Top Ten Cities - Poverty

Top Ten Cities - Poverty






City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level

1. Detroit , MI 32.5%

2. Buffalo , NY 29.9%

3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8%

4. Cleveland , OH 27.0%

5. Miami , FL 26.9%

5. St. Louis , MO 26.8%

7. El Paso , TX 26.4%

8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2%

9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1%

10. Newark , NJ 24.2%

U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007





What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?



Detroit , MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961;



Buffalo , NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;



Cincinnati , OH (3rd)...since 1984;



Cleveland , OH (4th)....since 1989;



Miami , FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;



St. Louis , MO (6th)....since 1949;



El Paso , TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;



Milwaukee , WI (8th)...since 1908;



Philadelphia , PA (9th)...since 1952;



Newark , NJ (10th)....since 1907.



Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'

It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still

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