Which metro area has the lowest poverty rate?

Nantucket, MA ranks #1 with 3.2% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by poverty rate?

Nantucket, MA, Los Alamos, NM, Vineyard Haven, MA, Heber, UT, Fairbanks-College, AK.

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).

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Lowest poverty rate, US metro areas

US metro areas with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

501Marquette, MIMI68,06414.0%+28%

502Susanville, CACA28,11714.0%−0%

503Dodge City, KSKS33,99314.0%+13%

504Alma, MIMI41,19014.0%+36%

505Indiana, PAPA82,87814.0%−19%

506Worthington, MNMN22,33814.0%+20%

507Woodward, OKOK19,82714.0%+12%

508Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08114.0%+10%

509Muskegon, MIMI177,90114.1%+23%

510Cornelia, GAGA50,41614.1%+16%

511Bangor, MEME157,96714.1%+3%

512Florence, ALAL156,60914.1%−1%

513Ludington, MIMI29,04014.1%+28%

514Pahrump, NVNV57,33614.1%+32%

515Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21514.2%+8%

516Emporia, KSKS34,83814.2%+1%

517Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21414.2%+28%

518New Bern, NCNC127,35814.2%+4%

519Abilene, TXTX185,42914.2%−3%

520Ontario, OROR60,08514.2%−14%

521Johnstown, PAPA128,96814.2%+14%

522Arkansas City, KSKS34,38214.3%+10%

523Little Rock, ARAR777,60714.3%+18%

524Owensboro, KYKY113,96214.3%+13%

525Sikeston, MOMO49,97814.3%−20%

526Clarksburg, WVWV88,14214.3%−20%

527Yuba City, CACA187,47814.3%−20%

528Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68514.3%−2%

529Meadville, PAPA81,79214.3%+12%

530Fort Morgan, COCO30,30614.3%+16%

531DeRidder, LALA36,67314.3%−8%

532Crossville, TNTN66,30014.4%−2%

533Hillsdale, MIMI45,73814.4%+75%

534Henderson, KYKY57,18414.4%+10%

535Ellensburg, WAWA48,80314.4%−27%

536Lewiston, MEME116,48714.4%+30%

537Salisbury, MDMD131,87214.4%−1%

538Ocala, FLFL442,66014.4%+10%

539Lakeland, FLFL874,79014.5%+12%

540Amarillo, TXTX276,23514.5%+6%

541Galesburg, ILIL47,76714.6%+31%

542Amsterdam, NYNY50,04614.6%+21%

543Pueblo, COCO169,27714.6%−2%

544Albuquerque, NMNM925,27914.6%+5%

545Columbia, SCSC879,91814.6%+18%

546DuBois, PAPA78,10014.6%+17%

547Kingston, NYNY183,33014.6%+28%

548Dalton, GAGA147,81914.7%+24%

549Rockford, ILIL337,24214.7%+59%

550Lawrence, KSKS120,92014.7%−7%

551Athens, TXTX88,59514.7%−2%

552Santa Maria, CACA442,06514.7%+3%

553Greensboro, NCNC805,94514.8%+39%

554Scranton, PAPA574,41814.8%+36%

555Winona, MNMN50,52314.8%+23%

556Marion, NCNC45,19814.8%+28%

557Lock Haven, PAPA37,87014.8%+4%

558Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11814.8%−0%

559Baker City, OROR16,65814.9%+1%

560Parkersburg, WVWV87,26414.9%+5%

561Hilo, HIHI210,04314.9%−5%

562Erie, PAPA265,83215.0%+25%

563Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91215.0%−12%

564Augusta, GAGA641,23115.0%−3%

565Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91415.0%+3%

566Decatur, ILIL99,30015.0%+16%

567Fremont, OHOH58,65515.0%+101%

568Utica, NYNY285,61115.0%+16%

569Zanesville, OHOH87,01415.1%+17%

570Niles, MIMI152,44415.1%+19%

571Spartanburg, SCSC407,65615.1%+21%

572Kingsport, TNTN314,83415.1%+11%

573Malvern, ARAR33,45115.1%+8%

574Peru, ININ34,48715.1%+89%

