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Lowest poverty rate, US counties · 1990

US counties with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (1990 ACS).

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501Greene County, NYNY47,2389.7%
502Wright County, IAIA12,8019.7%
503Cuming County, NENE8,8239.7%
504Lawrence County, ININ45,5689.7%
505Hood County, TXTX70,5019.7%
506Osage County, MOMO13,6119.7%
507Jay County, ININ20,1189.7%
508Alleghany County, VAVA14,5469.7%
509Jersey County, ILIL21,1609.7%
510Amherst County, VAVA31,9629.8%
511Sullivan County, NHNH43,9619.8%
512Juniata County, PAPA23,4039.8%
513Weston County, WYWY6,8409.8%
514Paulding County, OHOH18,7279.8%
515Osceola County, IAIA5,9809.8%
516Routt County, COCO25,3299.8%
517Stokes County, NCNC46,1269.8%
518Craig County, VAVA4,8009.8%
519Door County, WIWI30,6169.8%
520Harrison County, ININ40,4379.8%
521Davidson County, NCNC180,1829.8%
522Alexander County, NCNC36,9589.8%
523Fountain County, ININ17,0139.8%
524Pratt County, KSKS9,1179.8%
525Blackford County, ININ11,7309.9%
526Kenton County, KYKY175,7799.9%
527Spencer County, ININ20,0619.9%
528Salt Lake County, UTUT1,220,9169.9%
529DeKalb County, GAGA774,3949.9%
530Mono County, CACA12,5059.9%
531Bonneville County, IDID135,7719.9%
532Rock County, WIWI166,4729.9%
533Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6199.9%
534Ohio County, ININ5,9949.9%
535Sangamon County, ILIL194,1709.9%
536Dickinson County, MIMI25,8279.9%
537Stephenson County, ILIL43,2209.9%
538Sherman County, OROR2,0519.9%
539Worth County, IAIA7,3389.9%
540Adams County, NENE31,0719.9%
541Clay County, IAIA16,20210.0%
542Keith County, NENE8,10010.0%
543Green Lake County, WIWI19,30510.0%
544Bland County, VAVA6,15110.0%
545Iowa County, WIWI23,95110.0%
546Carbon County, WYWY14,01310.0%
547Shelby County, ILIL20,57610.0%
548Jackson County, COCO1,21110.0%
549Marion County, IAIA34,19210.0%
550Shawnee County, KSKS178,60710.0%
551Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18610.0%
552Mower County, MNMN40,97110.0%
553Hancock County, MEME57,17110.0%
554Burleigh County, NDND103,25110.0%
555Passaic County, NJNJ531,62410.0%
556Currituck County, NCNC33,15810.1%
557LaPorte County, ININ111,29410.1%
558Thurston County, WAWA304,26110.1%
559Clark County, ININ130,45110.1%
560Henry County, IAIA19,34910.1%
561Williamson County, TXTX752,82710.1%
562Calaveras County, CACA46,60510.1%
563Weber County, UTUT278,17410.1%
564Campbell County, VAVA55,62910.1%
565Gray County, KSKS5,65210.1%
566Muscatine County, IAIA41,85310.1%
567Madison County, NENE36,10610.1%
568Guilford County, NCNC562,23410.1%
569Winnebago County, ILIL283,67410.1%
570Coos County, NHNH31,34310.1%
571Burke County, NCNC88,65510.1%
572Teller County, COCO24,75610.1%
573Montgomery County, IAIA10,00210.1%
574Mercer County, ILIL15,22910.1%
575Christian County, MOMO96,72510.1%
576Dauphin County, PAPA293,35110.1%
577Racine County, WIWI198,91910.2%
578Franklin County, VTVT51,17710.2%
579Preble County, OHOH40,66410.2%
580Broward County, FLFL2,013,31710.2%
