The Poverty Rate Went Down in the US Last Year, but These Cities Still Struggle

Last year, 13.4% of all Americans lived below the poverty line—a 0.6-percentage point drop from 2016. But many pockets in the US still struggle, and 24/7 Wall St. mined data from the US Census Bureau to see which metropolitan areas are dealing with the highest poverty rates.... source: http://www.newser.com/story/264573/the-10-us-cities-where-poverty-hits-hard.html #Headlines by: Jenn Gidman

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