575Morristown, TNTN128,86715.1%+8%

576Longview, TXTX297,31515.1%−1%

577Salem, OHOH99,37715.2%+31%

578Tupelo, MSMS133,16715.2%+7%

579Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48615.2%−4%

580Springfield, OHOH135,34015.2%+42%

581Brookings, OROR22,62115.2%+24%

582Greenwood, SCSC95,21515.2%+9%

583Albemarle, NCNC68,83015.2%+42%

584Sebring, FLFL111,12215.3%+0%

585Cambridge, OHOH38,37915.3%−4%

586Cullman, ALAL94,00915.3%+18%

587Aberdeen, WAWA78,14415.3%−5%

588Brownwood, TXTX38,71115.3%−11%

589Weirton, WVWV112,46815.3%+14%

590Pampa, TXTX21,78615.3%+13%

591Eugene, OROR381,58415.3%+7%

592Greeneville, TNTN73,83115.4%+6%

593Ukiah, CACA88,12215.4%−4%

594Centralia, ILIL36,38215.4%+36%

595Great Bend, KSKS24,79015.4%+19%

596Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33215.4%−13%

597Taos, NMNM34,56415.5%−26%

598Yakima, WAWA259,18515.5%−21%

599Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44815.5%+22%

600Mountain Home, ARAR42,98215.5%+39%

601Washington Court House, OHOH28,55215.5%+54%

602Franklin, KYKY20,78815.5%+35%

603Red Bluff, CACA64,66515.6%−10%

604Vineland, NJNJ157,14815.6%+4%

605Andrews, TXTX18,91415.6%−5%

606Grants Pass, OROR87,86715.6%+4%

607Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,66615.6%+34%

608Sedalia, MOMO44,25415.6%+21%

609Gulfport, MSMS431,32915.6%+11%

610Yuma, AZAZ224,44915.6%−19%

611Branson, MOMO57,00115.6%+26%

612Paducah, KYKY102,25915.7%+10%

613Joplin, MOMO208,79615.7%+15%

614Chillicothe, OHOH76,42915.7%+31%

615Ames, IAIA128,09015.7%+26%

616McMinnville, TNTN43,71715.7%−5%

617Guymon, OKOK20,32215.7%+12%

618Hinesville, GAGA91,87015.8%+1%

619Toccoa, GAGA27,85415.8%+4%

620Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15515.8%−4%

621Lufkin, TXTX88,15415.8%−0%

622Sterling, COCO20,65415.8%+30%

623Corinth, MSMS34,56915.8%−5%

624Weatherford, OKOK39,05915.8%−10%

625Hot Springs, ARAR99,69515.8%+8%

626Ottumwa, IAIA35,21015.8%+20%

627Moses Lake, WAWA105,72715.8%−9%

628Johnson City, TNTN216,41615.9%+7%

629Monticello, NYNY80,58615.9%−3%

630Shawnee, OKOK75,10215.9%+9%

631Newport, OROR50,63615.9%+15%

632Elkins, WVWV26,88215.9%−11%

633Danville, KYKY56,98515.9%−1%

634Toledo, OHOH599,37615.9%+28%

635Farmington, MOMO67,80915.9%+7%

636Iowa City, IAIA182,71116.0%+15%

637Hanford, CACA154,32716.0%−18%

638Columbia, MOMO219,06216.0%+15%

639Ponca City, OKOK43,49016.0%−0%

640Victoria, TXTX99,86416.0%+21%

641Rome, GAGA101,37816.0%+11%

642Waco, TXTX308,80716.0%−9%

643Cumberland, MDMD93,64016.1%+9%

644La Grande, OROR25,90016.1%+16%

645Bartlesville, OKOK54,03716.1%+35%

646Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10216.1%+16%

647Bemidji, MNMN47,05516.1%−8%

648Coos Bay, OROR63,99216.1%+7%

649Altus, OKOK24,76416.2%−0%

650Charleston, WVWV200,17016.2%+3%

651Alamosa, COCO27,89616.2%−28%

652Mobile, ALAL411,65816.2%−12%

653Lewistown, PAPA46,12716.2%+30%

654Ardmore, OKOK48,91016.2%−2%

655Roseburg, OROR111,95116.3%+24%

656Elmira, NYNY80,41516.3%+26%

657Dyersburg, TNTN36,32016.3%+2%

658State College, PAPA157,39316.3%−13%

659Alexander City, ALAL40,95316.3%−1%

660Springfield, MAMA464,33816.3%+11%

661Fort Smith, ARAR234,14016.4%+9%

662Cedartown, GAGA45,51416.4%+6%

