In 2021, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the city with the highest poverty rate of the United States' most populated cities. In this statistic, the cities are sorted by poverty rate, not population. The most populated city in 2021 according to the source was New York city - which had a poverty rate of 18 percent.
Percentage of people who live below the poverty level in the most populated cities in the United States in 2021
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Statistics on Homelessness in the U.S.
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Poverty rate of the top 25 most populated cities in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Estimated number of homeless people in the U.S. 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of homeless people in the U.S., by state 2022
- Premium Statistic Rate of homelessness in the U.S. by state 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of homeless individuals in the U.S. by age 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of homeless individuals in the U.S. by gender 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of homeless people in the U.S., by race 2022
Shelters
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- Premium Statistic Number of homeless people in the U.S., by state and shelter status 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of unsheltered homeless population, by county of residence U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of homeless people in families in the U.S. by sheltered status 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of homeless people in the U.S. by place of residence before shelter 2017
- Premium Statistic Number of beds for homeless people in the U.S. by housing type 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of homeless in shelters and transitional housing by length of stay U.S. 2017
- Premium Statistic Turnover rate of emergency shelters and transitional housing in the U.S. 2007-2017
Homeless veterans
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- Premium Statistic Number of homeless veterans in the U.S., by state 2022
- Premium Statistic Estimated number of homeless veterans in the U.S. by shelter status 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of homeless veterans in the U.S. by gender 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of homeless veterans in the U.S. by race 2022
Homeless youth
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- Premium Statistic Number of homeless youth in the U.S., by state 2022
- Premium Statistic Estimated number of homeless youth in the U.S. by sheltered status 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of unsheltered homeless youth population by county of residence U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Share of unaccompanied homeless youth in the U.S. by gender 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of unaccompanied homeless youth in the U.S. by race 2022
- Premium Statistic Homeless students in the U.S. by state 2017-2018
- Premium Statistic Number of homeless parenting youth in the U.S., by state 2022
Health & wellbeing
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- Premium Statistic Special populations served by health centers in U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Mentally ill homeless people in the U.S. by sheltered status 2022
- Premium Statistic Homeless people with substance abuse in the U.S. by sheltered status 2022
- Premium Statistic Homeless domestic violence victims in the U.S. by sheltered status 2022
- Premium Statistic Homeless people with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. by sheltered status 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of attacks on homeless people in the U.S. by type 1999-2019
- Premium Statistic Non-lethal attacks on homeless people in the U.S. by type 2019
Further related statistics
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- Poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic families U.S. 1990-2021
- U.S. impoverished white, non-Hispanic married-couple families 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic married-couple families 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single father 2002-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2021
- U.S. metropolitan areas 2021, by poverty rate
- U.S. poverty rate of Hispanic families with a single mother 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Black single mothers 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Hispanic families with a single father 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Black single fathers 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Black married-couple families 1990-2021
- Georgia - Poverty rate 2000-2021
- Maine - poverty rate 2000-2020
- Nevada poverty rate from 2000-2021
- Population structure according to the degree of material deprivation in Romania 2019
- U.S. most populated cities per capita income 2021
- Wealth in the U.S. - UHNW (super rich) population in 2014, by city
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- Poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic families U.S. 1990-2021
- U.S. impoverished white, non-Hispanic married-couple families 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic married-couple families 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single father 2002-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2021
- U.S. metropolitan areas 2021, by poverty rate
- U.S. poverty rate of Hispanic families with a single mother 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Black single mothers 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Hispanic families with a single father 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Black single fathers 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Black married-couple families 1990-2021
- Georgia - Poverty rate 2000-2021
- Maine - poverty rate 2000-2020
- Nevada poverty rate from 2000-2021
- Population structure according to the degree of material deprivation in Romania 2019
- U.S. most populated cities per capita income 2021
- Wealth in the U.S. - UHNW (super rich) population in 2014, by city
US Census Bureau. (September 30, 2022). Percentage of people who live below the poverty level in the most populated cities in the United States in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/205637/percentage-of-poor-people-in-the-top-20-most-populated-cities-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of people who live below the poverty level in the most populated cities in the United States in 2021." Chart. September 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205637/percentage-of-poor-people-in-the-top-20-most-populated-cities-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2022). Percentage of people who live below the poverty level in the most populated cities in the United States in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205637/percentage-of-poor-people-in-the-top-20-most-populated-cities-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of People Who Live below The Poverty Level in The Most Populated Cities in The United States in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205637/percentage-of-poor-people-in-the-top-20-most-populated-cities-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Percentage of people who live below the poverty level in the most populated cities in the United States in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205637/percentage-of-poor-people-in-the-top-20-most-populated-cities-in-the-us/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Percentage of people who live below the poverty level in the most populated cities in the United States in 2021 [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/205637/percentage-of-poor-people-in-the-top-20-most-populated-cities-in-the-us/