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Where Extreme Poverty Hits Hardest in Each State

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An analysis by 24/7 Wall Street identifies the metro areas in each state where concentrated poverty increased the most between 2010 and 2016. While the rate of concentrated poverty – defined as a community with a poverty rate of at least 40 percent – decreased nationally over that time, in 41 states there was at least one city with an uptick.

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