RANKING · 2024 ACS · 500 SHOWN OF 925

Highest poverty rate, US metro areas

US metro areas with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). Zapata, TX leads at 38.4%. 925 metro areas qualify in total. Mississippi carries 6 of the top 25 entries. The median across all 925 is 13.5%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Sweetwater, TX, up 281 places to #52.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

USUnited States334,922,49912.5%–

01▲3Zapata, TXTX13,75338.4%+2.6 pts

02▼1Clarksdale, MSMS19,84935.5%−0.4 pts

03Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31933.5%−17.4 pts

04▼2Gallup, NMNM68,11933.2%−2.8 pts

05▲1Cleveland, MSMS28,26232.6%−0.6 pts

06▲3Ruston, LALA48,36031.2%+4.7 pts

07▲5Selma, ALAL35,14031.0%0.0 pts

08▼1Natchez, MSMS54,72229.4%+0.9 pts

09▼4Middlesborough, KYKY22,82928.8%−2.2 pts

10▲43Deming, NMNM25,40728.6%−4.3 pts

11▲4Forrest City, ARAR21,80028.5%+1.0 pts

12▲11Kingsville, TXTX30,31528.1%+1.4 pts

13▲9Greenwood, MSMS34,91227.9%−2.7 pts

14▲10Lumberton, NCNC119,94127.2%+4.4 pts

15▲14Corbin, KYKY150,04026.8%−1.8 pts

16▲24Opelousas, LALA80,76526.8%−2.5 pts

17▼3McAllen, TXTX921,54926.7%−9.2 pts

18▼10Greenville, MSMS40,44626.4%−2.8 pts

19▲1Laurinburg, NCNC33,32225.8%+5.2 pts

20▲6Pikeville, KYKY89,12225.8%−0.2 pts

21▲25Boone, NCNC54,78625.5%+7.5 pts

22▼12Natchitoches, LALA36,08925.4%−1.1 pts

23▲52Rockingham, NCNC42,04125.2%+5.7 pts

24▼11Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09925.2%+2.9 pts

25▼9McComb, MSMS52,64025.0%−1.0 pts

26▼1Brownsville, TXTX433,94624.8%−8.2 pts

27Grenada, MSMS30,22224.8%+2.7 pts

28▲49Meridian, MSMS85,41924.7%+3.5 pts

29▲7Show Low, AZAZ109,94624.7%−4.8 pts

30▲21Monroe, LALA222,39024.5%+2.5 pts

31▲10Bogalusa, LALA44,93724.3%−0.4 pts

32▲114Roswell, NMNM63,36424.3%+3.0 pts

33▼2Arcadia, FLFL37,07824.1%+0.5 pts

34▼13Starkville, MSMS62,06324.1%−2.3 pts

35▲2Las Vegas, NMNM30,31124.0%−0.5 pts

36▼2Raymondville, TXTX19,97124.0%−9.2 pts

37▲10Alice, TXTX45,38323.9%−3.0 pts

38▲49Douglas, GAGA52,86123.4%+3.6 pts

39▲35Palatka, FLFL77,73423.4%+2.5 pts

40▼29Cordele, GAGA19,23723.3%−6.0 pts

41▲26Troy, ALAL33,68823.3%+0.2 pts

42▼24Minden, LALA34,94823.1%+2.9 pts

43▲42Farmington, NMNM120,34023.1%+1.6 pts

44▲5Moultrie, GAGA47,43822.9%+3.0 pts

45▼12Dublin, GAGA60,35122.9%+3.8 pts

46▲30New Iberia, LALA66,84622.8%−0.7 pts

47▲25College Station, TXTX287,47622.8%−2.7 pts

48▼20Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82322.8%−12.1 pts

49▼19Pullman, WAWA48,51222.7%−2.9 pts

50▼18Stillwater, OKOK83,88922.6%+2.4 pts

51▲22Statesboro, GAGA97,97722.6%−2.3 pts

52▲281Sweetwater, TXTX14,11722.5%+0.8 pts

53▲9Orangeburg, SCSC83,17722.4%+1.0 pts

54▲10Americus, GAGA33,39422.4%+1.1 pts

55▼5Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02522.4%−0.8 pts

56▲52Fort Payne, ALAL74,08522.4%+7.0 pts

57▲40Uvalde, TXTX24,96322.2%−2.1 pts

