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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Lowest poverty rate, US metro areas · 2000

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

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YEAR19902000201020202024
RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
501Flint, MIMI401,09313.1%+0%
502Midland, TXTX193,13913.1%+0%
503Salem, OROR445,81413.1%+0%
504Roseburg, OROR111,95113.1%+0%
505Shelbyville, TNTN55,27313.1%+0%
506Marshall, MOMO23,26513.2%+0%
507Knoxville, TNTN968,13713.2%+0%
508Winchester, TNTN45,57913.2%+0%
509Astoria, OROR40,92613.2%+0%
510Victoria, TXTX99,86413.2%+0%
511Ottumwa, IAIA35,21013.2%+0%
512Corning, NYNY91,85513.2%+0%
513Martinsville, VAVA63,09113.2%+0%
514Shelby, NCNC103,32513.3%+0%
515Atchison, KSKS16,17213.3%+0%
516Fayetteville, NCNC395,41213.3%+0%
517Danville, ILIL71,25913.3%+0%
518Watertown, NYNY111,54013.3%+0%
519Union City, TNTN30,06713.3%+0%
520Paragould, ARAR47,41113.3%+0%
521Lewiston, IDID65,45013.3%+0%
522Oil City, PAPA49,34613.4%+0%
523Price, UTUT20,68013.4%+0%
524Weirton, WVWV112,46813.5%+0%
525Dumas, TXTX21,89113.5%+0%
526Salinas, CACA433,72913.5%+0%
527Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81313.5%+0%
528Great Falls, MTMT85,02913.5%+0%
529Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76613.6%+0%
530Pampa, TXTX21,78613.6%+0%
531Lafayette, ININ228,46813.6%+0%
532Kingsport, TNTN314,83413.6%+0%
533Joplin, MOMO208,79613.6%+0%
534Fayetteville, TNTN36,85313.6%+0%
535New York, NYNY20,112,44813.7%+0%
536Scottsboro, ALAL54,28113.7%+0%
537Bangor, MEME157,96713.7%+0%
538New Bern, NCNC127,35813.7%+0%
539Houston, TXTX7,904,62713.7%+0%
540Amarillo, TXTX276,23513.7%+0%
541The Villages, FLFL157,77213.7%+0%
542Olean, NYNY75,39013.7%+0%
543Tyler, TXTX252,54913.8%+0%
544Cambridge, MDMD33,62813.8%+0%
545La Grande, OROR25,90013.8%+0%
546Washington, ININ34,20913.8%+0%
547Panama City, FLFL231,17413.8%+0%
548Iowa City, IAIA182,71113.8%+0%
549Tullahoma, TNTN69,33913.8%+0%
550Pensacola, FLFL544,94913.8%+0%
551Goldsboro, NCNC122,27813.8%+0%
552Jamestown, NYNY124,12613.8%+0%
553Gaffney, SCSC58,27513.9%+0%
554Newport, OROR50,63613.9%+0%
555Pocatello, IDID91,59113.9%+0%
556Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10213.9%+0%
557Albuquerque, NMNM925,27913.9%+0%
558Forest City, NCNC65,74513.9%+0%
559Saginaw, MIMI187,68813.9%+0%
560Jackson, TNTN184,56913.9%+0%
561Enid, OKOK61,77913.9%+0%
562Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13813.9%+0%
563Columbia, MOMO219,06213.9%+0%
564Bonham, TXTX39,26513.9%+0%
565Searcy, ARAR80,08514.0%+0%
566Morristown, TNTN128,86714.0%+0%
567Longview, WAWA114,88514.0%+0%
568Centralia, WAWA88,06214.0%+0%
569Susanville, CACA28,11714.0%+0%
570Malvern, ARAR33,45114.0%+0%
571Charleston, SCSC889,26314.0%+0%
572Brookings, SDSD37,63514.0%+0%
573Greenwood, SCSC95,21514.0%+0%
574Gulfport, MSMS431,32914.0%+0%
575Miami, FLFL6,391,07214.1%+0%
576Emporia, KSKS34,83814.1%+0%
577Guymon, OKOK20,32214.1%+0%
578Tupelo, MSMS133,16714.1%+0%
579Gainesville, TXTX44,46114.1%+0%
