The District of Columbia has the fourth-highest poverty rate in the U.S., even though the nation’s capital was just one of two jurisdictions where household incomes increased last year, according to U.S. Census data.
But next door, Maryland surpassed New Jersey as the wealthiest state in the nation, bringing in $69,300 per household.
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