58▼2Bainbridge, GAGA29,43222.0%−0.6 pts

59▲1Kennett, MOMO26,85522.0%−2.5 pts

60▲77Vidalia, GAGA36,18022.0%−0.9 pts

61▲19Kinston, NCNC55,83722.0%+5.4 pts

62▲47Newport, TNTN37,88921.9%−0.6 pts

63▼19Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69121.9%+1.5 pts

64▼26Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03521.8%−1.5 pts

65Portsmouth, OHOH71,36521.8%+2.5 pts

66▼7Milledgeville, GAGA44,02921.7%+4.9 pts

67▲81Elk City, OKOK22,15921.7%+3.5 pts

68▲30Beckley, WVWV109,94021.6%+1.8 pts

69▲30Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93821.6%+2.4 pts

70▼18Rexburg, IDID69,38021.5%−4.0 pts

71▼54Athens, OHOH63,19721.5%−5.9 pts

72▼33Las Cruces, NMNM229,09121.3%−4.1 pts

73▼28Clewiston, FLFL61,54621.3%−0.8 pts

74▼32Laredo, TXTX281,22421.3%−9.9 pts

75▲204Jesup, GAGA32,48121.3%+4.6 pts

76▲19Summerville, GAGA25,30021.2%+6.9 pts

77▲1Brookhaven, MSMS35,01221.2%+2.0 pts

78▲15Blytheville, ARAR37,82821.1%−1.9 pts

79▼31Magnolia, ARAR21,89421.1%0.0 pts

80▼26Carbondale, ILIL52,50121.0%−4.2 pts

81▼15Albany, GAGA145,51020.9%−0.5 pts

82▼39Glasgow, KYKY56,22420.9%+3.6 pts

83▼64Eufaula, ALAL26,86120.9%−5.5 pts

84▲32Clovis, NMNM65,27020.9%+0.8 pts

85▲15Laramie, WYWY38,55820.9%−0.1 pts

86▲44Miami, OKOK30,43820.9%+4.3 pts

87▲48Morgan City, LALA46,55220.8%−2.8 pts

88▲108Bay City, TXTX36,46320.7%+2.2 pts

89▲1Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55320.7%+3.6 pts

90▼32Tifton, GAGA51,23720.7%−0.6 pts

91▲34Pittsburg, KSKS39,00820.6%+4.7 pts

92▼9Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90420.5%+1.9 pts

93▲273Batesville, ARAR38,78520.4%+7.4 pts

94▼37West Plains, MOMO40,79820.3%+1.6 pts

95▼32Valdosta, GAGA153,27620.2%+0.8 pts

96▼5Nogales, AZAZ50,02020.2%−4.3 pts

97▲127Plainview, TXTX36,70020.2%+1.6 pts

98▼19Kirksville, MOMO29,82420.2%−2.2 pts

99▲3Shreveport, LALA383,47420.2%+0.7 pts

100▲26Gainesville, FLFL359,03620.2%−1.6 pts

101▲88Jonesboro, ARAR139,44020.1%+3.3 pts

102▲9Blacksburg, VAVA181,61620.1%+0.6 pts

103▲35Madisonville, KYKY45,12720.0%+3.4 pts

104▲39Big Rapids, MIMI42,32019.9%+3.8 pts

105▲13Mayfield, KYKY37,05019.9%+3.5 pts

106▲4Athens, GAGA224,14819.8%−1.3 pts

107▼3Greenville, NCNC182,93619.8%−0.5 pts

108▲66Marion, ININ66,52419.8%+8.1 pts

109▲22Wilson, NCNC81,15019.8%+1.3 pts

110▲18Henderson, NCNC42,63819.8%−0.7 pts

111▼10Vermillion, SDSD15,03119.7%−1.5 pts

112▼42Somerset, KYKY67,38419.7%+0.6 pts

113▼21Muncie, ININ113,10619.6%+4.6 pts

114▲19Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42819.6%+0.2 pts

115▲24El Dorado, ARAR36,92619.5%+0.8 pts

116▼55Othello, WAWA21,48819.5%+1.4 pts

117▼46El Centro, CACA181,41119.5%−3.0 pts

118▼15Vicksburg, MSMS41,75919.5%+0.8 pts

119▼84Silver City, NMNM27,25219.5%+0.8 pts

120▲62Alexandria, LALA147,95219.5%−1.2 pts

121▲13Auburn, ALAL208,01319.4%−4.3 pts

122▲46Florence, SCSC201,39219.4%+1.7 pts

123▼6Thomaston, GAGA28,50019.3%+4.6 pts