580Lock Haven, PAPA37,87014.2%+0%
581Burley, IDID49,30814.2%+0%
582Paducah, KYKY102,25914.2%+0%
583Parkersburg, WVWV87,26414.2%+0%
584Bellingham, WAWA236,39214.2%+0%
585Garden City, KSKS37,50514.2%+0%
586Hood River, OROR23,72014.2%+0%
587Florence, ALAL156,60914.2%+0%
588Paris, TNTN32,89614.3%+0%
589Summerville, GAGA25,30014.3%+0%
590Lebanon, MOMO36,94314.3%+0%
591Santa Maria, CACA442,06514.3%+0%
592Eugene, OROR381,58414.4%+0%
593Rome, GAGA101,37814.4%+0%
594Scottsbluff, NENE36,27214.4%+0%
595Kerrville, TXTX54,03714.5%+0%
596Salisbury, MDMD131,87214.5%+0%
597Vernal, UTUT38,27814.5%+0%
598Savannah, GAGA438,31414.5%+0%
599Greeneville, TNTN73,83114.5%+0%
600Corvallis, OROR97,72814.6%+0%
601Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91414.6%+0%
602Duncan, OKOK44,31014.6%+0%
603Hot Springs, ARAR99,69514.6%+0%
604Marion, ILIL67,22514.6%+0%
605Champaign, ILIL239,97914.6%+0%
606Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06314.6%+0%
607Shawnee, OKOK75,10214.6%+0%
608Abilene, TXTX185,42914.7%+0%
609Albertville, ALAL103,53714.7%+0%
610Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68514.7%+0%
611Crossville, TNTN66,30014.7%+0%
612Baker City, OROR16,65814.7%+0%
613Enterprise, ALAL56,95314.7%+0%
614Thomaston, GAGA28,50014.7%+0%
615Springfield, MAMA464,33814.7%+0%
616Cumberland, MDMD93,64014.8%+0%
617Spearfish, SDSD29,45914.8%+0%
618Johnson City, TNTN216,41614.8%+0%
619Mexico, MOMO24,52814.8%+0%
620Missoula, MTMT128,69814.8%+0%
621Pueblo, COCO169,27714.9%+0%
622Farmington, MOMO67,80914.9%+0%
623Warrensburg, MOMO56,67014.9%+0%
624Ruidoso, NMNM19,84414.9%+0%
625Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13714.9%+0%
626Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11814.9%+0%
627Oneonta, NYNY60,58914.9%+0%
628Fort Smith, ARAR234,14014.9%+0%
629Grants Pass, OROR87,86715.0%+0%
630Lake City, FLFL74,09415.0%+0%
631Coos Bay, OROR63,99215.0%+0%
632Riverside, CACA4,769,00715.0%+0%
633Vineland, NJNJ157,14815.0%+0%
634Athens, TXTX88,59515.1%+0%
635Walla Walla, WAWA62,36115.1%+0%
636San Angelo, TXTX122,06515.1%+0%
637Ozark, ALAL49,91215.1%+0%
638Muncie, ININ113,10615.1%+0%
639San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14015.1%+0%
640Toccoa, GAGA27,85415.1%+0%
641Athens, TNTN71,59015.2%+0%
642Sebring, FLFL111,12215.2%+0%
643Russellville, ARAR84,93215.3%+0%
644Redding, CACA181,64815.4%+0%
645Danville, VAVA101,13715.4%+0%
646Longview, TXTX297,31515.4%+0%
647Fort Payne, ALAL74,08515.4%+0%
648Wheeling, WVWV134,08915.4%+0%
649Cedartown, GAGA45,51415.5%+0%
650Cortland, NYNY45,85015.5%+0%
651Augusta, GAGA641,23115.5%+0%
652Sandpoint, IDID54,42015.5%+0%
653DeRidder, LALA36,67315.6%+0%
654Hinesville, GAGA91,87015.6%+0%
655St. Simons, GAGA118,52415.6%+0%
656Hilo, HIHI210,04315.7%+0%
657LaGrange, GAGA107,09715.7%+0%
658Memphis, TNTN1,341,41215.7%+0%
659Gadsden, ALAL103,88615.7%+0%
660Montgomery, ALAL388,74715.7%+0%
661Lawton, OKOK127,59015.7%+0%
662Charleston, WVWV200,17015.8%+0%
663Lufkin, TXTX88,15415.8%+0%
664Beaumont, TXTX399,31015.8%+0%
665Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48615.8%+0%
