A Contrast of U.S. Metropolitan Demographic Poverty: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

Table 1

Poverty rates SMSA: 1959, 1969, 1979; PMSA: 1989, 1999.

Year	All Residents	Asian and Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White
Chicago
1959	11.7	n/a	35.0	n/a	7.6
1969	9.3	n/a	24.3	14.7	6.0
1979	11.3	8.9	29.5	20.6	5.8
1989	12.4	10.2	30.0	20.7	5.8
1999	10.5	8.8	24.6	16.3	5.6
Los Angeles/Long Beach
1959	13.0	n/a	28.3	n/a	11.4
1969	10.9	n/a	23.9	14.2	9.2
1979	13.4	12.8	23.1	20.5	9.9
1989	15.1	13.2	21.2	22.9	10.6
1999	17.9	13.9	24.4	24.2	13.4
New York City
1959	13.8	n/a	30.9	n/a	11.5
1969	11.9	n/a	23.6	34.4	9.5
1979	16.8	13.3	28.6	34.5	10.4
1989	17.5	15.2	24.8	32.3	10.8
1999	19.5	18.7	25.1	29.8	13.1

n/a: statistic is not available.
Source: [4].