As of 2006, 52% of the city's residents lived in poverty, one of the highest rates in the nation."Poverty in the City of Camden" , Legal Services of New Jersey, April 2007. Accessed July 3, 2011. The city had a median household income of $18,007, the lowest of all U.S. communities with populations of more than 65,000 residents.Fahim, Kareem. "Rethinking Revitalization; In Crumbling Camden, New Challenges for a Recovery Plan", The New York Times, November 5, 2006. Accessed February 17, 2011. A group of poor Camden residents were the subject of a 20/20 special on poverty in America broadcast on January 26, 2007, in which Diane Sawyer profiled the lives of three young children growing up in Camden.Diaz, Joseph. "Waiting on the World to Change", 20/20, January 25, 2007. Accessed July 3, 2011. A follow-up was shown on November 9, 2007.Diaz, Joseph. "Camden's Little Citizens With Big Dreams: Community Still Full of Children With Great Promise and Great Need", 20/20, November 9, 2007, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 28, 2009. Accessed July 3, 2011.