666Lawrence, KSKS120,92015.9%+0%
667Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79115.9%+0%
668Harrison, ARAR45,65415.9%+0%
669Dyersburg, TNTN36,32015.9%+0%
670Ukiah, CACA88,12215.9%+0%
671Pittsburg, KSKS39,00816.0%+0%
672Snyder, TXTX16,16216.0%+0%
673Modesto, CACA557,71916.0%+0%
674Columbus, GAGA324,83016.0%+0%
675Cambridge, OHOH38,37916.0%+0%
676Bowling Green, KYKY197,18016.0%+0%
677Ponca City, OKOK43,49016.0%+0%
678Okeechobee, FLFL42,60816.0%+0%
679Stephenville, TXTX43,91116.0%+0%
680Martin, TNTN33,26116.0%+0%
681Vincennes, ININ35,65216.0%+0%
682Lake Charles, LALA244,65516.1%+0%
683Big Rapids, MIMI42,32016.1%+0%
684Cookeville, TNTN152,47716.1%+0%
685Aberdeen, WAWA78,14416.1%+0%
686Oxford, ALAL115,83416.1%+0%
687Danville, KYKY56,98516.1%+0%
688Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44116.2%+0%
689Altus, OKOK24,76416.2%+0%
690Sumter, SCSC105,06716.2%+0%
691Fairmont, WVWV55,58416.3%+0%
692Monticello, NYNY80,58616.3%+0%
693Mayfield, KYKY37,05016.4%+0%
694Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15516.4%+0%
695Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59916.4%+0%
696Dothan, ALAL156,26616.4%+0%
697Andrews, TXTX18,91416.4%+0%
698Rolla, MOMO45,24716.4%+0%
699Palestine, TXTX59,80516.5%+0%
700Maryville, MOMO20,17416.5%+0%
701Ontario, OROR60,08516.5%+0%
702Ada, OKOK38,52816.5%+0%
703Madisonville, KYKY45,12716.5%+0%
704El Campo, TXTX42,06016.5%+0%
705Alexander City, ALAL40,95316.6%+0%
706Kinston, NCNC55,83716.6%+0%
707Paris, TXTX63,31916.6%+0%
708Manhattan, KSKS136,12216.6%+0%
709Miami, OKOK30,43816.6%+0%
710Corinth, MSMS34,56916.6%+0%
711McMinnville, TNTN43,71716.6%+0%
712Houghton, MIMI40,02816.6%+0%
713Ardmore, OKOK48,91016.6%+0%
714Murray, KYKY39,42116.6%+0%
715Jesup, GAGA32,48116.7%+0%
716Moscow, IDID41,84216.7%+0%
717Milledgeville, GAGA44,02916.8%+0%
718Klamath Falls, OROR70,27416.8%+0%
719Jonesboro, ARAR139,44016.8%+0%
720Massena, NYNY105,48816.9%+0%
721Liberal, KSKS21,07316.9%+0%
722Newberry, SCSC39,56117.0%+0%
723Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91217.1%+0%
724Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55317.1%+0%
725McAlester, OKOK43,32017.2%+0%
726Brownwood, TXTX38,71117.2%+0%
727Carlsbad, NMNM62,50917.2%+0%
728Red Bluff, CACA64,66517.3%+0%
729Talladega, ALAL91,76417.3%+0%
730Glasgow, KYKY56,22417.3%+0%
731Indiana, PAPA82,87817.3%+0%
732Baton Rouge, LALA888,69917.4%+0%
733Moses Lake, WAWA105,72717.4%+0%
734Payson, AZAZ53,80117.4%+0%
735Bloomington, ININ165,23117.5%+0%
736Charleston, ILIL46,60717.5%+0%
737Huntington, WVWV365,96517.6%+0%
738Clearlake, CACA67,77217.6%+0%
739Riverton, WYWY39,46417.6%+0%
740Weatherford, OKOK39,05917.6%+0%
741Bemidji, MNMN47,05517.6%+0%
742Ithaca, NYNY104,04717.6%+0%
743Waco, TXTX308,80717.6%+0%
744Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33217.7%+0%
745Stockton, CACA823,81517.7%+0%
746Florence, SCSC201,39217.8%+0%
747Campbellsville, KYKY38,40717.8%+0%
748Yuba City, CACA187,47817.8%+0%
749Jacksonville, TXTX53,33717.9%+0%
750Tallahassee, FLFL397,44217.9%+0%
