City

Median household income (in 1989)

Percent of households receiving public assistance in 1989

New York, NY

29,823

13.1

Los Angeles, CA

30,925

10.7

Chicago, IL

26,301

14.4

Houston, TX

26,261

7.1

Philadelphia, PA

24,603

14.0

San Diego, CA

33,686

8.8

Dallas, TX

27,489

5.8

Phoenix, AZ

29,291

5.8

Detroit, MI

18,742

26.1

San Antonio, TX

23,584

9.6

San Jose, CA

46,206

8.9

Indianapolis, IN

29,006

6.0

San Francisco, CA

33,414

10.4

Baltimore, MD

24,045

16.4

Jacksonville, FL

28,305

6.5

Columbus, OH

26,651

9.4

Milwaukee, WI

23,627

15.3

Memphis, TN

22,674

11.8

Washington, DC

30,727

8.9

Boston, MA

29,180

11.9

El Paso, TX

23,460

9.7

Seattle, WA

29,353

6.4

Cleveland, OH

17,822

21.9

Nashville-Davidson, TN

27,821

6.5

Austin, TX

25,414

4.5

New Orleans, LA

18,477

14.8

Denver, CO

25,106

7.6

Fort Worth, TX

26,547

6.2

Oklahoma City, OK

25,741

6.6

Portland, OR

25,592

6.9

Long Beach, CA

31,938

11.3

Kansas City, MO

26,713

7.9

Virginia Beach, VA

36,271

3.0

Charlotte, NC

31,873

5.2

Tucson, AZ

21,748

6.6

Albuquerque, NM

27,555

5.5

Atlanta, GA

22,275

13.6

St. Louis, MO

19,458

13.6

Sacramento, CA

28,183

16.2

Fresno, CA

24,923

19.6

Tulsa, OK

25,708

5.9

Oakland, CA

27,095

17.8

Honolulu CDP, HI

37,190

5.8

Miami, FL

16,925

18.0

Pittsburgh, PA

20,747

13.7

Cincinnati, OH

21,006

14.3

Minneapolis, MN

25,324

10.5

Omaha, NE

26,927

6.5

Toledo, OH

24,819

12.3

Buffalo, NY

18,482

18.7

Wichita, KS

28,024

6.3

Mesa, AZ

30,273

3.8

Colorado Springs, CO

28,928

5.3

Las Vegas, NV

30,590

6.0

Santa Ana, CA

35,162

8.5

Tampa, FL

22,772

9.5

Arlington, TX

35,048

2.7

Anaheim, CA

39,620

6.6

Louisville, KY

20,141

11.5

St. Paul, MN

26,498

9.7

Newark, NJ

21,650

22.2

Corpus Christi, TX

25,773

8.9

Birmingham, AL

19,193

10.8

Norfolk, VA

23,563

9.3

Anchorage, AK

43,946

6.4

Aurora, CO

33,214

3.9

Riverside, CA

34,801

8.9

St. Petersburg, FL

23,577

6.1

Rochester, NY

22,785

16.5

Lexington-Fayette, KY

28,056

5.6

Jersey City, NJ

29,054

12.1

Baton Rouge, LA

21,898

9.9

Akron, OH

22,279

14.2

Raleigh, NC

32,451

4.1

Stockton, CA

26,876

21.3

Richmond, VA

23,551

10.2

Mobile, AL

22,446

8.4