Houston is now the nation’s poorest big city, with a poverty rate of 21.2%.

Houston is now the nation’s poorest big city, with a poverty rate of 21.2%.

Philly is bragging about no longer being the poorest big city:

"Houston is now the nation’s poorest big city, with a poverty rate of 21.2%. In last year’s census data, Texas’ most populous city was less than 1% behind Philly in poverty rate, which fell within the data’s margin of error. In this year’s data release, Houston’s edge over Philly was within the margin of error."

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