751Bluefield, WVWV96,13817.9%+0%
752Houma, LALA199,66817.9%+0%
753Muskogee, OKOK66,70817.9%+0%
754Boone, NCNC54,78617.9%+0%
755Texarkana, TXTX146,81617.9%+0%
756Clarksburg, WVWV88,14218.0%+0%
757Sikeston, MOMO49,97818.0%+0%
758Elkins, WVWV26,88218.0%+0%
759Gallipolis, OHOH29,07218.1%+0%
760Corsicana, TXTX57,18118.2%+0%
761Elk City, OKOK22,15918.2%+0%
762Othello, WAWA21,48818.2%+0%
763Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36818.2%+0%
764Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19118.3%+0%
765Huntsville, TXTX83,84218.4%+0%
766Durant, OKOK51,36718.4%+0%
767Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20118.4%+0%
768Picayune, MSMS59,36318.4%+0%
769Lubbock, TXTX368,43118.5%+0%
770Wilson, NCNC81,15018.5%+0%
771Bay City, TXTX36,46318.5%+0%
772Mobile, ALAL411,65818.5%+0%
773Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90418.6%+0%
774Big Spring, TXTX30,50418.6%+0%
775Plainview, TXTX36,70018.6%+0%
776Vicksburg, MSMS41,75918.7%+0%
777West Plains, MOMO40,79818.7%+0%
778Silver City, NMNM27,25218.7%+0%
779Odessa, TXTX173,80118.7%+0%
780El Dorado, ARAR36,92618.7%+0%
781Thomasville, GAGA72,95818.8%+0%
782State College, PAPA157,39318.8%+0%
783Jackson, MSMS609,84718.8%+0%
784Russellville, ALAL32,44918.9%+0%
785Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07619.0%+0%
786Lafayette, LALA423,75819.0%+0%
787Camden, ARAR26,36319.0%+0%
788Somerset, KYKY67,38419.1%+0%
789Dublin, GAGA60,35119.1%+0%
790Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93819.1%+0%
791Brookhaven, MSMS35,01219.2%+0%
792Richmond, KYKY131,80619.2%+0%
793Cedar City, UTUT67,14119.2%+0%
794Yuma, AZAZ224,44919.2%+0%
795Alamogordo, NMNM70,36819.3%+0%
796Portsmouth, OHOH71,36519.3%+0%
797Valdosta, GAGA153,27619.4%+0%
798Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42819.4%+0%
799Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85019.4%+0%
800Shreveport, LALA383,47419.4%+0%
801Washington, NCNC44,67019.5%+0%
802Hanford, CACA154,32719.5%+0%
803Blacksburg, VAVA181,61619.5%+0%
804Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01419.5%+0%
805Eureka, CACA131,64719.5%+0%
806Rockingham, NCNC42,04119.6%+0%
807Ellensburg, WAWA48,80319.6%+0%
808Yakima, WAWA259,18519.7%+0%
809Beckley, WVWV109,94019.7%+0%
810Macomb, ILIL25,91619.8%+0%
811Chico, CACA209,21119.8%+0%
812Douglas, GAGA52,86119.8%+0%
813Moultrie, GAGA47,43819.8%+0%
814Waycross, GAGA57,67019.9%+0%
815New Orleans, LALA970,84919.9%+0%
816Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21120.0%+0%
817Clovis, NMNM65,27020.1%+0%
818Crescent City, CACA26,41020.2%+0%
819Minden, LALA34,94820.2%+0%
820Stillwater, OKOK83,88920.3%+0%
821Española, NMNM39,83220.3%+0%
822Greenville, NCNC182,93620.3%+0%
823Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69120.4%+0%
824Laurel, MSMS82,28120.4%+0%
825Henderson, NCNC42,63820.5%+0%
826Hereford, TXTX18,62620.6%+0%
827Laurinburg, NCNC33,32220.6%+0%
828Alexandria, LALA147,95220.7%+0%
829Bakersfield, CACA927,06820.8%+0%
830Palatka, FLFL77,73420.9%+0%
831Taos, NMNM34,56420.9%+0%
832Laramie, WYWY38,55821.0%+0%
