RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,135

Highest poverty rate, US counties · 2020

US counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 ACS). Todd County, South Dakota leads at 58.9%. 3,135 counties qualify in total. South Dakota carries 8 of the top 25 entries.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

USUnited States331,449,28112.8%–

01Todd County, SDSD8,86358.9%+10.5 pts

02East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76050.7%+10.3 pts

03Mellette County, SDSD2,13747.7%+11.9 pts

04Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33844.8%–

05Ziebach County, SDSD2,38942.9%−7.0 pts

06Dimmit County, TXTX8,02442.6%+9.4 pts

07Jackson County, SDSD2,66642.1%+5.6 pts

08Corson County, SDSD3,78141.0%+0.0 pts

09Brooks County, TXTX6,57940.2%+0.1 pts

10Holmes County, MSMS15,46540.2%−1.0 pts

11Presidio County, TXTX5,43339.9%+3.5 pts

12Radford, VAVA17,24339.3%+8.0 pts

13Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93237.9%–

14Buffalo County, SDSD1,80237.3%−19.6 pts

15Coahoma County, MSMS19,84936.5%+0.6 pts

16Greene County, ALAL7,06736.4%+2.1 pts

17King County, TXTX19236.2%+15.5 pts

18Wolfe County, KYKY6,29836.1%+0.2 pts

19Madison Parish, LALA8,84436.1%−0.6 pts

20Perry County, ALAL7,42536.1%+0.7 pts

21Humphreys County, MSMS7,00135.8%−2.4 pts

22McKinley County, NMNM68,11935.2%−0.9 pts

23Zavala County, TXTX9,03735.2%−6.6 pts

24Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35435.1%+8.6 pts

25Dewey County, SDSD5,41935.0%+1.5 pts

26Claiborne County, MSMS8,05835.0%+2.6 pts

27Clay County, KYKY19,46534.9%−4.8 pts

28Jenkins County, GAGA8,84334.5%+6.1 pts

29Apache County, AZAZ64,44534.4%−3.4 pts

30Harlan County, KYKY24,72534.2%+1.7 pts

31Starr County, TXTX66,31934.2%−16.7 pts

32Quitman County, MSMS5,36433.9%+0.8 pts

33Knox County, KYKY29,53233.5%−1.4 pts

34Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833.4%+0.2 pts

35Adams County, MSMS30,06133.4%+7.4 pts

36Tensas Parish, LALA3,70033.2%−3.0 pts

37Sioux County, NDND3,66732.9%−6.3 pts

38McDowell County, WVWV16,87832.8%−4.9 pts

39Clay County, GAGA2,81532.7%+1.4 pts

40Benson County, NDND5,75932.4%+3.3 pts

41Culberson County, TXTX2,26732.3%+7.2 pts

42Lee County, KYKY7,29732.2%+1.8 pts

43Zapata County, TXTX13,75332.2%−3.6 pts

44Yazoo County, MSMS22,94732.1%+0.2 pts

45Tunica County, MSMS8,81931.7%−1.4 pts

46McCreary County, KYKY17,12431.7%−0.5 pts

47Norton, VAVA3,47731.6%+8.9 pts

48Leslie County, KYKY9,62731.5%−1.1 pts

49Pike County, MSMS38,71231.4%+6.1 pts

50Early County, GAGA10,45531.4%+5.7 pts

51Phillips County, ARAR14,25531.3%−1.4 pts

52Bell County, KYKY22,82931.3%+0.2 pts

53Treutlen County, GAGA6,46631.3%+4.9 pts

54Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55531.3%+5.3 pts

55Leflore County, MSMS25,68631.2%−3.5 pts

56Terrell County, GAGA8,65631.2%+2.6 pts

57Hancock County, TNTN7,07531.1%+1.7 pts

58Socorro County, NMNM15,83831.1%−0.6 pts

59Bolivar County, MSMS28,26231.1%−2.2 pts

60Lake County, TNTN6,24931.0%+7.4 pts

61Jackson County, KYKY13,32531.0%+0.9 pts