581Manatee County, FLFL468,20010.2%
582Mills County, IAIA14,79310.2%
583Kenosha County, WIWI168,44810.2%
584Cheyenne County, NENE9,52810.2%
585Cayuga County, NYNY74,36510.2%
586Benton County, MNMN41,74410.2%
587Clinton County, ILIL37,12810.2%
588Cedar County, IAIA18,35910.2%
589Kennebec County, MEME129,06710.2%
590Columbia County, OROR54,09110.2%
591Wichita County, KSKS2,03110.3%
592Freeborn County, MNMN30,44010.3%
593Okaloosa County, FLFL221,81010.3%
594Camden County, NJNJ535,79910.3%
595Onondaga County, NYNY466,58410.3%
596Dubuque County, IAIA99,38110.3%
597Eureka County, NVNV1,86710.3%
598Humboldt County, NVNV17,26710.3%
599Mitchell County, IAIA10,65010.3%
600Eddy County, NDND2,32910.3%
601Kearny County, KSKS3,88810.3%
602De Witt County, ILIL15,11810.3%
603Union County, PAPA42,31310.3%
604Fulton County, ININ20,09110.3%
605St. Johns County, FLFL346,32810.3%
606Cass County, ININ37,83610.3%
607York County, SCSC306,88710.3%
608Sheridan County, WYWY33,24110.4%
609Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46510.4%
610Meade County, SDSD30,71110.4%
611Hartley County, TXTX4,90410.4%
612Monroe County, NYNY750,50610.4%
613Brazoria County, TXTX419,08010.4%
614El Paso County, COCO757,04010.4%
615Bullitt County, KYKY86,45410.4%
616Charlevoix County, MIMI26,03610.4%
617Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36810.4%
618Bureau County, ILIL32,51010.4%
619Lenawee County, MIMI97,77910.4%
620Pierce County, WIWI43,51910.4%
621Lincoln County, WIWI28,40310.4%
622Hughes County, SDSD17,57010.4%
623Ray County, MOMO23,39810.4%
624Wahkiakum County, WAWA4,87310.4%
625Seneca County, NYNY32,88310.4%
626Lake County, SDSD10,99310.4%
627Sibley County, MNMN15,35610.4%
628Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81910.4%
629Adams County, COCO554,66810.4%
630Sweet Grass County, MTMT3,76210.4%
631Callaway County, MOMO45,76510.4%
632Kearney County, NENE6,79010.5%
633Fluvanna County, VAVA28,97510.5%
634Logan County, OHOH46,30210.5%
635Chippewa County, WIWI67,61410.5%
636Henry County, ILIL48,09510.5%
637Greenville County, SCSC583,12510.5%
638Henderson County, NCNC122,37510.5%
639Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99610.5%
640Jackson County, ININ47,37010.5%
641Dane County, WIWI590,37510.5%
642Licking County, OHOH185,56410.5%
643Garfield County, WAWA2,41610.5%
644Collier County, FLFL417,13110.5%
645Lancaster County, NENE334,04910.5%
646Broome County, NYNY195,73610.5%
647Clark County, NVNV2,407,22610.5%
648Emery County, UTUT10,17710.5%
649Forsyth County, NCNC401,71810.5%
650Crawford County, ILIL18,64810.5%
651Nye County, NVNV57,33610.5%
652Rogers County, OKOK102,19710.5%
653Ripley County, ININ29,43410.5%
654Houston County, GAGA178,21410.6%
655Gilpin County, COCO6,07310.6%
656Tama County, IAIA16,79610.6%
657Robertson County, TNTN80,17510.6%
658Carroll County, IAIA20,30310.6%
659Harney County, OROR7,38010.6%
660Wood County, OHOH134,17610.6%
661Salem County, NJNJ66,28010.6%
662Rankin County, MSMS162,18110.6%
663Laramie County, WYWY102,93810.6%
