Click here for the 2008 New York State Poverty Report
Many New Yorkers still need the hand up that Community Action Agencies offer. As the state with the 12th highest rate of poverty (14.3%), 2.66 million New Yorkers, including 888,000 children, currently live in poverty (according to the US Census Bureau’s Annual Demographic Survey). With the poverty rate for a family of three at $16,242 and a family of four at just $20,516, the poverty line only tells a portion of the story. More than half of the residents of Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo have incomes below 200% of poverty, while more than 10% of the residents living in Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo live in extreme poverty with incomes at less than 50% of the federal poverty level.
Click here for 2006 Poverty, Extreme Poverty and New Poverty Rates in New York Cities and Towns covered by the American Community Survey.
Click here for 2006 Poverty and New Poverty Rates for New York State Counties covered by the American Community Survey.
Click here for information about poverty by County ( currently 2005 )
Click here for information about poverty by Congressional District ( currently 2005 )
