Poverty and the Concentration of Poverty in the Greater Rochester Area

In December 2013 ACT Rochester and the Community Foundation released a Special Report: Poverty and the Concentration of Poverty in the Nine-County Greater Rochester Area. This report became the foundation of much of the work to follow regarding the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative. The Report found that Rochester is:

• Fifth poorest city in the country among the top 75 largest metropolitan areas;

• Second poorest among comparably sized cities in those metro areas;

• Ranked third for highest concentration of extremely poor neighborhoods among cities in the top 100 metro areas;

• The poorest school district in Upstate New York and the poorest urban district in the entire state.