664Shiawassee County, MIMI67,68110.6%
665Gaston County, NCNC246,55810.6%
666Jefferson County, WVWV63,10210.6%
667Juab County, UTUT13,56710.6%
668Stillwater County, MTMT9,44510.6%
669Colfax County, NENE10,93410.6%
670Columbia County, PAPA66,19310.6%
671Finney County, KSKS37,50510.6%
672Dawson County, NENE24,45210.6%
673Alameda County, CACA1,636,63010.6%
674Hall County, GAGA226,56810.6%
675Cowley County, KSKS34,38210.6%
676Franklin County, ININ23,28610.6%
678Hot Springs County, WYWY4,60010.6%
679Pierce County, NENE7,37810.6%
680Pawnee County, KSKS5,99110.6%
681Franklin County, IDID15,88910.6%
682Butler County, OHOH400,12810.6%
683Schuylkill County, PAPA145,08510.7%
684Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.7%
685Trempealeau County, WIWI31,17110.7%
686Lackawanna County, PAPA216,50210.7%
687Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85210.7%
688Parker County, TXTX184,76710.7%
689Butler County, IAIA14,04910.7%
690Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66310.7%
691Harper County, OKOK3,17210.7%
692Westmoreland County, PAPA349,32410.7%
693Lander County, NVNV5,87210.7%
694Sussex County, DEDE277,14010.7%
695Hall County, NENE63,63310.7%
696Hampshire County, MAMA164,06510.7%
697Niagara County, NYNY208,91210.7%
698Warren County, MOMO39,01610.7%
699Seneca County, OHOH54,52210.8%
700Caldwell County, NCNC81,10510.8%
701Gasconade County, MOMO14,78410.8%
702Jones County, GAGA29,17110.8%
703Lincoln County, WYWY21,18010.8%
704Monroe County, FLFL80,40610.8%
705Kingfisher County, OKOK15,79510.8%
706Meeker County, MNMN23,60310.8%
707Amelia County, VAVA13,63210.8%
708Logan County, ILIL27,18210.8%
709Fayette County, ININ23,53310.8%
710Grant County, SDSD7,53410.8%
711DeSoto County, MSMS197,91810.8%
712Clinton County, IAIA46,00210.8%
713Hardin County, IAIA16,45510.8%
714Douglas County, NENE606,46010.8%
715Reno County, KSKS61,53910.8%
716Rappahannock County, VAVA7,43910.8%
717Hampton, VAVA137,31510.8%
718Pulaski County, ININ12,46310.8%
719Cheatham County, TNTN42,77810.8%
720Dundy County, NENE1,56810.8%
721Rutherford County, TNTN386,35210.8%
722Madison County, ALAL433,51610.9%
723Barber County, KSKS4,08310.9%
724Washington County, OKOK54,03710.9%
725White Pine County, NVNV8,66110.9%
726Cook County, MNMN5,52210.9%
727Saline County, NENE14,99610.9%
728Price County, WIWI13,98810.9%
729Osage County, KSKS15,69310.9%
730Queens County, NYNY2,358,18210.9%
731Franklin County, KYKY52,64910.9%
732Adams County, IDID5,01310.9%
733Fallon County, MTMT2,95910.9%
734Ness County, KSKS2,61710.9%
735St. Clair County, MIMI160,48610.9%
736Deschutes County, OROR213,07210.9%
737Sedgwick County, KSKS538,43310.9%
738Miami County, ININ34,48710.9%
739Boulder County, COCO328,56011.0%
740Wilkin County, MNMN6,28811.0%
741Whiteside County, ILIL54,12111.0%
742Kossuth County, IAIA14,32211.0%
743Hernando County, FLFL221,70111.0%
744Shenandoah County, VAVA45,83911.0%
745Cleveland County, NCNC103,32511.0%
746Worcester County, MDMD54,45911.0%
747Churchill County, NVNV25,85111.0%
748Stanly County, NCNC68,83011.0%