663Ithaca, NYNY104,04716.4%−7%

664Flint, MIMI401,09316.4%+25%

665Marshall, MOMO23,26516.4%+25%

666Houghton, MIMI40,02816.4%−1%

667Tullahoma, TNTN69,33916.4%+19%

668Coldwater, MIMI45,99316.4%+76%

669Jackson, TNTN184,56916.4%+18%

670Gallipolis, OHOH29,07216.4%−9%

671Odessa, TXTX173,80116.5%−12%

672Houma, LALA199,66816.5%−8%

673Sanford, NCNC70,25816.5%+28%

674Picayune, MSMS59,36316.5%−11%

675LaGrange, GAGA107,09716.5%+5%

676Sumter, SCSC105,06716.6%+2%

677Stephenville, TXTX43,91116.6%+3%

678Memphis, TNTN1,341,41216.6%+6%

679Wheeling, WVWV134,08916.6%+8%

680Durant, OKOK51,36716.6%−10%

681Del Rio, TXTX47,83516.6%−37%

682Russellville, ARAR84,93216.6%+9%

683Shelby, NCNC103,32516.6%+25%

684Montgomery, ALAL388,74716.6%+6%

685Huntington, WVWV365,96516.6%−5%

686Albertville, ALAL103,53716.6%+13%

687Marion, OHOH65,11516.6%+71%

688Baton Rouge, LALA888,69916.7%−4%

689Lake City, FLFL74,09416.7%+11%

690Enterprise, ALAL56,95316.7%+14%

691Bowling Green, KYKY197,18016.7%+5%

692North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23316.7%+41%

693Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79116.7%+5%

694Forest City, NCNC65,74516.8%+20%

695Fayetteville, NCNC395,41216.8%+26%

696Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13816.8%−42%

697Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36816.8%−8%

698Rolla, MOMO45,24716.8%+2%

699Manhattan, KSKS136,12216.8%+1%

700Lake Charles, LALA244,65516.8%+5%

701Mount Airy, NCNC72,28716.8%+35%

702Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19116.8%−8%

703Massena, NYNY105,48816.9%+0%

704Lubbock, TXTX368,43116.9%−9%

705Payson, AZAZ53,80116.9%−3%

706St. Simons, GAGA118,52416.9%+8%

707Beaumont, TXTX399,31016.9%+7%

708Gadsden, ALAL103,88616.9%+8%

709Clearlake, CACA67,77217.0%−4%

710Terre Haute, ININ169,24117.0%+37%

711Price, UTUT20,68017.0%+27%

712Richmond, KYKY131,80617.1%−11%

713Maryville, MOMO20,17417.1%+4%

714Corsicana, TXTX57,18117.1%−6%

715Cambridge, MDMD33,62817.1%+24%

716Cookeville, TNTN152,47717.2%+7%

717Murray, KYKY39,42117.2%+3%

718Macomb, ILIL25,91617.2%−13%

719Scottsboro, ALAL54,28117.3%+26%

720Safford, AZAZ40,15717.3%−25%

721Talladega, ALAL91,76417.3%+0%

722Bluefield, WVWV96,13817.3%−3%

723Goldsboro, NCNC122,27817.3%+25%

724Camden, ARAR26,36317.3%−9%

725Newberry, SCSC39,56117.4%+2%

726Palestine, TXTX59,80517.4%+5%

727Paragould, ARAR47,41117.4%+31%

728Jamestown, NYNY124,12617.4%+26%

729Vernon, TXTX12,48117.5%+34%

730Binghamton, NYNY243,18917.5%+47%

731Searcy, ARAR80,08517.5%+26%

732Seneca, SCSC83,77517.6%+63%

733Beeville, TXTX32,51517.6%−27%

734Martinsville, VAVA63,09117.6%+33%

735Moscow, IDID41,84217.6%+5%

736Hereford, TXTX18,62617.7%−14%

737Danville, ILIL71,25917.7%+33%

738McAlester, OKOK43,32017.7%+3%

739Lafayette, ININ228,46817.8%+31%

740Champaign, ILIL239,97917.8%+22%

741Jackson, MSMS609,84717.8%−5%

742Washington, NCNC44,67017.8%−8%

743Youngstown, OHOH423,67817.8%+55%

744Mexico, MOMO24,52817.8%+21%

745Connersville, ININ23,53317.9%+126%

746Visalia, CACA485,14617.9%−25%

747Richmond, ININ66,16917.9%+57%

748Oxford, ALAL115,83417.9%+11%

749Dothan, ALAL156,26617.9%+9%

750Alpena, MIMI28,85318.0%+70%

751Okeechobee, FLFL42,60818.0%+12%