124▲27Alamogordo, NMNM70,36819.3%0.0 pts

125▲462Ruidoso, NMNM19,84419.3%+4.4 pts

126▲60Chico, CACA209,21119.2%−0.5 pts

127▼3Hammond, LALA141,34619.2%−3.5 pts

128▲12Russellville, ALAL32,44919.1%+0.3 pts

129▼10Muskogee, OKOK66,70819.1%+1.2 pts

130▼15Bakersfield, CACA927,06819.1%−1.6 pts

131▲117Olean, NYNY75,39019.1%+5.4 pts

132▲30Merced, CACA297,26019.1%−2.6 pts

133▼64Oxford, MSMS71,97219.1%−2.3 pts

134▼2Martin, TNTN33,26119.0%+3.0 pts

135▼49Laurel, MSMS82,28118.9%−1.6 pts

136▲71Thomasville, GAGA72,95818.8%0.0 pts

137▼49Waycross, GAGA57,67018.8%−1.1 pts

138▲6El Paso, TXTX881,29118.7%−5.1 pts

139▲38Danville, VAVA101,13718.7%+3.4 pts

140▲36Ozark, ALAL49,91218.7%+3.6 pts

141▼52Bloomington, ININ165,23118.7%+1.2 pts

142▲27Tallahassee, FLFL397,44218.7%+0.8 pts

143▼29Charleston, ILIL46,60718.7%+1.2 pts

144▲146Hobbs, NMNM74,74918.7%−2.4 pts

145▼9Eureka, CACA131,64718.7%−0.9 pts

146▲19Columbus, GAGA324,83018.6%+2.6 pts

147▲31New Orleans, LALA970,84918.6%−1.3 pts

148▼52Columbus, MSMS67,14418.6%−4.7 pts

149▲100Texarkana, TXTX146,81618.6%+0.7 pts

150▲3Union City, TNTN30,06718.6%+5.3 pts

151▲77Coshocton, OHOH37,18818.5%+9.4 pts

152▼40Fresno, CACA1,203,38318.4%−4.3 pts

153▲44Gaffney, SCSC58,27518.4%+4.6 pts

154▲58Lafayette, LALA423,75818.4%−0.6 pts

155▼50Huntsville, TXTX83,84218.4%0.0 pts

156▲23Campbellsville, KYKY38,40718.3%+0.5 pts

157▲270Hays, KSKS29,07518.3%+5.4 pts

158▲5Paris, TXTX63,31918.3%+1.8 pts

159▼18Klamath Falls, OROR70,27418.3%+1.5 pts

160▲575Dumas, TXTX21,89118.3%+4.8 pts

161▼9Morgantown, WVWV141,99518.3%−3.4 pts

162▼55Paris, TNTN32,89618.3%+4.0 pts

163▼40Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21118.3%−1.8 pts

164▲73Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07618.2%−0.7 pts

165▼97Española, NMNM39,83218.2%−2.1 pts

166▼85Tahlequah, OKOK49,19618.2%−4.6 pts

167▲49Saginaw, MIMI187,68818.2%+4.3 pts

168▲3Corvallis, OROR97,72818.2%+3.6 pts

169▲219Lebanon, MOMO36,94318.2%+3.9 pts

170▲143Lawton, OKOK127,59018.2%+2.5 pts

171▲223Jacksonville, TXTX53,33718.2%+0.3 pts

172▼90Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01418.1%−1.4 pts

173▼7Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85018.1%−1.3 pts

174▲204Duncan, OKOK44,31018.0%+3.4 pts

175▲28Okeechobee, FLFL42,60818.0%+2.0 pts

176▲240Alpena, MIMI28,85318.0%+7.4 pts

177▲16Dothan, ALAL156,26617.9%+1.5 pts

178▲148Oxford, ALAL115,83417.9%+1.8 pts

179▲72Richmond, ININ66,16917.9%+6.5 pts

180▼96Visalia, CACA485,14617.9%−6.0 pts

181▲6Connersville, ININ23,53317.9%+9.9 pts

182▲204Mexico, MOMO24,52817.8%+3.0 pts

183▲40Youngstown, OHOH423,67817.8%+6.3 pts

184▲24Washington, NCNC44,67017.8%−1.6 pts

185▲56Jackson, MSMS609,84717.8%−1.0 pts

186▲16Champaign, ILIL239,97917.8%+3.2 pts

187▲38Lafayette, ININ228,46817.8%+4.2 pts

188▲45McAlester, OKOK43,32017.7%+0.5 pts

189▼32Danville, ILIL71,25917.7%+4.4 pts

