Poorest city in America

A homeless man named Bob waits for donations from passing motorists on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Camden is now the most impoverished city in the United States with nearly 32,000 of Camden's residents living below the poverty line.

Camden, which sits just over the bridge from more affluent Philadelphia, also has a chronic crime problem with 48 recorded homicides in 2012. Camden police arrest a youth following a fight on Oct. 11, 2012.

A lack of jobs has been a feature of life in Camden since the city lost most of its manufacturing base in the late 60s and 1970s. While the state unemployment rate is about 9.9 percent, Camden's is estimated at 19 percent. A child walks down a Camden street on Oct. 11, 2012.

A youth volunteer serves food to the needy and hungry at Cathedral Hall on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden.

A gated porch is viewed on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Workers in a culinary arts training program prepare meals at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen which serves 300 to 600 meals a day, six days a week, to the needy and hungry on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J. Cathedral Kitchen was founded in 1976 and offers a variety of programs and life services to Camden's poor and disadvantaged.

A child and mother wait for a bus on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Volunteers prepare meals at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen which serves 300 to 600 meals a day, six days a week, to the needy and hungry on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Empty homes are viewed on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

People eat dinner at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen which serves 300 to 600 meals a day, six days a week, to the needy and hungry on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Men stand on a street on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Children look out at homes on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

People walk down a street on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A man rides down the street on a bike on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A youth volunteer with serves food to the needy and hungry at Cathedral Hall on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Police search for a burglar who recently tried to rob a local store on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A youth volunteer prepares sandwiches for the needy and hungry at Cathedral Hall on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A man rides down the street on a bike on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Bill Karwoski Jr., a former drug user, eats a free meal from Cathedral Hall on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Camden police arrest a youth following a fight on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A homeless man panhandles on the street on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

People eat dinner at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Julio Quinones peels potatoes in a culinary arts training program at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A homeless man named Bob waits for donations from passing motorists on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Dinner is served at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen which serves 300 to 600 meals a day, six days a week, to the needy and hungry on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Workers in a culinary arts training program prepare meals at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen which serves 300 to 600 meals a day, six days a week, to the needy and hungry on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Camden police arrest a youth following a fight on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A 21-year-old addicted to heroin looks for food in a garbage can on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A woman walks down a deserted street on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A man walks by a deserted factory on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Volunteers prepare meals at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

People eat dinner at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen, Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Bill Karwoski Jr., a former drug user, eats a free meal from Cathedral Hall on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Volunteers prepare sandwiches for the needy and hungry at Cathedral Hall on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

Homes are viewed on Oct. 11, 2012, in Camden, N.J.

A homeless man panhandles on the street on Oct. 11, 2012 in Camden, N.J.