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===Poverty=== As of 2016, 24.8% of Richmond residents live below the [[federal poverty line]], the second-highest among the 30 largest cities and counties in Virginia.<ref>Sarah Kleiner, [http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/richmond-s-poverty-rate-is-second-highest-in-virginia/article_379d6968-ea24-5239-8f7b-5d4cc3e66394.html Richmond's poverty rate is second-highest in Virginia] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701030252/http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/richmond-s-poverty-rate-is-second-highest-in-virginia/article_379d6968-ea24-5239-8f7b-5d4cc3e66394.html |date=July 1, 2017 }}, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (September 15, 2016).</ref> An [[Annie E. Casey Foundation]] report issued in 2016 also determined that Richmond had a [[child poverty]] rate of 39%, more than double Virginia's overall rate.<ref>Sarah Kleiner & Katie Demeria, [http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/richmond-s-percent-child-poverty-rate-is-more-than-twice/article_81ddabbe-f84d-5ef0-aa35-d7a2aed3a19d.html Richmond's 39 percent child poverty rate is more than twice that of all Virginia, according to study] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802121829/https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/richmond-s-percent-child-poverty-rate-is-more-than-twice/article_81ddabbe-f84d-5ef0-aa35-d7a2aed3a19d.html |date=August 2, 2018 }}, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (June 20, 2016).</ref> As of 2016, Richmond had the second-highest rate of [[eviction]] filings and judgments of any American city with a population of 100,000 or more (in states where complete data was available).<ref>Emily Badger & Quoctrung Bui, [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/07/upshot/millions-of-eviction-records-a-sweeping-new-look-at-housing-in-america.html In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407154305/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/07/upshot/millions-of-eviction-records-a-sweeping-new-look-at-housing-in-america.html |date=April 7, 2018 }}, ''New York Times'' (April 7, 2018).</ref> Some Richmond neighborhoods, such as the [[Creighton Court]] public-housing complex, have high concentrations of poverty.<ref>Tina Grieg, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/31/trying-to-make-it-in-a-neighborhood-with-a-70-percent-poverty-rate/ Trying to make it in a neighborhood with a 70 percent poverty rate] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408010226/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/31/trying-to-make-it-in-a-neighborhood-with-a-70-percent-poverty-rate/ |date=April 8, 2018 }}, ''Washington Post'' (October 31, 2014).</ref><ref>Mark Robinson, [http://richmondmagazine.com/news/features/creighton-court/ To Live and Die in Creighton Court] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141340/http://richmondmagazine.com/news/features/creighton-court/ |date=April 8, 2018 }}, ''Richmond Mag'' (July 28, 2016).</ref>
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