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Finding it hard to make ends meet? Well, if you live in one of these cities, your neighbors can relate.

The U.S. has some of the worst income inequality in the Western world. People who live in the wealthiest areas of the country are far richer than those at the bottom.

Data from the Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey, analyzed by 24/7 Wall St.1, shows exactly which cities are the worst off. The analysis excluded cities with a population below 61,000, leaving out the states of Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Here are the poorest cities in every state, based on household earnings, counting down to the poorest in the country:

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