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Highest poverty rate, Oklahoma counties · 1990

Oklahoma counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (1990 ACS). This list covers the 77 counties in Oklahoma that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS –

01Harmon County, OKOK2,32734.2%–

02Choctaw County, OKOK14,05932.7%–

03Atoka County, OKOK14,60931.1%–

04McCurtain County, OKOK30,74430.2%–

05Pushmataha County, OKOK10,80730.2%–

06Okfuskee County, OKOK11,45129.4%–

07Cherokee County, OKOK49,19628.8%–

08Johnston County, OKOK10,44828.5%–

09Caddo County, OKOK26,13027.8%–

10Kiowa County, OKOK8,18127.5%–

11Coal County, OKOK5,43627.4%–

12Haskell County, OKOK11,78727.1%–

13Hughes County, OKOK13,45526.9%–

14Adair County, OKOK19,82826.7%–

15Sequoyah County, OKOK40,84224.7%–

16Bryan County, OKOK51,36724.5%–

17Okmulgee County, OKOK37,24124.0%–

18Seminole County, OKOK23,44124.0%–

19McIntosh County, OKOK19,75823.8%–

20Greer County, OKOK5,37323.4%–

21Latimer County, OKOK9,64523.3%–

22Jefferson County, OKOK5,43123.2%–

23Tillman County, OKOK6,78022.9%–

24Le Flore County, OKOK50,19622.5%–

25Muskogee County, OKOK66,70821.9%–

26Murray County, OKOK13,80521.8%–

27Pontotoc County, OKOK38,52821.7%–

28Payne County, OKOK83,88921.7%–

29Nowata County, OKOK9,52220.9%–

30Cotton County, OKOK5,43220.9%–

31Marshall County, OKOK16,25520.9%–

32Washita County, OKOK10,88420.7%–

33Beckham County, OKOK22,15920.4%–

34Ottawa County, OKOK30,43820.1%–

35Blaine County, OKOK8,51520.0%–

36Garvin County, OKOK26,37719.7%–

37Carter County, OKOK48,91019.7%–

38Pittsburg County, OKOK43,32019.6%–

39Custer County, OKOK28,17519.0%–

40Mayes County, OKOK40,41618.7%–

41Grady County, OKOK59,12818.3%–

42Jackson County, OKOK24,76418.3%–

43Craig County, OKOK14,51818.3%–

44Logan County, OKOK55,47318.0%–

45Stephens County, OKOK44,31017.9%–

46Cimarron County, OKOK2,05917.6%–

47Dewey County, OKOK4,20717.6%–

48Roger Mills County, OKOK3,25917.6%–

49Lincoln County, OKOK35,27817.4%–

50Pawnee County, OKOK16,02917.3%–

51Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,10217.3%–

52Delaware County, OKOK41,91017.2%–

53Noble County, OKOK10,89916.9%–

54Alfalfa County, OKOK5,64916.7%–

55Love County, OKOK10,78015.9%–

56Major County, OKOK7,53615.9%–

57Comanche County, OKOK122,15815.9%–

58Woods County, OKOK8,44315.8%–

59Osage County, OKOK46,79415.8%–

60Oklahoma County, OKOK822,12514.9%–

61Creek County, OKOK74,96714.5%–

62Woodward County, OKOK19,82714.2%–

63McClain County, OKOK49,64714.2%–

64Garfield County, OKOK61,77914.1%–

65Ellis County, OKOK3,61314.1%–

66Grant County, OKOK4,06713.7%–

67Texas County, OKOK20,32213.4%–

68Tulsa County, OKOK698,78213.2%–

69Kay County, OKOK43,49012.9%–

70Wagoner County, OKOK93,26312.2%–

71Cleveland County, OKOK303,97311.1%–

72Washington County, OKOK54,03710.9%–

73Kingfisher County, OKOK15,79510.8%–

74Harper County, OKOK3,17210.7%–

75Rogers County, OKOK102,19710.5%–

76Beaver County, OKOK4,8828.9%–

77Canadian County, OKOK187,1898.5%–

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