752Duncan, OKOK44,31018.0%+24%

753Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85018.1%−7%

754Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01418.1%−7%

755Jacksonville, TXTX53,33718.2%+2%

756Lawton, OKOK127,59018.2%+16%

757Lebanon, MOMO36,94318.2%+27%

758Corvallis, OROR97,72818.2%+25%

759Saginaw, MIMI187,68818.2%+31%

760Tahlequah, OKOK49,19618.2%−20%

761Española, NMNM39,83218.2%−10%

762Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07618.2%−4%

763Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21118.3%−9%

764Paris, TNTN32,89618.3%+28%

765Morgantown, WVWV141,99518.3%−16%

766Dumas, TXTX21,89118.3%+35%

767Klamath Falls, OROR70,27418.3%+9%

768Paris, TXTX63,31918.3%+11%

769Hays, KSKS29,07518.3%+42%

770Campbellsville, KYKY38,40718.3%+3%

771Huntsville, TXTX83,84218.4%−0%

772Lafayette, LALA423,75818.4%−3%

773Gaffney, SCSC58,27518.4%+33%

774Fresno, CACA1,203,38318.4%−19%

775Coshocton, OHOH37,18818.5%+103%

776Union City, TNTN30,06718.6%+39%

777Texarkana, TXTX146,81618.6%+4%

778Columbus, MSMS67,14418.6%−20%

779New Orleans, LALA970,84918.6%−7%

780Columbus, GAGA324,83018.6%+16%

781Eureka, CACA131,64718.7%−4%

782Hobbs, NMNM74,74918.7%−11%

783Charleston, ILIL46,60718.7%+7%

784Tallahassee, FLFL397,44218.7%+5%

785Bloomington, ININ165,23118.7%+7%

786Ozark, ALAL49,91218.7%+24%

787Danville, VAVA101,13718.7%+22%

788El Paso, TXTX881,29118.7%−21%

789Waycross, GAGA57,67018.8%−6%

790Thomasville, GAGA72,95818.8%+0%

791Laurel, MSMS82,28118.9%−8%

792Martin, TNTN33,26119.0%+19%

793Oxford, MSMS71,97219.1%−11%

794Merced, CACA297,26019.1%−12%

795Olean, NYNY75,39019.1%+39%

796Bakersfield, CACA927,06819.1%−8%

797Muskogee, OKOK66,70819.1%+7%

798Russellville, ALAL32,44919.1%+1%

799Hammond, LALA141,34619.2%−15%

800Chico, CACA209,21119.2%−3%

801Ruidoso, NMNM19,84419.3%+29%

802Alamogordo, NMNM70,36819.3%−0%

803Thomaston, GAGA28,50019.3%+31%

804Florence, SCSC201,39219.4%+9%

805Auburn, ALAL208,01319.4%−18%

806Alexandria, LALA147,95219.5%−6%

807Silver City, NMNM27,25219.5%+4%

808Vicksburg, MSMS41,75919.5%+5%

809El Centro, CACA181,41119.5%−13%

810Othello, WAWA21,48819.5%+7%

811El Dorado, ARAR36,92619.5%+4%

812Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42819.6%+1%

813Muncie, ININ113,10619.6%+30%

814Somerset, KYKY67,38419.7%+3%

815Vermillion, SDSD15,03119.7%−7%

816Henderson, NCNC42,63819.8%−3%

817Wilson, NCNC81,15019.8%+7%

818Marion, ININ66,52419.8%+68%

819Greenville, NCNC182,93619.8%−2%

820Athens, GAGA224,14819.8%−6%

821Mayfield, KYKY37,05019.9%+21%

822Big Rapids, MIMI42,32019.9%+23%

823Madisonville, KYKY45,12720.0%+21%

824Blacksburg, VAVA181,61620.1%+3%

825Jonesboro, ARAR139,44020.1%+20%

826Gainesville, FLFL359,03620.2%−7%

827Shreveport, LALA383,47420.2%+4%

828Kirksville, MOMO29,82420.2%−10%

829Plainview, TXTX36,70020.2%+9%

830Nogales, AZAZ50,02020.2%−18%

831Valdosta, GAGA153,27620.2%+4%

832West Plains, MOMO40,79820.3%+9%

833Batesville, ARAR38,78520.4%+57%

834Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90420.5%+10%

835Pittsburg, KSKS39,00820.6%+29%

836Tifton, GAGA51,23720.7%−3%

837Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55320.7%+21%

838Bay City, TXTX36,46320.7%+12%

839Morgan City, LALA46,55220.8%−12%

