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4. U.S. Census: Camden, NJ now the poorest city in the United States closely followed by Reading, PA.
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 09:48 PM
Sep 2012
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8818526


CAMDEN, N.J. - September 20, 2012 (WPVI) -- New statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau suggest the Pennsylvania city of Reading is no longer the country's poorest. Camden, N.J. is.

For Angel Ramos who's lived in Camden 40 years, news of the city's poverty wasn't particularly shocking. New statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau place Camden as the country's most impoverished city in 2011. The Bureau estimates that 42.5% of the people live below the poverty line in Camden. Reading, which was ranked number 1, has dropped to 6th.

"There are no jobs for people here," says Ramos.
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Census figures say the poverty rate in Reading dropped from 41.3 percent in 2010 to 40.1 in 2011. That means the city of about 88,000 people is no longer considered the country's most-impoverished.
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But an official with the United Way in Reading cautions that the rates are just estimates. Senior Vice President of Community Impact Pat Giles says the margin of error for Reading, Camden and other similarly struggling cities mean it's hard to tell which one truly has the highest rate.


This shouldn't be happening in any city in the U.S. but here it is while wealthy 1%ers bleed us dry cent by cent.

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