Which metro area has the lowest poverty rate?

Los Alamos, NM ranks #1 with 2.9% (2000 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 metro areas by poverty rate?

Los Alamos, NM, Appleton, WI, Hutchinson, MN, Sheboygan, WI, Jasper, IN.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2000 Decennial Census data.

How is poverty rate measured?

Share of people with income below the federal poverty line. Source: US Census Bureau, 2000 Decennial Census.

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 (2000 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990

501Flint, MIMI401,09313.1%−20%

502Midland, TXTX193,13913.1%−12%

503Salem, OROR445,81413.1%−1%

504Roseburg, OROR111,95113.1%−12%

505Shelbyville, TNTN55,27313.1%−18%

506Marshall, MOMO23,26513.2%−3%

507Knoxville, TNTN968,13713.2%−13%

508Winchester, TNTN45,57913.2%−8%

509Astoria, OROR40,92613.2%−8%

510Victoria, TXTX99,86413.2%−25%

511Ottumwa, IAIA35,21013.2%−13%

512Corning, NYNY91,85513.2%−2%

513Martinsville, VAVA63,09113.2%+24%

514Shelby, NCNC103,32513.3%+21%

515Atchison, KSKS16,17213.3%−16%

516Fayetteville, NCNC395,41213.3%−11%

517Danville, ILIL71,25913.3%−13%

518Watertown, NYNY111,54013.3%+12%

519Union City, TNTN30,06713.3%−12%

520Paragould, ARAR47,41113.3%−25%

521Lewiston, IDID65,45013.3%−8%

522Oil City, PAPA49,34613.4%−11%

523Price, UTUT20,68013.4%−7%

524Weirton, WVWV112,46813.5%−10%

525Dumas, TXTX21,89113.5%+3%

526Salinas, CACA433,72913.5%+16%

527Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81313.5%−3%

528Great Falls, MTMT85,02913.5%−1%

529Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76613.6%−12%

530Pampa, TXTX21,78613.6%+2%

531Lafayette, ININ228,46813.6%+5%

532Kingsport, TNTN314,83413.6%−13%

533Joplin, MOMO208,79613.6%−13%

534Fayetteville, TNTN36,85313.6%−4%

535New York, NYNY20,112,44813.7%+14%

536Scottsboro, ALAL54,28113.7%−18%

537Bangor, MEME157,96713.7%+5%

538New Bern, NCNC127,35813.7%−8%

539Houston, TXTX7,904,62713.7%−8%

540Amarillo, TXTX276,23513.7%−13%

541The Villages, FLFL157,77213.7%−31%

542Olean, NYNY75,39013.7%−2%

543Tyler, TXTX252,54913.8%−16%

544Cambridge, MDMD33,62813.8%−3%

545La Grande, OROR25,90013.8%−13%

546Washington, ININ34,20913.8%−11%

547Panama City, FLFL231,17413.8%−10%

548Iowa City, IAIA182,71113.8%−12%

549Tullahoma, TNTN69,33913.8%−3%

550Pensacola, FLFL544,94913.8%−15%

551Goldsboro, NCNC122,27813.8%−9%

552Jamestown, NYNY124,12613.8%+0%

553Gaffney, SCSC58,27513.9%−7%

554Newport, OROR50,63613.9%−4%

555Pocatello, IDID91,59113.9%+1%

556Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10213.9%−2%

557Albuquerque, NMNM925,27913.9%−8%

558Forest City, NCNC65,74513.9%+13%

559Saginaw, MIMI187,68813.9%−19%

560Jackson, TNTN184,56913.9%−18%

561Enid, OKOK61,77913.9%−1%

562Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13813.9%+5%

563Columbia, MOMO219,06213.9%−13%

564Bonham, TXTX39,26513.9%−26%

565Searcy, ARAR80,08514.0%−26%

566Morristown, TNTN128,86714.0%−3%

567Longview, WAWA114,88514.0%+5%

568Centralia, WAWA88,06214.0%−3%

569Susanville, CACA28,11714.0%+5%

570Malvern, ARAR33,45114.0%−25%

571Charleston, SCSC889,26314.0%−7%

572Brookings, SDSD37,63514.0%−21%

573Greenwood, SCSC95,21514.0%−5%

574Gulfport, MSMS431,32914.0%−24%

575Miami, FLFL6,391,07214.1%+43%

576Emporia, KSKS34,83814.1%−3%

577Guymon, OKOK20,32214.1%+5%

578Tupelo, MSMS133,16714.1%−16%

579Gainesville, TXTX44,46114.1%−14%

580Lock Haven, PAPA37,87014.2%−8%

581Burley, IDID49,30814.2%+2%

582Paducah, KYKY102,25914.2%−13%

583Parkersburg, WVWV87,26414.2%−3%

584Bellingham, WAWA236,39214.2%+16%

585Garden City, KSKS37,50514.2%+34%

586Hood River, OROR23,72014.2%−9%

587Florence, ALAL156,60914.2%−3%

588Paris, TNTN32,89614.3%−25%

589Summerville, GAGA25,30014.3%−2%

