The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area in Texas was ranked first with 29.3 percent of its population living below the poverty level in 2021. Valdosta, Georgia had the second highest poverty rate, at 27.6 percent.
Leading metropolitan areas with the highest poverty rate in the United States in 2021
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Statistics on Texas
Population
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- Premium Statistic Resident population in Texas 1960-2022
- Basic Statistic Population share of Texas 2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Population of Texas 2021, by race and ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Educational attainment in Texas 2021
- Basic Statistic Percentage of foreign-born population U.S. 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. - projected state population by state 2040
Economy
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- Basic Statistic U.S. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by state 2022
- Basic Statistic Texas - real GDP 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Texas annual growth of real GDP 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Texas real GDP 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Business establishments in Texas, by industry 2020
- Premium Statistic Texas's leading companies, by revenue 2021
Employment & Earnings
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- Premium Statistic Number of nonfarm employees in Texas 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Texas nonfarm employees 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic Texas - Unemployment rate 1992-2021
- Premium Statistic Average annual pay of employees in Texas 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Texas median household income 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Texas per capita personal income 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Texas poverty rate 2000-2021
State & Local Government
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Metro Areas
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- Basic Statistic Population of metropolitan areas in the U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. Real GDP per capita 2020, by metro area
- Basic Statistic U.S. metropolitan areas 2021, by poverty rate
- Premium Statistic Greater Houston metro area - GDP 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area population in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Dallas-Fort Worth metro area - GDP 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area population in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Basic Statistic Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro area population U.S. 2010-2021
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- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single mother 2002-2021
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- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single mother households 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Black single fathers 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2021
- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single father 2002-2021
- Poverty headcount rate in Nigeria 2019, by activity and gender
- 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
- Georgia - Poverty rate 2000-2021
- Maine - poverty rate 2000-2020
- Nevada poverty rate from 2000-2021
- South Dakota poverty rate 2000-2021
- Poverty incidence in Angola 2018-2019, by age
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- Georgia - Poverty rate 2000-2021
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- Nevada poverty rate from 2000-2021
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US Census Bureau. (September 17, 2022). Leading metropolitan areas with the highest poverty rate in the United States in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/432924/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-poverty-rate/
US Census Bureau. "Leading metropolitan areas with the highest poverty rate in the United States in 2021." Chart. September 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/432924/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-poverty-rate/
US Census Bureau. (2022). Leading metropolitan areas with the highest poverty rate in the United States in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/432924/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-poverty-rate/
US Census Bureau. "Leading Metropolitan Areas with The Highest Poverty Rate in The United States in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/432924/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-poverty-rate/
US Census Bureau, Leading metropolitan areas with the highest poverty rate in the United States in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/432924/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-poverty-rate/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Leading metropolitan areas with the highest poverty rate in the United States in 2021 [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/432924/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-poverty-rate/