Exhibit 15: Central City Poverty Rates Are Still 30 Percent or Higher in 30 Cities.
Central City Poverty Rates in 30 Cities
(in percent)
|
|
Poverty Rate
|
Estimated Poverty Rate
|
| City
|
State
|
1989
|
1993
|
1995
|
| Atlanta
|
GA
|
27.3
|
35.6
|
33.6
|
| Augusta
|
GA
|
33.3
|
42.4
|
42.7
|
| Benton Harbor
|
MI
|
58.0
|
74.0
|
64.3
|
| Brownsville
|
TX
|
43.9
|
38.8
|
39.9
|
| Camden
|
NJ
|
36.6
|
49.2
|
44.2
|
| Detroit
|
MI
|
32.4
|
39.6
|
33.1
|
| East St. Louis
|
IL
|
43.9
|
47.9
|
44.3
|
| Edinburg
|
TX
|
33.8
|
31.9
|
33.6
|
| Flint
|
MI
|
30.6
|
35.9
|
30.4
|
| Fort Pierce
|
FL
|
29.2
|
38.9
|
39.3
|
| Harlingen
|
TX
|
29.9
|
29.3
|
30.6
|
| Hartford
|
CT
|
27.5
|
38.3
|
35.2
|
| Laredo
|
TX
|
37.3
|
35.1
|
35.2
|
| Lawrence
|
MA
|
27.5
|
37.5
|
30.3
|
| Madera
|
CA
|
26.9
|
33.4
|
33.0
|
| McAllen
|
TX
|
32.7
|
32.4
|
34.4
|
| Merced
|
CA
|
25.1
|
31.6
|
33.9
|
| Miami
|
FL
|
31.2
|
45.4
|
42.8
|
| Miami Beach
|
FL
|
25.2
|
37.7
|
35.2
|
| Mission
|
TX
|
37.3
|
36.5
|
37.5
|
| Monroe
|
LA
|
37.8
|
37.6
|
35.0
|
| New Orleans
|
LA
|
31.6
|
37.9
|
33.6
|
| Newark
|
NJ
|
26.3
|
35.3
|
30.5
|
| Newburgh
|
NY
|
26.2
|
34.3
|
31.5
|
| Pine Bluff
|
AR
|
27.7
|
32.9
|
31.8
|
| Port Arthur
|
TX
|
28.1
|
29.1
|
30.1
|
| Porterville
|
CA
|
26.8
|
32.2
|
31.8
|
| Saginaw
|
MI
|
31.7
|
36.7
|
32.8
|
| San Benito
|
TX
|
36.8
|
36.8
|
39.0
|
| San Luis Obispo
|
CA
|
27.4
|
28.5
|
30.0
|
Source: 1990 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census; 1993 and 1995 Estimates by HUD from Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Bureau of the Census
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