This statistic shows a ranking of metropolitan areas with the highest shares of lower-income adults in the United States in 2014. In 2014, the Laredo metropolitan area in Texas was ranked first with 47 percent of adult population living in the lower-income tier.
Metropolitan areas with the largest share of lower-income population in the U.S. in 2014
Lower-income adults are defined as adults who live in households with incomes less than two-thirds of the household-size adjusted median income in the U.S. or less than 41,641 U.S. dollars for a household of three in 2014.
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Pew Research Center. (May 11, 2016). Metropolitan areas with the largest share of lower-income population in the U.S. in 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/547408/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-lower-income-population/
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Pew Research Center. (2016). Metropolitan areas with the largest share of lower-income population in the U.S. in 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547408/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-lower-income-population/
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Metropolitan areas with the largest share of lower-income population in the U.S. in 2014 [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 11, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/547408/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-largest-lower-income-population/
