People fighting Cincinnati’s serious and chronic poverty issue
  • 1/5 of residents living in poverty 1
  • 1/3 of kids living in poverty 1
  • Cincinnati 16th of top 50 cities ahead of LA, NY, Chicago…2
  • 1980 – 20% of residents live in poverty 2 ˝ decades later… 20% of residents living in poverty 3
 
Top 50 Cities % res. in poverty
16th – Cincinnati, OH
17th – Dallas, TX
21st – Toledo, OH
21st – Houston, TX
23rd - Los Angeles, CA
24th - Washington, DC
25th – Chicago, IL
27th - New York, NY
35th - Columbus, OH
38th – Pittsburgh, PA
44th - Oakland, CA

 

 


1
2000 Census
2 2003 U.S. Census American Community Survey
3 1980 census; 2004 data is based on the Census Bureau American Community Survey
 


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