Top 10 of the richest and poorest cities in the USA

Income per family on average in the United States increased to 53,6 thousand dollars by the end of 2014. This is about 600 dollars more than it was a year earlier. Be that as it may, revenues in the United States have not yet reached the same level of pre-recession. With inflation, the average household income is still lower than the one recorded in 2009.

Periods of recession and economic boom have a huge impact on the well-being of regions, including megacities, albeit to varying degrees. In most cases, this influence does not affect the relative well-being of large cities, especially the wealthiest and poorest of them. For example, residents of the agglomeration of Brownsville-Harlingen, which unites cities of the same name in Texas, where every year 32 thousand dollars fall to a family, obviously, do not have the same living conditions as San Jose residents in California who earn three times more.

At the same time, income indicators and the level of poverty, although not entirely ideally correlated, are closely related to each other. The federal poverty line in the US - 11,7 thousand dollars per person - is based on the income needed to support a family, and it depends on the age of the homeowner, family size and number of children. It is noteworthy that in the 25 of the poorest urban agglomerations, these figures exceed the poverty line in the country by 15,5%. For example, more than 35% of residents of the same Brownsville-Harlingen - a record figure in the United States - live in poverty.

One of the most significant factors is the unemployment rate. The lower it is, the more competitive the labor market in a particular region of the country looks. In 19 of 25, the richest US agglomerations, the unemployment rate is lower than or equal to the national average. Another characteristic factor is the general level of education of residents of certain areas. About 30% of US adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and only in one of the poorest agglomerations this level is above average.

Портал 24 / 7 Wall St. compared the richest and poorest cities in the US, based on data from the US Census Bureau for 2014 a year.

The richest in the United States:

10. Trenton, NJ
    Average household income: $ 74 961.
    Unemployment rate: 5.0%.
    Poverty level: 11.9%.

9. Oxnard - Thousand Oaks — Ventura, California
   Average household income: $ 75 449.
   Unemployment rate: 5.8%.
   Poverty level: 11.3%.

8. Boston - Cambridge - Newton, Massachusetts/New Hampshire
   Average household income: $ 75 667.
   Unemployment rate: 4.1%.
   Poverty level: 10.6%.

7. Anchorage, Alaska
   Average household income: $ 75 682.
   Unemployment rate: 5.0%.
   Poverty level: 9.9%.

6. Midland, Texas
   Average household income: $ 77 574.
   Unemployment rate: 3.2%.
   Poverty level: 7.8%.

5. San Francisco - Oakland - Hayward, California
   Average household income: $ 83 222.
   Unemployment rate: 4.2%.
   Poverty level: 10.9%.

4. Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk, Connecticut
   Average household income: $ 85 925.
   Unemployment rate: 5.3%.
   Poverty level: 8.9%.

3. California - Lexington Park, Maryland
   Average household income: $ 86 417.
   Unemployment rate: 5.2%.
   Poverty level: 7.5%.

2. Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC/Virginia/Maryland/West Virginia
   Average household income: $ 91 193.
   Unemployment rate: 4.3%.
   Poverty level: 8.7%.

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metropolitan Area, California
   Average household income: $ 96 481.
   Unemployment rate: 4.1%.
   Poverty level: 8.7%.

The poorest in the United States:

10. Lake Havasu City - Kingman, Arizona
    Average household income: $ 37 674.
    Unemployment rate: 8.7%.
    Poverty level: 20.6%.

9. Grants Pass, Oregon
   Average household income: $ 36 870.
   Unemployment rate: 8.2%.
   Poverty level: 19.6%.

8. Sumter, South Carolina
   Average household income: $ 36 633.
   Unemployment rate: 7.4%.
   Poverty level: 24.1%.

7. Valdosta, GA
   Average household income: $ 36 340.
   Unemployment rate: 6.2%.
   Poverty level: 26.0%.

6. Sebring, FL
   Average household income: $ 36 120.
   Unemployment rate: 7.8%.
   Poverty level: 18.1%.

5. Goldsboro, North Carolina
   Average household income: $ 35 966.
   Unemployment rate: 6.7%.
   Poverty level: 25.5%.

4. Homosassa Springs, FL
   Average household income: $ 35 671.
   Unemployment rate: 7.6%.
   Poverty level: 21.2%.

3. McAllen - Edinburgh - Mission, Texas
   Average household income: $ 34 801.
   Unemployment rate: 7.9%.
   Poverty level: 34.0%.

2. Pine Bluff, AR
   Average household income: $ 33 838.
   Unemployment rate: 7.5%.
   Poverty level: 26.2%.

1. Brownsville - Harlingen, Texas
   Average household income: $ 32 093.
   Unemployment rate: 6.8%.
   Poverty level: 35.2%.

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