Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse has the nation’s worst child poverty among larger U.S. cities, according to new census estimates released Thursday. The city had a child poverty rate of 45.6% in ...

According to the latest Census data released on Dec. 12, 2024, Syracuse is No. 1 in childhood poverty among cities with a population of at least 100,000 people. This is not a list we can afford to ...

Twelve school districts in New York had poverty rates among school-aged kids of 30% or more in 2023, according to new ...

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New York ranked 41st worst nationally in child poverty. The suffering was most acute in the upstate cities of Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, where between 40% and 46% of children live in poverty.