worcester, MA	1.7%
100: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	1.7%

Definition: The share of children living in neighborhoods in which 40% or more of the population is in poverty.

Notes: Children are those aged under 18. Poverty determined as of 1999. Neighborhoods defined as census tracts. Excludes metro areas with less than 5,000 population of the specified racial/ethnic group.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census, Summary File 3 accessed through the Neighborhood Change Database.

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