749Randolph County, ILIL29,92111.0%
750Campbell County, KYKY95,44111.0%
751Floyd County, ININ82,15311.0%
752Snyder County, PAPA39,65511.0%
753Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46611.0%
754Lafayette County, WIWI17,47811.0%
755Lake County, FLFL456,06811.0%
756Morgan County, WVWV18,02711.0%
757Crook County, OROR27,56411.1%
758Moffat County, COCO13,12211.1%
759Lamoille County, VTVT26,29411.1%
760Moore County, NCNC110,61911.1%
761Stark County, OHOH373,77111.1%
762Morrow County, OHOH36,30511.1%
763Midland County, MIMI83,75411.1%
764LaSalle County, ILIL107,77311.1%
765Marion County, KSKS11,63411.1%
766Cleveland County, OKOK303,97311.1%
767Benton County, WAWA221,72211.1%
768Whitfield County, GAGA106,21211.1%
769Tuscarawas County, OHOH92,37311.1%
770Clay County, NENE6,17011.1%
771Gordon County, GAGA61,70111.1%
772Madison County, IAIA17,27011.1%
773Franklin County, VAVA55,52611.1%
774Wyoming County, PAPA25,79011.1%
775Gove County, KSKS2,63111.1%
776Rush County, ININ16,76711.2%
777Morgan County, ILIL32,51511.2%
778Grant County, NENE56111.2%
779Schuyler County, NYNY16,92411.2%
780Cherokee County, IAIA11,36911.2%
781Washakie County, WYWY7,59711.2%
782Clay County, TXTX10,76411.2%
783Mitchell County, KSKS5,59011.2%
784Guthrie County, IAIA10,78211.2%
785Luzerne County, PAPA332,12611.2%
786Ralls County, MOMO10,44411.2%
787Reagan County, TXTX3,16611.2%
788Orange County, FLFL1,528,00211.2%
789Richland County, OHOH124,89311.3%
790Cameron County, PAPA4,21111.3%
791Roseau County, MNMN15,24611.3%
792Ransom County, NDND5,61711.3%
793Merrick County, NENE7,90511.3%
794Dickinson County, KSKS18,63711.3%
795Franklin County, IAIA9,86811.3%
796Shawano County, WIWI41,56011.3%
797Bennington County, VTVT36,63011.3%
798Wayne County, PAPA51,70311.3%
799Winchester, VAVA28,27211.3%
800Hamilton County, KSKS2,50011.3%
801Kent County, DEDE194,78611.3%
802Ionia County, MIMI66,55711.3%
803Hooker County, NENE68611.3%
804Des Moines County, IAIA38,07711.3%
805San Diego County, CACA3,282,24811.3%
806Madison County, ILIL263,11011.3%
807Moultrie County, ILIL14,37111.3%
808Ashland County, OHOH52,52311.3%
809Murray County, GAGA41,60711.3%
810Androscoggin County, MEME116,48711.4%
811Randolph County, ININ24,43811.4%
812Chemung County, NYNY80,41511.4%
813Oconee County, SCSC83,77511.4%
814Benton County, IAIA26,00411.4%
815Waynesboro, VAVA23,95111.4%
816Buncombe County, NCNC277,41711.4%
817Ramsey County, MNMN541,62311.4%
818Coweta County, GAGA160,24011.4%
819Trumbull County, OHOH198,97211.4%
820Pierce County, WAWA946,28811.4%
821Surry County, NCNC72,28711.4%
822Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89611.4%
823Coryell County, TXTX85,59211.4%
824San Miguel County, COCO7,75311.4%
825McDowell County, NCNC45,19811.4%
826Lycoming County, PAPA112,58711.5%
827Butler County, NENE8,50711.5%
828Tooele County, UTUT87,46111.5%
829Grand Isle County, VTVT7,51111.5%
830Jones County, IAIA21,25311.5%
831Camden County, GAGA60,14311.5%
832Kent County, MDMD19,56511.5%
833Sedgwick County, COCO2,24711.5%