62Knott County, KYKY13,32131.0%−0.1 pts

63Washington County, MSMS40,44630.9%+1.7 pts

64Amite County, MSMS12,48730.9%+8.3 pts

65Sumter County, ALAL11,58830.8%−7.9 pts

66Sunflower County, MSMS22,89330.6%+0.5 pts

67Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36030.5%+4.0 pts

68Dillon County, SCSC27,45830.2%+6.0 pts

69Bennett County, SDSD3,30730.1%−9.1 pts

70Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08930.1%+3.6 pts

71Wheeler County, GAGA7,57030.0%+4.7 pts

72Roosevelt County, MTMT10,24230.0%−2.4 pts

73Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46530.0%−0.4 pts

74Madison County, FLFL18,75929.8%+6.7 pts

75Clinch County, GAGA6,84729.8%+6.3 pts

76Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.7%+0.4 pts

77Randolph County, GAGA6,15629.7%+2.0 pts

78Montgomery County, MSMS9,35429.7%+5.4 pts

79Letcher County, KYKY19,95229.7%+2.6 pts

80Glacier County, MTMT13,46329.7%+2.3 pts

81Turner County, GAGA8,98329.5%+2.8 pts

82Richland Parish, LALA19,58229.5%+1.6 pts

83Bienville Parish, LALA12,26929.5%+3.4 pts

84Bullock County, ALAL9,78029.5%−4.0 pts

85Taylor County, GAGA7,81829.4%+3.5 pts

86Marlboro County, SCSC25,48829.4%+7.7 pts

87Blaine County, MTMT6,86029.3%+1.2 pts

88Dallas County, ALAL35,14029.2%−1.8 pts

89Magoffin County, KYKY11,11029.2%−7.4 pts

90Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09929.1%+6.8 pts

91Noxubee County, MSMS9,79829.1%−3.7 pts

92Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98029.0%−3.2 pts

93Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89629.0%+0.8 pts

94Floyd County, KYKY34,40128.9%−1.4 pts

95Concordia Parish, LALA17,83628.6%−0.5 pts

96Macon County, GAGA11,75628.6%+2.8 pts

97Lanier County, GAGA10,62328.6%+10.1 pts

98Barbour County, ALAL24,60728.6%+1.8 pts

99Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39128.6%+8.0 pts

100Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54928.4%−7.4 pts

101St. Francis County, ARAR21,80028.4%+0.9 pts

102Lewis County, KYKY12,90128.4%−0.1 pts

103Menominee County, WIWI4,19928.3%−0.5 pts

104Clay County, WVWV7,53828.2%+0.7 pts

105Stewart County, GAGA4,63128.2%+6.0 pts

106Chicot County, ARAR9,10728.2%−0.4 pts

107Robertson County, KYKY2,32528.2%+6.0 pts

108Atkinson County, GAGA8,45428.2%+5.2 pts

109Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58228.1%−9.6 pts

110Owsley County, KYKY3,93228.1%−17.3 pts

111Franklin Parish, LALA19,00228.0%−0.4 pts

112Jefferson County, MSMS6,82528.0%−8.0 pts

113Issaquena County, MSMS1,26328.0%−5.2 pts

114Allendale County, SCSC7,35528.0%−6.5 pts

115Elliott County, KYKY7,26527.9%+2.0 pts

116Athens County, OHOH63,19727.9%+0.5 pts

117Barnwell County, SCSC20,65327.8%+7.0 pts

118Wilcox County, ALAL9,66627.6%−12.3 pts

119Big Horn County, MTMT12,75227.6%−1.6 pts

120Webster Parish, LALA34,94827.5%+7.3 pts

121Lee County, VAVA21,64227.5%+3.6 pts

122Mingo County, WVWV21,45527.4%−2.2 pts

123Telfair County, GAGA11,19527.4%+6.3 pts

124Washington County, NCNC10,63827.3%+5.6 pts

125Dougherty County, GAGA82,61627.3%+2.6 pts