190▲272Hereford, TXTX18,62617.7%−2.9 pts

191▼1Moscow, IDID41,84217.6%+0.9 pts

192▲8Martinsville, VAVA63,09117.6%+4.4 pts

193▼46Beeville, TXTX32,51517.6%−6.4 pts

194▲162Seneca, SCSC83,77517.6%+6.8 pts

195▲220Searcy, ARAR80,08517.5%+3.6 pts

196▲54Binghamton, NYNY243,18917.5%+5.6 pts

197▼39Vernon, TXTX12,48117.5%+4.4 pts

198▲12Jamestown, NYNY124,12617.4%+3.6 pts

199▲68Paragould, ARAR47,41117.4%+4.1 pts

200▲238Palestine, TXTX59,80517.4%+0.9 pts

201▲21Newberry, SCSC39,56117.4%+0.3 pts

202▼75Camden, ARAR26,36317.3%−1.7 pts

203▼36Goldsboro, NCNC122,27817.3%+3.5 pts

204▲5Bluefield, WVWV96,13817.3%−0.6 pts

205▲30Talladega, ALAL91,76417.3%0.0 pts

206▼112Safford, AZAZ40,15717.3%−5.7 pts

207▼8Scottsboro, ALAL54,28117.3%+3.6 pts

208▼95Macomb, ILIL25,91617.2%−2.6 pts

209▼89Murray, KYKY39,42117.2%+0.6 pts

210▲22Cookeville, TNTN152,47717.2%+1.1 pts

211▲83Cambridge, MDMD33,62817.1%+3.3 pts

212▲129Corsicana, TXTX57,18117.1%−1.0 pts

213▼107Maryville, MOMO20,17417.1%+0.6 pts

214▼69Richmond, KYKY131,80617.1%−2.2 pts

215▲97Price, UTUT20,68017.0%+3.6 pts

216▲48Terre Haute, ININ169,24117.0%+4.6 pts

217Clearlake, CACA67,77217.0%−0.6 pts

218▲92Gadsden, ALAL103,88616.9%+1.2 pts

219▲95Beaumont, TXTX399,31016.9%+1.1 pts

220▲18St. Simons, GAGA118,52416.9%+1.3 pts

221▼92Payson, AZAZ53,80116.9%−0.5 pts

222▼47Lubbock, TXTX368,43116.9%−1.6 pts

223▼9Massena, NYNY105,48816.9%0.0 pts

224▲54Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19116.8%−1.4 pts

225▲49Mount Airy, NCNC72,28716.8%+4.4 pts

226▲27Lake Charles, LALA244,65516.8%+0.7 pts

227▼29Manhattan, KSKS136,12216.8%+0.2 pts

228▼86Rolla, MOMO45,24716.8%+0.4 pts

229▲11Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36816.8%−1.5 pts

230▲63Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13816.8%−12.1 pts

231▼67Fayetteville, NCNC395,41216.8%+3.5 pts

232▼27Forest City, NCNC65,74516.8%+2.8 pts

233▲239Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79116.7%+0.9 pts

234▲42North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23316.7%+4.9 pts

235▼16Bowling Green, KYKY197,18016.7%+0.7 pts

236▲113Enterprise, ALAL56,95316.7%+2.0 pts

237▲197Lake City, FLFL74,09416.7%+1.7 pts

238▲122Baton Rouge, LALA888,69916.7%−0.7 pts

239▲239Marion, OHOH65,11516.6%+6.9 pts

240▼86Albertville, ALAL103,53716.6%+2.0 pts

241▼82Huntington, WVWV365,96516.6%−0.9 pts

242▲31Montgomery, ALAL388,74716.6%+0.9 pts

243▼93Shelby, NCNC103,32516.6%+3.3 pts

244▲90Russellville, ARAR84,93216.6%+1.3 pts

245▼64Del Rio, TXTX47,83516.6%−9.6 pts

246▼4Durant, OKOK51,36716.6%−1.8 pts

247▲263Wheeling, WVWV134,08916.6%+1.2 pts

248▼17Memphis, TNTN1,341,41216.6%+0.9 pts

249▲19Stephenville, TXTX43,91116.6%+0.5 pts

250▼58Sumter, SCSC105,06716.6%+0.3 pts

251▼66LaGrange, GAGA107,09716.5%+0.8 pts

252▲141Picayune, MSMS59,36316.5%−1.9 pts

253▲29Sanford, NCNC70,25816.5%+3.6 pts

254▼63Houma, LALA199,66816.5%−1.4 pts

