GLOVERSVILLE Data: City poverty rate highest in state BY MICHAEL LAMENDOLA Gazette Reporter
Gloversville has the highest poverty rate in the state among families with related children, according to the latest federal Census data. It also leads the state in terms of percentage of households using food stamps, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program assistance, or both, according to Census data. The data from the American Community Survey show Gloversville had a poverty rate of 13.4 13.4 percent Gloversville poverty rate between 2006 and 2010, nearly 1 in 8 people. 2,098 people Out of Gloversville’s population of 15,660 fell below the federal povery threshold. percent between 2006 and 2010, a rate equal to nearly 1 in 8 people. The survey data has a margin of error of approximately 2 percent. The Census Bureau calculated that 2,098 people out of a total Gloversville population of 15,660 fell below the federal poverty threshold. The threshold has varied year to year, with the limit for a family of four set at $20,516 in 2006 and at $23,050 in 2012. Gloversville ranked 243 in the nation in terms of its poverty rate. Raymondville, Texas, was ranked first with a 39.4 percent poverty rate. The national poverty rate for all families was 10.1 percent as of 2010. The Jamestown/Dunkirk/ Fredonia metropolitan area ranked second-highest in New York in poverty status of families, according to the Census data. In the Capital Region, Amsterdam ranked eighth with a poverty rate of 10.4 percent and the Albany/Schenectady/Troy metropolitan area ranked 25th statewide with a poverty rate of 6.6 percent. In the larger Gloversville area, 14.03 percent or 3,228 of the 23,006 households, collected food stamps, SNAP or both between 2006 and 2010, ranking it first in the state. Amsterdam was fourth, with 13.4 percent, or 2,723 of the 20,326 households in the immediate region collecting benefits. The Schenectady/Albany/Troy region ranked 24th with 7.34 percent or 25,420 households out of 346,139. .....................>>>>.....................>>>>....................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00901&AppName=1
Uh oh, we're not #1. I bet Ray Gillen and the County Idiocrats are working on this right now. How can we put more people into poverty?
The ONLY reason Schenectady is not #1 is because it's lumped into Albany and Troy. Would love to see what whould happen if you put Schenectady on its own? Gloversville would have some stiff competition....
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