Which county has the highest poverty rate?

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota ranks #1 with 57.6% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by poverty rate?

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, Todd County, South Dakota, Corson County, South Dakota, Sioux County, North Dakota, Jackson County, South Dakota.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,144 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is poverty rate measured?

Share of people with income below the federal poverty line. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).

RANKING · 2024 ACS · 144 SHOWN OF 3,144

Highest poverty rate, US counties

US counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

3001▼8Clear Creek County, COCO8,9946.4%+1.0 pts

3002▼548Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,7706.4%−3.5 pts

3003▼48Harding County, SDSD1,3316.3%−14.8 pts

3004▼884Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6196.3%−5.2 pts

3005▼712Sully County, SDSD1,4796.3%−5.7 pts

3006▼395Calhoun County, ILIL4,3006.3%−2.7 pts

3007▼38Boone County, KYKY145,3166.3%+0.7 pts

3008▼22Saunders County, NENE23,7026.3%−0.3 pts

3009▼104Outagamie County, WIWI195,8946.3%+1.6 pts

3010▲6Medina County, OHOH185,0256.3%+1.7 pts

3011▲48Dallas County, IAIA118,4576.3%+0.6 pts

3012▼273Cass County, MOMO115,8596.2%+0.5 pts

3013▼28Collin County, TXTX1,297,1796.2%+1.4 pts

3014▼945Hooker County, NENE6866.2%−0.6 pts

3015▼52McHenry County, ILIL317,7516.2%+2.6 pts

3016▼25Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−0.3 pts

3017▼272Union County, SDSD17,4026.2%+0.7 pts

3018▼194Andrew County, MOMO18,2416.2%−2.1 pts

3019▼435Hemphill County, TXTX3,0836.2%−6.4 pts

3020▼23Prince William County, VAVA502,9666.2%+1.8 pts

3021▼259Potter County, SDSD2,3776.2%−6.4 pts

3022▼254Madison County, MTMT10,0266.2%−6.0 pts

3023▲53Broomfield County, COCO79,1746.2%–

3024▼35Botetourt County, VAVA34,1446.2%+1.0 pts

3025▼126Boone County, IAIA26,7996.2%−1.4 pts

3026▼50Camden County, NCNC11,3156.1%−3.9 pts

3027▼5Piatt County, ILIL16,7916.1%+1.2 pts

3028▼64Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9726.1%−1.7 pts

3029▲1Bucks County, PAPA647,8286.1%+1.6 pts

3030▼719Jackson County, KSKS13,4386.1%−2.7 pts

3031▼4Marshall County, SDSD4,4266.1%−7.8 pts

3032▲103Loving County, TXTX526.1%+6.1 pts

3033▼298Crook County, WYWY7,8526.0%−3.1 pts

3034▼97Frederick County, MDMD302,8836.0%+1.5 pts

3035▼124Grundy County, ILIL54,0526.0%+1.2 pts

3036▼52Chester County, PAPA557,1166.0%+0.7 pts

3037▲44Warren County, OHOH257,1816.0%+1.7 pts

3038▼64Chisago County, MNMN59,1426.0%+0.9 pts

3039▼31Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8735.9%+1.4 pts

3040▼39LaGrange County, ININ41,3055.9%−1.8 pts

3041▼94Burke County, NDND2,1325.9%−9.5 pts

3042▲15Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5535.9%–

3043▲1Calumet County, WIWI53,9825.9%+2.4 pts

3044▼1,173Camas County, IDID1,3165.9%−2.5 pts

3045▼25Skagway, AKAK1,1045.9%–

3046▼155King William County, VAVA19,6175.9%+0.4 pts

3047▼64Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325.9%−4.9 pts

3048▼31Dakota County, MNMN457,7105.8%+2.2 pts

3049▲14Washington County, WIWI139,2385.8%+2.2 pts

3050▼84Teton County, WYWY23,3335.7%−0.3 pts

3051▼81Jefferson County, MTMT13,3295.7%−3.3 pts

3052▼427Nuckolls County, NENE4,1005.7%−5.5 pts

3053▲29Hanover County, VAVA116,4235.7%+2.1 pts

3054▼1,112Lee County, GAGA34,1795.7%−2.6 pts

3055▲13Hyde County, SDSD1,1915.7%−6.6 pts

3056▼813Roberts County, TXTX8675.6%−1.5 pts

3057▼34Anne Arundel County, MDMD603,3805.6%+0.5 pts

3058▼109Jefferson County, KSKS18,2965.6%−1.1 pts

3059▼879Logan County, NENE6695.6%−4.9 pts

3060▲39Fayette County, GAGA125,1565.6%+2.9 pts

3061▲14Lincoln County, SDSD77,1455.6%+1.2 pts

3062▼555Foard County, TXTX1,0445.6%−8.7 pts

3063▼34Sarpy County, NENE208,3035.6%+1.4 pts