126Scotland County, NCNC33,32227.3%+6.7 pts

127Kleberg County, TXTX30,31527.2%+0.5 pts

128Rowan County, KYKY24,47627.1%+5.9 pts

129Cochran County, TXTX2,54627.1%+0.1 pts

130Webster County, WVWV7,76027.1%−4.7 pts

131Robeson County, NCNC119,94127.1%+4.2 pts

132Kemper County, MSMS8,60027.0%+1.1 pts

133Lee County, ARAR8,02927.0%−2.9 pts

134Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33227.0%−3.7 pts

135Estill County, KYKY13,96226.9%+0.5 pts

136Alexander County, ILIL4,57026.9%+0.8 pts

137Okfuskee County, OKOK11,45126.8%+3.8 pts

138Hendry County, FLFL48,27626.8%+2.7 pts

139Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87726.8%−5.4 pts

140Crowley County, COCO5,67726.8%+8.2 pts

141Madison County, IDID55,17226.7%−3.8 pts

142Rolette County, NDND11,68826.7%−4.3 pts

143Cameron County, TXTX433,94626.7%−6.4 pts

144Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22326.7%−1.5 pts

145Fulton County, KYKY6,21826.6%+3.5 pts

146Red River Parish, LALA7,16526.6%−3.2 pts

147Adair County, OKOK19,82826.6%+3.4 pts

148Costilla County, COCO3,67926.6%−0.2 pts

149Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.5%−1.7 pts

150Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70526.5%−0.3 pts

151San Augustine County, TXTX7,72226.4%+5.2 pts

152Martinsville, VAVA13,84926.4%+7.2 pts

153Seminole County, GAGA9,16226.4%+3.2 pts

154Casey County, KYKY16,20526.4%+0.8 pts

155Mitchell County, GAGA20,46726.3%−0.1 pts

156Oregon County, MOMO8,70926.3%+4.3 pts

157Laurens County, GAGA51,04126.3%+7.8 pts

158Shannon County, MOMO7,28526.3%−0.6 pts

159Maverick County, TXTX58,82326.2%−8.7 pts

160Bacon County, GAGA11,07026.1%+2.5 pts

161Whitman County, WAWA48,51226.0%+0.4 pts

162Logan County, WVWV30,37526.0%+1.9 pts

163Wayne County, MOMO10,78226.0%+4.1 pts

164DeSoto County, FLFL37,07826.0%+2.4 pts

165Clay County, TNTN7,82125.9%+6.8 pts

166Searcy County, ARAR7,84825.9%+2.0 pts

167Payne County, OKOK83,88925.9%+5.6 pts

168Newton County, TXTX11,95425.8%+6.7 pts

169Choctaw County, OKOK14,05925.8%+1.4 pts

170Lee County, SCSC15,73025.7%+4.0 pts

171San Miguel County, NMNM26,26025.7%+1.3 pts

172Lawrence County, KYKY15,76525.7%−5.0 pts

173Hamilton County, FLFL14,18025.7%−0.3 pts

174Real County, TXTX2,74525.7%+4.5 pts

175Warren County, GAGA5,26925.7%−1.3 pts

176Willacy County, TXTX19,97125.6%−7.6 pts

177Forrest County, MSMS79,03425.6%+3.2 pts

178Halifax County, NCNC46,53425.6%+1.7 pts

179Carroll County, KYKY11,14125.6%+10.7 pts

180Harrisonburg, VAVA50,83925.5%−4.6 pts

181Desha County, ARAR9,98425.5%−3.3 pts

182Cibola County, NMNM26,80725.5%+0.7 pts

183Grant County, NMNM27,25225.4%+6.7 pts

184Navajo County, AZAZ109,94625.3%−4.2 pts

185Marion County, MSMS24,00125.3%+0.5 pts

186Swisher County, TXTX6,70325.3%+7.9 pts

187Barren County, KYKY45,64125.2%+9.6 pts

188Grayson County, KYKY27,40625.2%+7.1 pts

189Candler County, GAGA11,27525.1%−1.0 pts

190Bibb County, GAGA157,55625.0%+5.9 pts

191Clarke County, ALAL22,01425.0%+2.4 pts

192Wilcox County, GAGA8,79725.0%+4.0 pts

193Falls County, TXTX17,86925.0%+2.4 pts

194Leake County, MSMS21,66225.0%+1.7 pts

195Clay County, MSMS18,23825.0%+1.5 pts

196Bertie County, NCNC17,08625.0%+1.5 pts

197Pike County, KYKY54,72125.0%+1.6 pts

198Carter County, KYKY26,14924.9%+2.6 pts

199Buchanan County, VAVA18,49224.9%+1.7 pts

200Calhoun County, GAGA5,41324.9%−1.6 pts

201Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03524.9%+1.5 pts

202Doña Ana County, NMNM229,09124.8%−0.6 pts

203St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76524.8%−4.5 pts

204Pickens County, ALAL18,22124.7%−0.2 pts

205Lafayette County, ARAR5,88824.7%+1.5 pts

206Hopewell, VAVA23,26124.7%+9.8 pts

207Scott County, MSMS28,07324.7%+4.0 pts

208Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66224.7%+1.3 pts

209Catron County, NMNM3,82724.7%+0.2 pts

210Monroe County, KYKY11,19124.7%+1.3 pts

211Webster County, GAGA2,36924.7%+5.4 pts

212Hardee County, FLFL25,93224.7%+0.1 pts

213Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65024.7%+6.7 pts

214Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.6%−0.0 pts

215Webb County, TXTX281,22424.6%−6.5 pts

216Grenada County, MSMS20,86824.6%+3.7 pts

217Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−2.3 pts

218Hancock County, GAGA8,68224.6%−4.8 pts

219Covington County, MSMS17,89824.6%+1.1 pts

220Isabella County, MIMI64,69124.6%+4.2 pts

221Calhoun County, WVWV5,97824.5%−0.5 pts

222Elbert County, GAGA20,07224.5%+7.2 pts

223Watauga County, NCNC54,78624.5%+6.5 pts

224Sumter County, GAGA28,80124.3%+2.9 pts

225Columbia County, ARAR21,89424.3%+3.2 pts

226Bladen County, NCNC30,00724.3%+3.4 pts

227Colquitt County, GAGA47,43824.2%+4.4 pts

228Sharkey County, MSMS3,09724.1%−14.1 pts

229Torrance County, NMNM16,10024.1%+5.1 pts

230Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66224.1%−3.8 pts

231Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61524.1%+1.3 pts

232Charlotte County, VAVA11,40124.1%+5.9 pts

233Galax, VAVA6,67024.1%+5.5 pts

234Luna County, NMNM25,40724.1%−8.8 pts

235Monroe County, ALAL18,96524.0%+2.7 pts

236Jackson County, ILIL52,50124.0%−1.2 pts

237Ozark County, MOMO9,17224.0%+2.4 pts

238Emanuel County, GAGA23,14724.0%−3.4 pts

239Winston County, MSMS17,47324.0%+0.2 pts

240Kiowa County, OKOK8,18123.9%+4.7 pts

241Texas County, OKOK20,32223.9%+9.8 pts

242Brazos County, TXTX249,08823.9%−3.0 pts

243Sierra County, NMNM11,39523.9%+3.0 pts

244McCurtain County, OKOK30,74423.8%−0.9 pts

245Escambia County, ALAL36,66523.8%+3.0 pts

246Decatur County, GAGA29,43223.8%+1.2 pts

247Howell County, MOMO40,79823.8%+5.1 pts

248Bath County, KYKY13,17623.8%+1.9 pts

249Washington County, FLFL26,69523.8%+4.6 pts

250Baldwin County, GAGA44,02923.7%+7.0 pts

251Johnson County, TNTN18,71823.7%+1.2 pts

252Dunklin County, MOMO26,85523.7%−0.8 pts

253Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94123.7%−2.3 pts

254Mississippi County, MOMO12,00323.7%+0.0 pts

255Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,02823.7%−0.2 pts

256Deer Lodge County, MTMT9,70923.6%+7.8 pts

257Perry County, TNTN9,12623.6%+8.2 pts

258Neshoba County, MSMS28,73223.6%+2.6 pts

259Faulk County, SDSD2,17823.6%+5.5 pts

260Evans County, GAGA11,02823.5%−3.5 pts

261Echols County, GAGA3,68523.5%−5.2 pts

262Montgomery County, VAVA98,43423.5%+0.3 pts

263Adams County, WAWA21,48823.5%+5.3 pts

264Acadia Parish, LALA57,03223.5%−1.1 pts

265Jones County, NCNC9,57523.5%+6.5 pts

266Macon County, ALAL18,13223.4%−9.4 pts

267Coal County, OKOK5,43623.4%+0.4 pts

268Appling County, GAGA19,10023.4%+4.8 pts

269Dickenson County, VAVA13,23623.4%+2.1 pts

270Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54223.3%+2.7 pts

271Shelby County, TXTX24,28623.3%+3.9 pts

272Attala County, MSMS17,10023.3%+1.5 pts

273Ware County, GAGA36,90623.3%+2.7 pts

274Charlton County, GAGA13,12123.2%+2.3 pts

275Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39123.2%+4.3 pts

276Trinity County, CACA15,72023.2%+4.5 pts

277Richmond County, GAGA206,55923.2%+3.6 pts

278Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09523.2%+5.8 pts

279St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64223.2%+10.1 pts

280Claiborne County, TNTN33,22923.1%+0.6 pts

281Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17723.1%+1.7 pts

282Charlottesville, VAVA44,38823.1%−2.8 pts

283Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,28123.1%+0.2 pts

284Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43323.1%−12.7 pts

285Orleans Parish, LALA362,15423.0%−4.9 pts

286Cottle County, TXTX1,22423.0%+4.6 pts

287Scioto County, OHOH71,36523.0%+3.7 pts

288Newton County, MSMS20,96023.0%+3.1 pts

289Johnson County, GAGA9,31023.0%+0.4 pts

290Danville, VAVA41,64723.0%+3.0 pts

291Lafayette County, MSMS59,59723.0%+1.7 pts

292Pike County, ALAL33,68823.0%−0.1 pts

293Adair County, MOMO25,68423.0%−0.3 pts

294Lyman County, SDSD3,69423.0%−1.3 pts

295La Paz County, AZAZ16,71122.9%+3.4 pts

296Marion County, SCSC28,24222.9%−0.3 pts

297Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34422.9%+1.7 pts

298Monroe County, ARAR6,24422.9%−4.5 pts

299Caddo Parish, LALA224,22622.9%+1.8 pts

300Brooks County, GAGA16,10122.9%−0.6 pts

301Aransas County, TXTX26,14622.8%+2.9 pts

302Switzerland County, ININ10,03722.8%+8.9 pts

303San Juan County, UTUT14,54222.8%−8.6 pts

304Jackson County, ARAR16,74122.8%+5.3 pts

305Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,83222.8%+2.5 pts

306Ripley County, MOMO10,71722.7%+0.8 pts

307Riley County, KSKS72,59822.7%+2.2 pts

308Laurel County, KYKY63,74622.7%+1.5 pts

309Clare County, MIMI31,54322.7%+6.7 pts

310Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94122.7%−5.5 pts

311Lowndes County, GAGA122,86722.7%+4.3 pts

312St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75822.7%−4.2 pts

313Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31722.6%+1.8 pts

314Berrien County, GAGA18,93222.6%+4.9 pts

315Petersburg, VAVA33,73422.6%+3.0 pts

316Dawson County, TXTX11,77622.6%+2.9 pts

317Alleghany County, NCNC11,47922.6%+5.5 pts

318Monroe County, ININ143,34522.6%+3.7 pts

319Seminole County, OKOK23,44122.6%+1.8 pts

320Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55422.6%+9.1 pts

321Morgan County, TNTN22,16022.6%+6.6 pts

322Pulaski County, KYKY67,38422.6%+3.5 pts

323Imperial County, CACA181,41122.5%−0.0 pts

324Dooly County, GAGA11,15622.5%+0.4 pts

325Gallatin County, ILIL4,61622.5%+1.8 pts

326Roane County, WVWV13,31722.5%−0.1 pts

327Tift County, GAGA42,25422.5%+2.6 pts

328McIntosh County, OKOK19,75822.5%+4.3 pts

329Putnam County, FLFL77,73422.4%+1.6 pts

330Wilkes County, GAGA9,54022.4%+5.0 pts

331Lowndes County, ALAL9,35922.4%−8.9 pts

332Green County, KYKY11,64422.4%+4.0 pts

333Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83022.4%+5.0 pts

334Woodruff County, ARAR5,71022.4%−4.6 pts

335Richmond County, NCNC42,04122.4%+2.8 pts

336Hart County, KYKY20,11722.4%−0.0 pts

337Nicholas County, KYKY7,94922.4%+9.2 pts

338Texas County, MOMO25,99422.4%+1.0 pts

339Bulloch County, GAGA86,94922.3%−2.2 pts

340Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12122.3%+2.7 pts

341Iberia Parish, LALA66,84622.3%−1.3 pts

342Cabell County, WVWV91,18322.3%+3.0 pts

343Franklin County, ARAR17,72522.3%+7.1 pts

344Wayne County, KYKY19,59722.2%−7.1 pts

345Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58322.2%−1.4 pts

346Polk County, ARAR19,48622.2%+4.0 pts

347Otero County, COCO17,68322.2%+3.4 pts

348Clinton County, KYKY9,13922.2%−3.6 pts

349Wirt County, WVWV4,87922.2%+2.6 pts

350Lexington, VAVA7,76922.1%+0.6 pts

351Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.1%+4.4 pts

352Iron County, MOMO9,31822.1%+3.1 pts

353Bristol, VAVA16,41822.1%+5.9 pts

354Columbus County, NCNC50,48722.1%−0.6 pts

355Hempstead County, ARAR19,08022.0%+1.7 pts

356Lincoln County, MSMS35,01222.0%+2.9 pts

357Hidalgo County, NMNM3,92922.0%−5.2 pts

358Scott County, TNTN22,67122.0%+1.8 pts

359Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14822.0%−1.1 pts

360Lenoir County, NCNC55,83722.0%+5.4 pts

361Cherokee County, OKOK49,19622.0%−0.9 pts

362Butler County, MOMO41,90421.9%+3.3 pts

363Quay County, NMNM8,45421.9%+1.0 pts

364Russell County, ALAL58,89821.8%+1.9 pts

365Cumberland County, KYKY5,99221.8%−2.0 pts

366Lincoln County, WVWV19,17721.8%−6.1 pts

367Geneva County, ALAL27,55421.8%+2.2 pts

368Jones County, MSMS66,49621.8%+2.0 pts

369Emporia, VAVA5,44721.8%+5.8 pts

370Tulare County, CACA485,14621.8%−2.1 pts

371San Juan County, NMNM120,34021.7%+0.2 pts

372Marshall County, MSMS34,65421.7%−0.2 pts

373Butts County, GAGA27,21821.7%+10.3 pts

374Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.7%−2.2 pts

375Sampson County, NCNC61,50421.7%+4.1 pts

376Clarendon County, SCSC31,04321.7%−1.4 pts

377Hyde County, NCNC4,55421.6%+6.2 pts

378De Soto Parish, LALA27,38121.6%−3.4 pts

379Ouachita County, ARAR21,73121.6%+2.1 pts

380Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.6%−4.3 pts

381Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86121.6%+5.1 pts

382Garza County, TXTX4,51021.6%−0.7 pts

383Russell County, KYKY18,60821.6%−2.7 pts

384Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80421.6%−2.5 pts

385Union Parish, LALA20,56121.6%+3.0 pts

386Morgan County, KYKY14,41521.6%−5.7 pts

387Niobrara County, WYWY2,34121.5%+8.1 pts

388Copiah County, MSMS27,49721.5%−3.6 pts

389Colfax County, NMNM12,18421.5%+6.6 pts

390Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,02021.5%−3.0 pts

391Delaware County, ININ113,10621.4%+6.4 pts

392Fayette County, WVWV38,16521.4%−0.2 pts

393Tillman County, OKOK6,78021.4%−0.4 pts

394Mississippi County, ARAR37,82821.4%−1.6 pts

395Wyoming County, WVWV19,80121.4%−3.7 pts

396Johnson County, KYKY22,05121.4%−5.1 pts

397Pope County, ILIL3,67221.4%+3.2 pts

398Holmes County, FLFL20,11921.4%+2.3 pts

399Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73021.4%+1.3 pts

400Hughes County, OKOK13,45521.4%−0.6 pts

401Butte County, IDID2,78321.4%+3.2 pts

402Gadsden County, FLFL44,29821.3%+1.4 pts

403Nevada County, ARAR7,94221.3%−1.4 pts

404Wayne County, MIMI1,769,03821.3%+4.9 pts

405Jasper County, MSMS15,78521.3%−1.4 pts

406Marion County, KYKY20,11521.3%+2.6 pts

407Wright County, MOMO19,67121.3%−0.4 pts

408Bent County, COCO5,71621.3%+1.7 pts

409Wayne County, MSMS19,80721.2%−4.1 pts

410Darlington County, SCSC62,88821.2%+1.0 pts

411Greene County, NCNC20,70021.2%+1.0 pts

412Thurston County, NENE6,75221.2%−4.5 pts

413Union County, NMNM3,84421.2%+3.1 pts

414Tippah County, MSMS21,38921.2%+4.3 pts

415Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74021.2%+0.8 pts

416Liberty County, MTMT1,95721.2%+0.9 pts

417Graham County, AZAZ40,15721.2%−1.8 pts

418Jefferson County, GAGA15,01121.1%−1.9 pts

419Terry County, TXTX11,72021.1%−2.1 pts

420Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.1%+6.8 pts

421Malheur County, OROR32,26121.1%+2.4 pts

422Live Oak County, TXTX11,92921.1%+4.6 pts

423Wise County, VAVA34,82421.1%+1.1 pts

424Todd County, KYKY12,97221.1%+3.9 pts

425Barbour County, WVWV15,41421.0%−1.5 pts

426Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15321.0%+4.3 pts

427Crittenden County, ARAR46,21021.0%−4.3 pts

428Jackson Parish, LALA15,83421.0%+1.1 pts

429Uvalde County, TXTX24,96321.0%−3.3 pts

430Cook County, GAGA18,23221.0%+0.3 pts

431Franklin County, GAGA25,94821.0%+7.1 pts

432Bamberg County, SCSC12,79621.0%−6.8 pts

433Powell County, KYKY12,81221.0%−2.5 pts

434Clark County, ARAR20,93820.9%+1.8 pts

435Mora County, NMNM4,05120.9%−4.4 pts

436Meriwether County, GAGA21,51620.9%+3.1 pts

437Albany County, WYWY38,55820.9%−0.1 pts

438Warren County, NCNC18,89820.9%+1.5 pts

439Richmond, VAVA237,25720.9%−0.5 pts

440Crosby County, TXTX4,85220.9%−7.2 pts

441Peach County, GAGA29,87720.9%+0.6 pts

442Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37520.8%−1.0 pts

443Clay County, SDSD15,03120.8%−0.4 pts

444Whitley County, KYKY37,29720.8%−5.5 pts

445Washington County, GAGA19,45320.8%−2.1 pts

446Mineral County, NVNV4,40720.8%+5.6 pts

447Warren County, MSMS41,75920.8%+2.1 pts

448Fulton County, ARAR12,49220.8%+4.5 pts

449Haskell County, OKOK11,78720.8%+0.3 pts

450Pitt County, NCNC182,93620.8%+0.5 pts

451Long County, GAGA21,55720.8%+1.3 pts

452Fresno County, CACA1,035,45620.8%−2.1 pts

453Conejos County, COCO7,52920.8%−2.2 pts

454Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30320.8%−6.1 pts

455Jefferson County, ARAR62,98720.8%+0.2 pts

456Fayette County, ALAL15,87220.8%+3.4 pts

457Taylor County, FLFL21,21020.8%+2.7 pts

458New Madrid County, MOMO15,08620.7%−1.3 pts

459Walker County, TXTX83,84220.7%+2.4 pts

460Jefferson County, OKOK5,43120.7%+1.5 pts

461Raleigh County, WVWV71,77520.7%+2.2 pts

462Nodaway County, MOMO20,17420.7%+4.3 pts

463Liberty County, FLFL8,03520.7%+0.9 pts

464Henry County, TNTN32,89620.7%+6.4 pts

465Menifee County, KYKY6,43020.7%−8.9 pts

466Toombs County, GAGA27,54520.7%−3.1 pts

467DeKalb County, ALAL74,08520.7%+5.3 pts

468Alachua County, FLFL290,02820.7%−2.1 pts

469Barton County, MOMO11,79520.7%+7.7 pts

470Cocke County, TNTN37,88920.7%−1.8 pts

471Baker County, GAGA2,72520.6%−2.7 pts

472Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52020.6%−2.5 pts

473Webster County, KYKY12,92920.6%+5.2 pts

474Lincoln County, KYKY25,35320.6%−0.6 pts

475Okanogan County, WAWA45,23020.6%−0.8 pts

476Barber County, KSKS4,08320.5%+10.5 pts

477Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92020.5%+2.4 pts

478McDonough County, ILIL25,91620.5%+0.7 pts

479Hertford County, NCNC19,01520.5%+2.1 pts

480Coles County, ILIL46,60720.5%+3.0 pts

481Martin County, NCNC21,60120.4%+0.3 pts

482Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21920.4%+1.0 pts

483Poinsett County, ARAR22,48320.4%−0.8 pts

484St. Louis, MOMO278,14420.4%−4.1 pts

485Clay County, ARAR14,05220.4%+2.9 pts

486Kern County, CACA927,06820.4%−0.3 pts

487Screven County, GAGA14,40820.4%+0.4 pts

488Pulaski County, GAGA10,17220.4%+4.0 pts

489Monongalia County, WVWV107,99120.4%−2.4 pts

490Hinds County, MSMS211,88820.4%+0.5 pts

491Coffee County, GAGA44,40720.4%+1.3 pts

492Boundary County, IDID13,99720.4%+4.7 pts

493Stone County, ARAR12,70320.4%+1.5 pts

494Laurens County, SCSC71,84820.4%+6.0 pts

495Drew County, ARAR17,05420.4%+2.2 pts

496Upson County, GAGA28,50020.4%+5.6 pts

497Franklin County, FLFL13,02920.4%+2.6 pts

498Meigs County, OHOH21,58720.3%+0.5 pts

499Graves County, KYKY37,05020.3%+3.9 pts

500Miller County, GAGA5,81220.3%−0.9 pts

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Frequently asked

Which county has the highest poverty rate?

Todd County, South Dakota ranks #1 with 58.9% (2020 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 counties by poverty rate?

Todd County, South Dakota, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, Mellette County, South Dakota, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, Ziebach County, South Dakota.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,135 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 Decennial Census data.

How is poverty rate measured?

Share of people with income below the federal poverty line. Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census.