834Lorain County, OHOH323,21911.5%
835St. Joseph County, MIMI60,96811.5%
836Lane County, KSKS1,50811.5%
837Arthur County, NENE39611.5%
838Sargent County, NDND3,71111.5%
839LaGrange County, ININ41,30511.5%
840Riverside County, CACA2,544,91611.5%
841Howard County, ININ83,90411.5%
842Cass County, IAIA12,96011.5%
843Skagit County, WAWA132,97511.5%
844Scott County, ILIL4,86611.5%
845Dorchester County, SCSC178,39711.5%
846Kimball County, NENE3,39111.5%
847Schoharie County, NYNY30,17611.5%
848Perry County, MOMO19,09311.5%
849Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,03511.5%
850Barron County, WIWI46,48411.6%
851Otoe County, NENE16,53111.6%
852Habersham County, GAGA50,41611.6%
853Natrona County, WYWY80,52611.6%
854Renville County, NDND2,33111.6%
855Pasco County, FLFL674,51611.6%
856Crawford County, OHOH41,89611.6%
857Johnson County, TXTX218,04811.6%
858Kingman County, KSKS7,02911.6%
859Ida County, IAIA6,77711.6%
860Carteret County, NCNC70,46911.6%
861Northumberland County, PAPA89,92011.6%
862Marquette County, WIWI15,92711.6%
863Archer County, TXTX9,12911.6%
864Monterey County, CACA433,72911.6%
865Logan County, KSKS2,66111.6%
866Perry County, ININ19,38911.6%
867Moniteau County, MOMO15,42811.6%
868Cheyenne County, COCO1,71311.6%
869Jefferson County, ININ33,27911.6%
870Wicomico County, MDMD106,89911.6%
871Adams County, ININ36,65011.6%
872Meade County, KSKS3,85211.6%
873Wayne County, OHOH116,75811.7%
874Staunton, VAVA26,80111.7%
875Marinette County, WIWI42,57411.7%
876Louisa County, IAIA10,41611.7%
877Nassau County, FLFL106,87911.7%
878Vermillion County, ININ15,48811.7%
879Nobles County, MNMN22,33811.7%
880Dakota County, NENE21,68711.7%
881Oswego County, NYNY118,56911.7%
882Winnebago County, IAIA10,25111.7%
883Christian County, ILIL33,44311.7%
884Carroll County, ILIL15,41911.7%
885Chenango County, NYNY45,71511.7%
886Yamhill County, OROR110,02411.7%
887Box Butte County, NENE10,49411.7%
888Jackson County, MNMN9,85711.7%
889Carroll County, OHOH26,47511.7%
890Forest County, PAPA6,61411.8%
891Lyon County, MNMN25,68411.8%
892Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32111.8%
893Stevens County, KSKS4,98411.8%
894Cass County, NDND201,79411.8%
895Sac County, IAIA9,52511.8%
896McCook County, SDSD5,96411.8%
897Hancock County, ILIL16,80311.8%
898Page County, VAVA23,76211.8%
899Jefferson County, NENE7,07011.8%
900Montgomery County, NYNY50,04611.8%
901Caroline County, MDMD34,11611.8%
902Lincoln County, MOMO66,67611.8%
903Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85711.8%
904Lewis and Clark County, MTMT75,33111.8%
905Polk County, WIWI45,80311.8%
906Armstrong County, TXTX1,84311.8%
907Webster County, IAIA36,83811.8%
908Camas County, IDID1,31611.8%
909Barton County, KSKS24,79011.8%
910Franklin County, KSKS26,29911.8%
911Brown County, SDSD37,56111.8%
912Jefferson County, NYNY111,54011.8%
913Clay County, ININ26,41011.8%
914Caroline County, VAVA34,41311.9%
915Martin County, MNMN19,44011.9%
916Aleutians East, AKAK3,47911.9%
917McLean County, ILIL171,41911.9%
918Hancock County, WVWV27,72911.9%