3064▼58Geauga County, OHOH95,6765.6%+1.0 pts

3065▼1,503Powell County, MTMT7,1575.6%−7.0 pts

3066▲19York County, VAVA71,3745.6%+2.1 pts

3067▼12Sussex County, NJNJ148,0635.5%+1.5 pts

3068▼44Rooks County, KSKS4,6465.5%−4.2 pts

3069▼117Trego County, KSKS2,7405.5%−6.7 pts

3070▼251Putnam County, OHOH34,3805.5%−0.1 pts

3071▼1,280Haines, AKAK2,0685.4%−5.2 pts

3072▼29Nassau County, NYNY1,398,9395.4%+0.2 pts

3073▲37Kendall County, ILIL145,4705.4%+2.4 pts

3074▲6Johnson County, KSKS636,9065.4%+2.0 pts

3075▼9Somerset County, NJNJ356,4865.4%+1.6 pts

3076▼25Hendricks County, ININ193,5105.3%+1.7 pts

3077▲19Lyon County, IAIA12,3545.3%−1.7 pts

3078▲6Elbert County, COCO30,5345.3%+1.3 pts

3079▼15Howard County, MDMD339,1835.2%+1.4 pts

3080▼6Waukesha County, WIWI417,2105.2%+2.5 pts

3081▼109Cass County, NENE27,6575.2%+0.1 pts

3082▼1,036Oliver County, NDND1,8985.2%−9.7 pts

3083▲38Hamilton County, NENE9,6785.2%−2.3 pts

3084▲9Carroll County, MDMD176,6775.2%+1.4 pts

3085▲2St. Charles County, MOMO426,4995.2%+1.2 pts

3086▼1,288Wheeler County, NENE7895.2%−15.7 pts

3087▼203Armstrong County, TXTX1,8435.2%−5.4 pts

3088▼78Tooele County, UTUT87,4615.2%−1.5 pts

3089▼22Wright County, MNMN157,5595.2%+0.4 pts

3090▼290Gloucester County, VAVA40,0975.2%−2.5 pts

3091▼575Routt County, COCO25,3295.2%−0.9 pts

3092▼505Hand County, SDSD3,1215.2%−4.1 pts

3093▲15Goochland County, VAVA29,1875.1%−1.7 pts

3094▼148Warren County, IAIA57,3315.1%+0.1 pts

3095▲14Washington County, MNMN286,8955.1%+2.2 pts

3096▼26Manassas Park, VAVA16,5605.1%0.0 pts

3097▼45Sherburne County, MNMN104,1945.1%+0.7 pts

3098▼45Livingston County, MIMI197,3155.1%+1.7 pts

3099▲30Stanley County, SDSD3,0185.1%−3.6 pts

3100▼407Gove County, KSKS2,6315.1%−5.3 pts

3101▼54McCone County, MTMT1,7205.0%−11.8 pts

3102▼61Lincoln County, NVNV4,3205.0%−11.5 pts

3103▼20Kendall County, TXTX53,2895.0%−5.5 pts

3104▲24Monroe County, ILIL34,8405.0%+1.7 pts

3105▼7Ozaukee County, WIWI94,3465.0%+2.4 pts

3106▼48Union County, OHOH73,4465.0%+0.4 pts

3107▼30Slope County, NDND6285.0%−12.0 pts

3108▼195Park County, COCO18,3145.0%−0.6 pts

3109▼21Morris County, NJNJ524,2514.9%+1.1 pts

3110▼5Summit County, UTUT43,1414.9%−0.6 pts

3111▼112Howard County, NENE6,5384.8%−6.9 pts

3112▼8Rockingham County, NHNH324,0774.8%+0.3 pts

3113▼21Wasatch County, UTUT38,5144.7%−0.4 pts

3114▼105Hancock County, ININ90,9694.7%+1.8 pts

3115▼29New Kent County, VAVA28,0224.7%−0.2 pts

3116▼78Stafford County, VAVA170,8034.7%+1.2 pts

3117▼27Delaware County, OHOH242,0324.7%+0.8 pts

3118▼18Williamson County, TNTN272,0614.6%−0.1 pts

3119▼71Scott County, MNMN159,0174.6%+1.2 pts

3120▼29Powhatan County, VAVA32,5914.6%−1.1 pts

3121▼1,614Sutton County, TXTX3,2034.5%−13.5 pts

3122▼160Boone County, ININ80,6894.5%−0.7 pts

3123▼2,318Kearny County, KSKS3,8884.5%−7.2 pts

3124▼53Poquoson, VAVA13,2924.5%0.0 pts

3125▼593Sierra County, CACA3,0984.4%−6.9 pts

3126▼263Dukes County, MAMA21,2194.4%−2.9 pts

3127▼4Carver County, MNMN114,3794.4%+1.0 pts

3128▼22Hamilton County, ININ387,0364.4%+1.5 pts

3129▼75Forsyth County, GAGA282,8054.3%−1.2 pts

3130Sterling County, TXTX1,3494.3%−12.5 pts

3131▼42Oldham County, KYKY70,9864.3%+0.2 pts

3132▼182Ouray County, COCO5,2654.3%−3.0 pts

3133▼7Loudoun County, VAVA449,7494.2%+1.5 pts

3134▼772Hinsdale County, COCO7534.1%−3.1 pts

3135▼16Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384.0%−0.6 pts

3136▼4Falls Church, VAVA15,1594.0%−0.2 pts

3137▼19Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,7814.0%+1.4 pts

3138▼31Calvert County, MDMD94,4843.9%−0.5 pts

3139▼821Rich County, UTUT2,6873.8%−6.4 pts

3140▼13Douglas County, COCO399,3963.8%+1.6 pts

3141▼25Los Alamos County, NMNM19,4073.5%+0.6 pts

3142▼160Nantucket County, MAMA14,7583.2%−4.4 pts

3143▼2,626Stanton County, KSKS1,9861.5%−13.4 pts

3144▼11Morgan County, UTUT13,3831.4%−3.8 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES