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Poverty in Philadelphia dipped in 2019, while income edged up slightly, before the coronavirus rearranged our lives

Chester County was the only local county to exceed a $100,000 median household income in 2019, according to a Census report released Thursday.

Carmen Lassus, a volunteer at The Center for Returning Citizens Community Healing Center, helps hand out food to people in the community along Broad Street in North Philadelphia in July.
Carmen Lassus, a volunteer at The Center for Returning Citizens Community Healing Center, helps hand out food to people in the community along Broad Street in North Philadelphia in July.Read moreTyger Williams / File Photograph