255▲290Odessa, TXTX173,80116.5%−2.3 pts

256▼35Gallipolis, OHOH29,07216.4%−1.7 pts

257▼42Jackson, TNTN184,56916.4%+2.5 pts

258▲88Coldwater, MIMI45,99316.4%+7.1 pts

259▲208Tullahoma, TNTN69,33916.4%+2.6 pts

260▼88Houghton, MIMI40,02816.4%−0.2 pts

261▲94Marshall, MOMO23,26516.4%+3.3 pts

262▼68Flint, MIMI401,09316.4%+3.3 pts

263▼43Ithaca, NYNY104,04716.4%−1.3 pts

264▼80Cedartown, GAGA45,51416.4%+0.9 pts

265▼38Fort Smith, ARAR234,14016.4%+1.4 pts

266▲62Springfield, MAMA464,33816.3%+1.6 pts

267▲5Alexander City, ALAL40,95316.3%−0.2 pts

268▼62State College, PAPA157,39316.3%−2.5 pts

269▼86Dyersburg, TNTN36,32016.3%+0.4 pts

270▲121Elmira, NYNY80,41516.3%+3.4 pts

271▲271Roseburg, OROR111,95116.3%+3.1 pts

272▼25Ardmore, OKOK48,91016.2%−0.4 pts

273▲183Lewistown, PAPA46,12716.2%+3.7 pts

274▼73Mobile, ALAL411,65816.2%−2.3 pts

275▼153Alamosa, COCO27,89616.2%−6.4 pts

276▼65Charleston, WVWV200,17016.2%+0.4 pts

277▲47Altus, OKOK24,76416.2%−0.1 pts

278▲21Coos Bay, OROR63,99216.1%+1.1 pts

279▼99Bemidji, MNMN47,05516.1%−1.5 pts

280▲15Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10216.1%+2.2 pts

281▲221Bartlesville, OKOK54,03716.1%+4.2 pts

282▲176La Grande, OROR25,90016.1%+2.3 pts

283▲99Cumberland, MDMD93,64016.1%+1.3 pts

284▼114Waco, TXTX308,80716.0%−1.6 pts

285▼112Rome, GAGA101,37816.0%+1.6 pts

286▲65Victoria, TXTX99,86416.0%+2.8 pts

287▲16Ponca City, OKOK43,49016.0%0.0 pts

288Columbia, MOMO219,06216.0%+2.0 pts

289▲18Hanford, CACA154,32716.0%−3.5 pts

290▲14Iowa City, IAIA182,71116.0%+2.1 pts

291▲9Farmington, MOMO67,80915.9%+1.1 pts

292▼40Toledo, OHOH599,37615.9%+3.5 pts

293▼75Danville, KYKY56,98515.9%−0.2 pts

294▼32Elkins, WVWV26,88215.9%−2.1 pts

295▲32Newport, OROR50,63615.9%+2.0 pts

296▲29Shawnee, OKOK75,10215.9%+1.3 pts

297▲218Monticello, NYNY80,58615.9%−0.5 pts

298▼23Johnson City, TNTN216,41615.9%+1.1 pts

299▲102Moses Lake, WAWA105,72715.8%−1.6 pts

300▼40Ottumwa, IAIA35,21015.8%+2.6 pts

301▼58Hot Springs, ARAR99,69515.8%+1.2 pts

302▲38Weatherford, OKOK39,05915.8%−1.8 pts

303▼40Corinth, MSMS34,56915.8%−0.8 pts

304▲423Sterling, COCO20,65415.8%+3.6 pts

305▼76Lufkin, TXTX88,15415.8%0.0 pts

306▲83Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15515.8%−0.6 pts

307▲147Toccoa, GAGA27,85415.8%+0.6 pts

308▲13Hinesville, GAGA91,87015.8%+0.1 pts

309▼254Guymon, OKOK20,32215.7%+1.6 pts

310▼189McMinnville, TNTN43,71715.7%−0.9 pts

311▼77Ames, IAIA128,09015.7%+3.2 pts

312▼26Chillicothe, OHOH76,42915.7%+3.7 pts

313▼12Joplin, MOMO208,79615.7%+2.0 pts

314▲23Paducah, KYKY102,25915.7%+1.5 pts

315▲14Branson, MOMO57,00115.6%+3.2 pts

316▼128Yuma, AZAZ224,44915.6%−3.6 pts

317▼59Gulfport, MSMS431,32915.6%+1.6 pts

318▲39Sedalia, MOMO44,25415.6%+2.8 pts

319▲60Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,66615.6%+3.9 pts

320▼12Grants Pass, OROR87,86715.6%+0.6 pts

321▲366Andrews, TXTX18,91415.6%−0.8 pts

322▼16Vineland, NJNJ157,14815.6%+0.5 pts

323▼163Red Bluff, CACA64,66515.6%−1.7 pts

324▲283Franklin, KYKY20,78815.5%+4.0 pts

325▲5Washington Court House, OHOH28,55215.5%+5.4 pts

326▲248Mountain Home, ARAR42,98215.5%+4.3 pts

327▼70Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44815.5%+2.8 pts

328▼58Yakima, WAWA259,18515.5%−4.2 pts

329▼103Taos, NMNM34,56415.5%−5.5 pts

330▲34Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33215.4%−2.3 pts

331▲138Great Bend, KSKS24,79015.4%+2.5 pts

332▼67Centralia, ILIL36,38215.4%+4.1 pts

333▼44Ukiah, CACA88,12215.4%−0.6 pts

334▼89Greeneville, TNTN73,83115.4%+0.9 pts

335▼99Eugene, OROR381,58415.3%+1.0 pts

336▼52Pampa, TXTX21,78615.3%+1.8 pts

337▲25Weirton, WVWV112,46815.3%+1.9 pts

338▲238Brownwood, TXTX38,71115.3%−1.9 pts

339▲59Aberdeen, WAWA78,14415.3%−0.8 pts

340▲235Cullman, ALAL94,00915.3%+2.3 pts

341▼186Cambridge, OHOH38,37915.3%−0.7 pts

342▼37Sebring, FLFL111,12215.3%0.0 pts

343▲278Albemarle, NCNC68,83015.2%+4.5 pts

344▼188Greenwood, SCSC95,21515.2%+1.2 pts

345▲206Brookings, OROR22,62115.2%+3.0 pts

346▲15Springfield, OHOH135,34015.2%+4.5 pts

347▼152Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48615.2%−0.7 pts

348▲62Tupelo, MSMS133,16715.2%+1.0 pts

349▲117Salem, OHOH99,37715.2%+3.6 pts

350▼30Longview, TXTX297,31515.1%−0.2 pts

351▲19Morristown, TNTN128,86715.1%+1.2 pts

352▼17Peru, ININ34,48715.1%+7.1 pts

353▲1Malvern, ARAR33,45115.1%+1.1 pts

354▼38Kingsport, TNTN314,83415.1%+1.5 pts

355▲29Spartanburg, SCSC407,65615.1%+2.6 pts

356▼73Niles, MIMI152,44415.1%+2.4 pts

357▼25Zanesville, OHOH87,01415.1%+2.2 pts

358▲77Utica, NYNY285,61115.0%+2.1 pts

359▲265Fremont, OHOH58,65515.0%+7.5 pts

360▲8Decatur, ILIL99,30015.0%+2.1 pts

361▼105Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91415.0%+0.4 pts

362▼31Augusta, GAGA641,23115.0%−0.5 pts

363▼65Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91215.0%−2.1 pts

364▼22Erie, PAPA265,83215.0%+3.0 pts

365▲80Hilo, HIHI210,04314.9%−0.7 pts

366▼51Parkersburg, WVWV87,26414.9%+0.7 pts

367▲74Baker City, OROR16,65814.9%+0.2 pts

368▼83Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11814.8%−0.1 pts

369▼21Lock Haven, PAPA37,87014.8%+0.6 pts

370▼34Marion, NCNC45,19814.8%+3.2 pts

371▲147Winona, MNMN50,52314.8%+2.8 pts

372▲60Scranton, PAPA574,41814.8%+3.9 pts

373▼28Greensboro, NCNC805,94514.8%+4.1 pts

374▲186Santa Maria, CACA442,06514.7%+0.4 pts

375▼131Athens, TXTX88,59514.7%−0.3 pts

376▼110Lawrence, KSKS120,92014.7%−1.1 pts

377▲18Rockford, ILIL337,24214.7%+5.4 pts

378▼82Dalton, GAGA147,81914.7%+2.9 pts

379▲104Kingston, NYNY183,33014.6%+3.2 pts

380▲41DuBois, PAPA78,10014.6%+2.1 pts

381▲2Columbia, SCSC879,91814.6%+2.2 pts

382▼39Albuquerque, NMNM925,27914.6%+0.7 pts

383▼170Pueblo, COCO169,27714.6%−0.3 pts

384▼180Amsterdam, NYNY50,04614.6%+2.5 pts

385▼130Galesburg, ILIL47,76714.6%+3.4 pts

386▲23Amarillo, TXTX276,23514.5%+0.8 pts

387▼11Lakeland, FLFL874,79014.5%+1.5 pts

388▼50Ocala, FLFL442,66014.4%+1.3 pts

389▼128Salisbury, MDMD131,87214.4%−0.1 pts

390▲287Lewiston, MEME116,48714.4%+3.3 pts

391▼137Ellensburg, WAWA48,80314.4%−5.3 pts

392▼231Henderson, KYKY57,18414.4%+1.4 pts

393▼28Hillsdale, MIMI45,73814.4%+6.1 pts

394▲198Crossville, TNTN66,30014.4%−0.3 pts

395▲70DeRidder, LALA36,67314.3%−1.2 pts

396▲330Fort Morgan, COCO30,30614.3%+2.0 pts

397▲198Meadville, PAPA81,79214.3%+1.6 pts

398▼87Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68514.3%−0.3 pts

399▲44Yuba City, CACA187,47814.3%−3.5 pts

400▼13Clarksburg, WVWV88,14214.3%−3.6 pts

401▼252Sikeston, MOMO49,97814.3%−3.7 pts

402▼85Owensboro, KYKY113,96214.3%+1.6 pts

403▲33Little Rock, ARAR777,60714.3%+2.2 pts

404▲69Arkansas City, KSKS34,38214.3%+1.3 pts

405▼6Johnstown, PAPA128,96814.2%+1.7 pts

406▼176Ontario, OROR60,08514.2%−2.3 pts

407▲107Abilene, TXTX185,42914.2%−0.4 pts

408▼35New Bern, NCNC127,35814.2%+0.5 pts

409▲48Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21414.2%+3.1 pts

410▼63Emporia, KSKS34,83814.2%+0.1 pts

411▼134Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21514.2%+1.1 pts

412▼141Pahrump, NVNV57,33614.1%+3.4 pts

413▼21Ludington, MIMI29,04014.1%+3.1 pts

414▲33Florence, ALAL156,60914.1%−0.1 pts

415▲96Bangor, MEME157,96714.1%+0.4 pts

416▲75Cornelia, GAGA50,41614.1%+1.9 pts

417▲20Muskegon, MIMI177,90114.1%+2.6 pts

418▼172Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08114.0%+1.3 pts

419▲111Woodward, OKOK19,82714.0%+1.5 pts

420▲212Worthington, MNMN22,33814.0%+2.3 pts

421▼54Indiana, PAPA82,87814.0%−3.3 pts

422▼99Alma, MIMI41,19014.0%+3.7 pts

423▲233Dodge City, KSKS33,99314.0%+1.6 pts

424▲95Susanville, CACA28,11714.0%−0.1 pts

425▼54Marquette, MIMI68,06414.0%+3.1 pts

426▼167Battle Creek, MIMI133,40813.9%+2.7 pts

427▼46Freeport, ILIL43,22013.9%+5.0 pts

428▲79Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81313.9%+0.4 pts

429▼76Moberly, MOMO24,51313.9%+1.4 pts

430▲76Houston, TXTX7,904,62713.9%+0.2 pts

431▲32Syracuse, NYNY652,27313.9%+1.6 pts

432▼14South Bend, ININ324,53813.9%+3.6 pts

433▼124Carlsbad, NMNM62,50913.8%−3.4 pts

434▼153Cedar City, UTUT67,14113.8%−5.4 pts

435▼155Big Spring, TXTX30,50413.8%−4.8 pts

436▲63Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65313.8%+1.9 pts

437▲50Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27313.8%+2.0 pts

438▲133Corning, NYNY91,85513.8%+0.5 pts

439▲37Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76613.8%+0.2 pts

440▼38Lexington, KYKY535,17413.8%+1.9 pts

441▲40Mansfield, OHOH124,89313.8%+3.2 pts

442▲10Marion, ILIL67,22513.8%−0.8 pts

443▲84Marietta, OHOH58,38913.7%+2.3 pts

444▲153Bonham, TXTX39,26513.7%−0.2 pts

445▼123Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13713.7%−1.2 pts

446▼7Bloomsburg, PAPA66,19313.7%+0.6 pts

447▼156Bradford, PAPA38,98413.7%+0.6 pts

448▲166Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13813.7%−0.2 pts

449▼130Vincennes, ININ35,65213.7%−2.4 pts

450▲42Killeen, TXTX511,49713.7%+2.1 pts

451▼34Watertown, NYNY111,54013.7%+0.4 pts

452▲361Muscatine, IAIA41,85313.7%+4.8 pts

453▲182Elizabethtown, KYKY128,66613.6%+2.9 pts

454▲5New Castle, ININ49,13713.6%+5.8 pts

455▼111Michigan City, ININ111,29413.6%+4.9 pts

456▲5Detroit, MIMI4,390,91313.6%+3.0 pts

457▼27Huron, SDSD19,62413.6%+1.7 pts

458▼84El Campo, TXTX42,06013.6%−2.9 pts

459▼52Lansing, MIMI479,72213.6%+2.4 pts

460▼121Fairmont, WVWV55,58413.6%−2.7 pts

461▼35Hickory, NCNC376,89013.5%+3.7 pts

462▼93Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14713.5%+1.2 pts

463▲34Modesto, CACA557,71913.5%−2.5 pts

464▲99Gainesville, TXTX44,46113.5%−0.6 pts

465▼107Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20613.5%+3.1 pts

466▲150Auburn, NYNY74,36513.5%+2.4 pts

467▼16St. Joseph, MOMO119,17013.5%+1.9 pts

468▼39Sevierville, TNTN101,34213.5%+2.8 pts

469▲172Seneca Falls, NYNY32,88313.5%+2.0 pts

470▼183Hannibal, MOMO38,96913.5%+2.2 pts

471▼112Decatur, ALAL160,32613.4%+0.4 pts

472▼47Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77513.4%+2.6 pts

473▲81New Philadelphia, OHOH92,37313.4%+4.0 pts

474▲276Brenham, TXTX38,28813.4%+0.5 pts

475▲170Kokomo, ININ83,90413.4%+3.9 pts

476▲12Burley, IDID49,30813.4%−0.8 pts

477▼46San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14013.4%−1.7 pts

478▼126Burlington, NCNC186,17713.4%+2.2 pts

479▲45Cañon City, COCO50,03913.3%+1.7 pts

480▲68Borger, TXTX19,63313.3%+2.2 pts

481▲78Lima, OHOH100,88113.3%+1.2 pts

482▼105Redding, CACA181,64813.3%−2.1 pts

483▲107Ashland, OHOH52,52313.3%+3.8 pts

484▼182Bay City, MIMI102,12313.2%+3.5 pts

485▼63Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,55113.2%+1.2 pts

486▲51Logansport, ININ37,83613.2%+5.7 pts

487▼190Athens, TNTN71,59013.2%−1.9 pts

488▼83Brevard, NCNC34,21113.2%+3.7 pts

489▲155Norwalk, OHOH58,25013.2%+4.7 pts

490▲8Waterloo, IAIA169,18913.2%+1.9 pts

491▼7Clinton, IAIA46,00213.2%+3.0 pts

492▼43Dayton, OHOH826,55413.2%+2.9 pts

493▲56Jacksonville, ILIL37,38113.2%+3.5 pts

494▼20Brookings, SDSD37,63513.2%−0.9 pts

495▼95Springfield, MOMO500,69413.2%+0.7 pts

496▼85Hermitage, PAPA107,86013.2%+1.7 pts

497▼100Canton, ILIL32,90113.2%+3.3 pts

498▲3Oil City, PAPA49,34613.2%−0.2 pts

499▼39Clarksville, TNTN349,00113.1%+1.3 pts

500▼32Mankato, MNMN104,90713.1%+2.1 pts

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Frequently asked

Which metro area has the highest poverty rate?

Zapata, TX ranks #1 with 38.4% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by poverty rate?

Zapata, TX, Clarksdale, MS, Rio Grande City-Roma, TX, Gallup, NM, Cleveland, MS.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas 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).