833Hobbs, NMNM74,74921.1%+0%
834Athens, GAGA224,14821.1%+0%
835Magnolia, ARAR21,89421.1%+0%
836Vermillion, SDSD15,03121.2%+0%
837Meridian, MSMS85,41921.2%+0%
838Tifton, GAGA51,23721.3%+0%
839Roswell, NMNM63,36421.3%+0%
840Americus, GAGA33,39421.3%+0%
841Oxford, MSMS71,97221.4%+0%
842Orangeburg, SCSC83,17721.4%+0%
843Albany, GAGA145,51021.5%+0%
844Farmington, NMNM120,34021.5%+0%
845Morgantown, WVWV141,99521.6%+0%
846Merced, CACA297,26021.7%+0%
847Sweetwater, TXTX14,11721.7%+0%
848Gainesville, FLFL359,03621.8%+0%
849Monroe, LALA222,39022.0%+0%
850Grenada, MSMS30,22222.1%+0%
851Clewiston, FLFL61,54622.1%+0%
852Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09922.3%+0%
853Kirksville, MOMO29,82422.4%+0%
854Newport, TNTN37,88922.5%+0%
855Alamosa, COCO27,89622.6%+0%
856El Centro, CACA181,41122.6%+0%
857Bainbridge, GAGA29,43222.7%+0%
858Fresno, CACA1,203,38322.7%+0%
859Hammond, LALA141,34622.7%+0%
860Lumberton, NCNC119,94122.8%+0%
861Tahlequah, OKOK49,19622.9%+0%
862Vidalia, GAGA36,18022.9%+0%
863Safford, AZAZ40,15723.0%+0%
864Blytheville, ARAR37,82823.0%+0%
865Troy, ALAL33,68823.1%+0%
866Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02523.2%+0%
867Columbus, MSMS67,14423.3%+0%
868Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03523.3%+0%
869New Iberia, LALA66,84623.6%+0%
870Arcadia, FLFL37,07823.6%+0%
871Morgan City, LALA46,55223.6%+0%
872Auburn, ALAL208,01323.7%+0%
873El Paso, TXTX881,29123.9%+0%
874Visalia, CACA485,14623.9%+0%
875Beeville, TXTX32,51524.0%+0%
876Uvalde, TXTX24,96324.3%+0%
877Nogales, AZAZ50,02024.5%+0%
878Kennett, MOMO26,85524.5%+0%
879Las Vegas, NMNM30,31124.6%+0%
880Bogalusa, LALA44,93724.7%+0%
881Statesboro, GAGA97,97724.9%+0%
882Carbondale, ILIL52,50125.2%+0%
883Las Cruces, NMNM229,09125.4%+0%
884College Station, TXTX287,47625.5%+0%
885Pullman, WAWA48,51225.6%+0%
886Rexburg, IDID69,38025.6%+0%
887McComb, MSMS52,64026.0%+0%
888Pikeville, KYKY89,12226.0%+0%
889Del Rio, TXTX47,83526.1%+0%
890Starkville, MSMS62,06326.4%+0%
891Eufaula, ALAL26,86126.4%+0%
892Ruston, LALA48,36026.5%+0%
893Natchitoches, LALA36,08926.5%+0%
894Kingsville, TXTX30,31526.7%+0%
895Alice, TXTX45,38326.8%+0%
896Athens, OHOH63,19727.4%+0%
897Forrest City, ARAR21,80027.5%+0%
898Natchez, MSMS54,72228.4%+0%
899Corbin, KYKY150,04028.6%+0%
900Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13828.9%+0%
901Greenville, MSMS40,44629.2%+0%
902Opelousas, LALA80,76529.3%+0%
903Cordele, GAGA19,23729.3%+0%
904Show Low, AZAZ109,94629.5%+0%
905Greenwood, MSMS34,91230.6%+0%
906Selma, ALAL35,14031.1%+0%
907Middlesborough, KYKY22,82931.1%+0%
908Laredo, TXTX281,22431.2%+0%
909Deming, NMNM25,40732.9%+0%
910Brownsville, TXTX433,94633.1%+0%
911Raymondville, TXTX19,97133.2%+0%
912Cleveland, MSMS28,26233.3%+0%
913Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82334.8%+0%
914Zapata, TXTX13,75335.8%+0%
915McAllen, TXTX921,54935.9%+0%
916Clarksdale, MSMS19,84935.9%+0%
917Gallup, NMNM68,11936.1%+0%
918Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31950.9%+0%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES