Syracuse skyline from Armory Square, looking towards the Federal building, Jan. 4, 2019.N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com
Syracuse has one of the highest child poverty rates in the U.S. among larger cities, according to new census estimates released Thursday.
The city’s child poverty rate of 45.8% was the second-highest in the U.S. among 336 places with at least 100,000 people, according to the new numbers, which cover a five-year period from 2018 to 2022.
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