The Plain Dealer reports today [1] that Cleveland's new poverty rate is 29.5 percent, ranking second worst among large cities. That rate is up from 27% the previous year. Among our peers:
Detroit has the highest poverty rate among large cities, at 33.8 percent. Third, behind Detroit and Cleveland, are Buffalo, N.Y. (28.7 percent), El Paso, Texas (27.7 percent) and Memphis, Tenn. (26.2) percent.
Links:
[1] http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/08/cleveland_still_poor_but_not_p.html