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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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YEAR19902000201020202024
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