919Cass County, MIMI51,67711.9%
920Inyo County, CACA18,15811.9%
921Gilliam County, OROR1,97111.9%
922Ford County, KSKS33,99311.9%
923Buffalo County, WIWI13,31811.9%
924Portage County, OHOH163,40411.9%
925Plumas County, CACA18,58311.9%
926Calhoun County, IAIA9,56211.9%
927Durham County, NCNC347,24011.9%
928Converse County, WYWY13,82411.9%
929Oneida County, NYNY226,39211.9%
930Knox County, MEME41,11711.9%
931Providence County, RIRI678,17911.9%
932Harper County, KSKS5,37012.0%
933Yadkin County, NCNC38,32512.0%
934Larimer County, COCO377,29212.0%
935Berkeley County, WVWV139,52212.0%
936Catoosa County, GAGA69,62812.0%
937Saline County, KSKS53,37712.0%
938Anderson County, SCSC219,93012.0%
939Faribault County, MNMN13,88812.0%
940Woodson County, KSKS3,11812.0%
941Clark County, ILIL15,11412.0%
942Jackson County, MIMI159,55212.0%
943Middlesex County, VAVA10,84112.0%
944Clinton County, MOMO21,66112.0%
945Rush County, KSKS2,84512.0%
946Morgan County, ALAL126,48312.0%
947Nez Perce County, IDID42,90512.0%
948Jackson County, KSKS13,43812.0%
949Putnam County, WVWV56,88512.0%
950Cumberland County, ILIL10,20812.0%
951Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,68912.0%
952Marion County, ININ992,19612.1%
953Kootenai County, IDID191,86412.1%
954Lincoln County, NENE33,30312.1%
955Bond County, ILIL16,95912.1%
956Kittson County, MNMN4,03112.1%
957Trego County, KSKS2,74012.1%
958Pickaway County, OHOH62,97812.1%
959Lyon County, NVNV65,08812.1%
960Yellowstone County, MTMT172,69212.1%
961Audubon County, IAIA5,50912.1%
962Oconto County, WIWI40,19512.1%
963Susquehanna County, PAPA38,23712.1%
964Watonwan County, MNMN11,45912.1%
965Scott County, IAIA175,25912.1%
966Montgomery County, TXTX781,19412.1%
967Johnson County, NENE5,21812.1%
968O'Brien County, IAIA14,22012.1%
969Brooke County, WVWV21,14212.1%
970Rock County, MNMN9,52412.1%
971Onslow County, NCNC217,17512.1%
972Volusia County, FLFL606,57312.1%
973Caledonia County, VTVT30,41412.1%
974Summit County, OHOH538,37612.1%
975Rockingham County, NCNC94,19512.2%
976Fremont County, IAIA6,52212.2%
977Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21412.2%
978Giles County, VAVA16,56412.2%
979Parke County, ININ16,64212.2%
980Edwards County, ILIL5,89812.2%
981Stutsman County, NDND21,41412.2%
982Clearwater County, IDID9,11812.2%
983Fulton County, PAPA14,48312.2%
984Lafayette County, MOMO33,53112.2%
985Deuel County, NENE1,86212.2%
986Louisa County, VAVA42,92412.2%
987Greene County, IAIA8,65812.2%
988Wagoner County, OKOK93,26312.2%
989Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25712.2%
990Erie County, NYNY946,74112.2%
991Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49012.2%
992Richland County, NDND16,73112.2%
993Douglas County, WAWA46,47312.2%
994Clinton County, OHOH42,30112.3%
995Lincoln County, WAWA11,98212.3%
996Essex County, NYNY36,43812.3%
997Carlton County, MNMN36,71112.3%
998Morton County, NDND34,60112.3%
999Howard County, NENE6,53812.3%
1000Traill County, NDND7,92012.3%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS