Economic Benchmarks

Tables

11b. POVERTY ESTIMATES, 50 LARGEST COUNTIES, 1993.

Rank

County

Percent

Percent

Number

Percent

1

DuPage, IL

32,449

3.8

21,752

3.5

10,697

4.6

2

Bergen, NJ

48,398

5.7

33,929

5.1

14,469

7.8

3

Nassau, NY

79,236

6.0

52,302

5.1

26,934

8.9

4

Fairfax, VA

53,093

6.0

33,990

5.1

19,103

8.7

5

Suffolk, NY

101,591

7.5

61,283

6.1

40,308

11.4

6

Fairfield, CT

64,689

7.7

35,682

5.6

29,007

14.5

7

Oakland, MI

89,110

7.8

55,197

6.5

33,913

11.8

8

St. Louis, MO

80,973

8.0

50,804

6.7

30,169

11.8

9

Middlesex, MA

117,548

8.5

74,956

7.0

42,592

13.8

10

Westchester, NY

77,378

8.8

50,138

7.4

27,240

13.3

11

Santa Clara, CA

142,122

9.2

85,777

7.5

56,345

14.0

12

Honolulu, HI

75,992

8.9

44,772

7.1

31,220

14.0

13

Contra Costa, CA

77,797

9.0

46,045

7.3

31,752

13.7

14

Salt Lake County

79,326

9.8

42,579

8.0

36,747

13.3

15

King, WA

157,577

9.9

105,785

8.7

51,792

14.0

16

Hartford, CT

94,118

11.2

52,039

8.2

42,079

20.7

17

Hennepin, MN

123,587

11.7

77,121

9.6

46,466

18.5

18

Alameda, CA

160,618

12.3

98,920

10.2

61,698

18.5

19

Broward, FL

171,871

12.3

111,166

10.2

60,705

19.7

20

Palm Beach, FL

118,376

12.3

76,143

10.1

42,233

20.6

21

Clark, NV

117,292

12.4

71,318

10.2

45,974

18.6

22

Allegheny, PA

168,717

12.8

107,868

10.5

60,849

20.8

23

Pinellas, FL

110,289

12.8

74,341

10.7

35,948

21.5

24

Orange, CA

323,655

12.6

195,208

10.3

128,447

18.9

25

Franklin, OH

134,168

13.4

76,896

10.3

57,272

22.7

26

Tarrant, TX

172,555

13.7

98,528

10.9

74,027

21.0

27

Hamilton, OH

125,140

14.5

70,342

11.1

54,798

23.8

28

Queens, NY

303,013

15.3

188,311

12.2

114,702

25.9

29

Riverside, CA

204,353

15.0

112,452

11.9

91,901

21.9

30

Marion, IN

123,073

15.0

72,157

11.8

50,916

24.5

31

Erie, NY

148,561

15.4

90,307

12.5

58,254

24.3

32

Maricopa, AZ

379,587

16.0

214,840

12.5

164,747

25.4

33

Sacramento, CA

178,323

16.3

97,691

12.5

80,632

25.8

34

San Diego, CA

422,935

16.3

244,711

12.9

178,224

25.3

35

Hillsborough, FL

148,539

17.0

91,770

14.3

56,769

24.6

36

Cook, IL

908,002

17.6

511,557

13.4

396,445

29.4

37

San Bernardino, CA

272,047

17.5

141,687

13.7

130,360

24.9

38

Cuyahoga, OH

256,924

18.1

147,183

13.7

109,741

31.7

39

Dallas, TX

358,873

18.3

205,444

14.4

153,429

28.5

40

Harris, TX

595,054

19.4

319,593

14.7

275,461

30.8

41

Milwaukee, WI

181,036

19.4

96,850

14.2

84,186

33.7

42

Shelby, TN

189,901

22.3

107,878

17.7

82,023

34.0

43

New York, NY

336,810

22.3

216,570

17.5

120,240

44.3

44

Bexar, TX

288,586

22.7

158,586

17.8

130,000

34.1

45

Los Angeles, CA

2,164,629

23.8

1,224,477

18.8

940,152

36.6

46

Wayne, MI

510,670

24.6

274,072

18.2

236,598

41.5

47

Dade, FL

512,176

25.4

314,326

20.9

197,850

38.4

48

Philadelphia, PA

404,776

26.5

237,121

20.8

167,655

43.3

49

Kings, NY

729,236

31.6

397,504

23.9

331,732

51.5

50

Bronx, NY

394,200

33.3

205,942

24.8

188,258

53.4

Median

13.6

Median

10.8

Median

21.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

University of Pittburgh

September 1998