840Miami, OKOK30,43820.9%+26%

841Laramie, WYWY38,55820.9%−1%

842Clovis, NMNM65,27020.9%+4%

843Eufaula, ALAL26,86120.9%−21%

844Glasgow, KYKY56,22420.9%+21%

845Albany, GAGA145,51020.9%−3%

846Carbondale, ILIL52,50121.0%−17%

847Magnolia, ARAR21,89421.1%+0%

848Blytheville, ARAR37,82821.1%−8%

849Brookhaven, MSMS35,01221.2%+10%

850Summerville, GAGA25,30021.2%+48%

851Jesup, GAGA32,48121.3%+28%

852Laredo, TXTX281,22421.3%−32%

853Clewiston, FLFL61,54621.3%−4%

854Las Cruces, NMNM229,09121.3%−16%

855Athens, OHOH63,19721.5%−21%

856Rexburg, IDID69,38021.5%−16%

857Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93821.6%+13%

858Beckley, WVWV109,94021.6%+9%

859Elk City, OKOK22,15921.7%+19%

860Milledgeville, GAGA44,02921.7%+29%

861Portsmouth, OHOH71,36521.8%+13%

862Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03521.8%−7%

863Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69121.9%+7%

864Newport, TNTN37,88921.9%−3%

865Kinston, NCNC55,83722.0%+32%

866Vidalia, GAGA36,18022.0%−4%

867Kennett, MOMO26,85522.0%−10%

868Bainbridge, GAGA29,43222.0%−3%

869Uvalde, TXTX24,96322.2%−9%

870Fort Payne, ALAL74,08522.4%+45%

871Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02522.4%−3%

872Americus, GAGA33,39422.4%+5%

873Orangeburg, SCSC83,17722.4%+5%

874Sweetwater, TXTX14,11722.5%+4%

875Statesboro, GAGA97,97722.6%−9%

876Stillwater, OKOK83,88922.6%+12%

877Pullman, WAWA48,51222.7%−11%

878Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82322.8%−35%

879College Station, TXTX287,47622.8%−10%

880New Iberia, LALA66,84622.8%−3%

881Dublin, GAGA60,35122.9%+20%

882Moultrie, GAGA47,43822.9%+15%

883Farmington, NMNM120,34023.1%+7%

884Minden, LALA34,94823.1%+15%

885Troy, ALAL33,68823.3%+1%

886Cordele, GAGA19,23723.3%−20%

887Palatka, FLFL77,73423.4%+12%

888Douglas, GAGA52,86123.4%+18%

889Alice, TXTX45,38323.9%−11%

890Raymondville, TXTX19,97124.0%−28%

891Las Vegas, NMNM30,31124.0%−2%

892Starkville, MSMS62,06324.1%−9%

893Arcadia, FLFL37,07824.1%+2%

894Roswell, NMNM63,36424.3%+14%

895Bogalusa, LALA44,93724.3%−1%

896Monroe, LALA222,39024.5%+11%

897Show Low, AZAZ109,94624.7%−16%

898Meridian, MSMS85,41924.7%+17%

899Grenada, MSMS30,22224.8%+12%

900Brownsville, TXTX433,94624.8%−25%

901McComb, MSMS52,64025.0%−4%

902Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09925.2%+13%

903Rockingham, NCNC42,04125.2%+29%

904Natchitoches, LALA36,08925.4%−4%

905Boone, NCNC54,78625.5%+42%

906Pikeville, KYKY89,12225.8%−1%

907Laurinburg, NCNC33,32225.8%+26%

908Greenville, MSMS40,44626.4%−10%

909McAllen, TXTX921,54926.7%−26%

910Opelousas, LALA80,76526.8%−9%

911Corbin, KYKY150,04026.8%−6%

912Lumberton, NCNC119,94127.2%+19%

913Greenwood, MSMS34,91227.9%−9%

914Kingsville, TXTX30,31528.1%+5%

915Forrest City, ARAR21,80028.5%+4%

916Deming, NMNM25,40728.6%−13%

917Middlesborough, KYKY22,82928.8%−7%

918Natchez, MSMS54,72229.4%+3%

919Selma, ALAL35,14031.0%−0%

920Ruston, LALA48,36031.2%+18%

921Cleveland, MSMS28,26232.6%−2%

922Gallup, NMNM68,11933.2%−8%

923Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31933.5%−34%

924Clarksdale, MSMS19,84935.5%−1%

925Zapata, TXTX13,75338.4%+7%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES