Poorest Place in US: Jewish ‘Burb in NY

Kiryas, NY, doesn’t look like the poorest place in America. The village has no slums, no homeless people, and pretty much no crime. Yet a whopping 70% of Kiryas Joel’s 21,000 residents are below the federal poverty line, and its median family income is just $17,929, making it…

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Poorest Place in US: Jewish ‘Burb in NY

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