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Is Upstate New York Poor?

Seventeen of New York’s 62 counties — 14 upstate — have poverty levels at or above the national average, with the Bronx at 28 percent rate topping the list, and Tompkins County, with Ithaca as its population center, next at 20.5 percent. Broome County ranked as the fifth-highest, with 17.8 percent. What is the poorest …

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