Miami's poverty keeps it as No. 3

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Aug. 30, 2006email thisprint this
CENSUS REPORT
Miami's poverty keeps it as No. 3
Miami is still among the nation's poorest large cities, according to a new census report on poverty. Feeding programs in Broward and Miami-Dade see increases in demand.
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BY ERIKA BOLSTAD, LISA ARTHUR AND TIM HENDERSON

Miami is the nation's third poorest major city, behind only Cleveland and Detroit, while Broward ranks No. 127 in the nation, according to a report released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.

The report pegged the city of Miami's poverty rate at 28.3 percent in 2005, unchanged from the year before. Miami-Dade County's poverty rate was up slightly, to 18 percent in 2005, compared with 17 percent in 2004. Miami-Dade County's national ranking climbed to 26 from 34.

In Broward, the poverty rate increased from 10 percent to 11 percent. Broward County's national ranking rose from 140 to 127.

BUILDING BOOM

Some analysts found it discouraging that the city of Miami, in the midst of a building boom, hasn't made progress lowering its poverty rate. As recently as 2000, it had the nation's leading poverty rate, according to the Census Bureau.
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1. See Miami

It's about a 45 minute drive from North Miami to the end of of I95 at US 1.
Look off to the right and as far as the eye can see is the nation's third poorest city.
Want a closer look? Take 826 west at the Golden Glades interchange and get off at 27th St. Take 27th south (I don't recommend this at night). You will drive for miles through crushing poverty eventually emerging on the edge of Coral Gables, one of a few pockets of prosperity in Miami.
It's quite a town.