590Lebanon, MOMO36,94314.3%−15%

591Santa Maria, CACA442,06514.3%+12%

592Eugene, OROR381,58414.4%−1%

593Rome, GAGA101,37814.4%+6%

594Scottsbluff, NENE36,27214.4%−8%

595Kerrville, TXTX54,03714.5%−4%

596Salisbury, MDMD131,87214.5%+14%

597Vernal, UTUT38,27814.5%−23%

598Savannah, GAGA438,31414.5%−12%

599Greeneville, TNTN73,83114.5%−14%

600Corvallis, OROR97,72814.6%−6%

601Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91414.6%−5%

602Duncan, OKOK44,31014.6%−19%

603Hot Springs, ARAR99,69514.6%−19%

604Marion, ILIL67,22514.6%−8%

605Champaign, ILIL239,97914.6%+1%

606Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06314.6%−21%

607Shawnee, OKOK75,10214.6%−15%

608Abilene, TXTX185,42914.7%−11%

609Albertville, ALAL103,53714.7%−15%

610Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68514.7%−15%

611Crossville, TNTN66,30014.7%−19%

612Baker City, OROR16,65814.7%+0%

613Enterprise, ALAL56,95314.7%−5%

614Thomaston, GAGA28,50014.7%+0%

615Springfield, MAMA464,33814.7%+14%

616Cumberland, MDMD93,64014.8%−8%

617Spearfish, SDSD29,45914.8%+5%

618Johnson City, TNTN216,41614.8%−10%

619Mexico, MOMO24,52814.8%−1%

620Missoula, MTMT128,69814.8%−13%

621Pueblo, COCO169,27714.9%−27%

622Farmington, MOMO67,80914.9%−12%

623Warrensburg, MOMO56,67014.9%−4%

624Ruidoso, NMNM19,84414.9%−26%

625Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13714.9%−15%

626Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11814.9%+1%

627Oneonta, NYNY60,58914.9%+7%

628Fort Smith, ARAR234,14014.9%−7%

629Grants Pass, OROR87,86715.0%−18%

630Lake City, FLFL74,09415.0%−27%

631Coos Bay, OROR63,99215.0%−9%

632Riverside, CACA4,769,00715.0%+24%

633Vineland, NJNJ157,14815.0%+16%

634Athens, TXTX88,59515.1%−17%

635Walla Walla, WAWA62,36115.1%−6%

636San Angelo, TXTX122,06515.1%−12%

637Ozark, ALAL49,91215.1%+2%

638Muncie, ININ113,10615.1%−10%

639San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14015.1%−23%

640Toccoa, GAGA27,85415.1%−11%

641Athens, TNTN71,59015.2%−16%

642Sebring, FLFL111,12215.2%−0%

643Russellville, ARAR84,93215.3%−4%

644Redding, CACA181,64815.4%+12%

645Danville, VAVA101,13715.4%−1%

646Longview, TXTX297,31515.4%−17%

647Fort Payne, ALAL74,08515.4%−11%

648Wheeling, WVWV134,08915.4%−6%

649Cedartown, GAGA45,51415.5%−5%

650Cortland, NYNY45,85015.5%+21%

651Augusta, GAGA641,23115.5%−3%

652Sandpoint, IDID54,42015.5%−0%

653DeRidder, LALA36,67315.6%−15%

654Hinesville, GAGA91,87015.6%−13%

655St. Simons, GAGA118,52415.6%−0%

656Hilo, HIHI210,04315.7%+10%

657LaGrange, GAGA107,09715.7%−9%

658Memphis, TNTN1,341,41215.7%−18%

659Gadsden, ALAL103,88615.7%−5%

660Montgomery, ALAL388,74715.7%−12%

661Lawton, OKOK127,59015.7%−3%

662Charleston, WVWV200,17015.8%−10%

663Lufkin, TXTX88,15415.8%−15%

664Beaumont, TXTX399,31015.8%−12%

665Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48615.8%−5%

666Lawrence, KSKS120,92015.9%−23%

667Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79115.9%−18%

668Harrison, ARAR45,65415.9%−8%

669Dyersburg, TNTN36,32015.9%−10%

670Ukiah, CACA88,12215.9%+13%

671Pittsburg, KSKS39,00816.0%−15%

672Snyder, TXTX16,16216.0%−10%

673Modesto, CACA557,71916.0%+13%

674Columbus, GAGA324,83016.0%−14%

675Cambridge, OHOH38,37916.0%−8%

676Bowling Green, KYKY197,18016.0%−20%

677Ponca City, OKOK43,49016.0%+24%

678Okeechobee, FLFL42,60816.0%−23%

679Stephenville, TXTX43,91116.0%−23%

680Martin, TNTN33,26116.0%+4%

681Vincennes, ININ35,65216.0%+2%

682Lake Charles, LALA244,65516.1%−18%

683Big Rapids, MIMI42,32016.1%−36%

684Cookeville, TNTN152,47716.1%−7%

685Aberdeen, WAWA78,14416.1%−2%

686Oxford, ALAL115,83416.1%+3%

687Danville, KYKY56,98516.1%−25%

688Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44116.2%+18%

689Altus, OKOK24,76416.2%−11%

690Sumter, SCSC105,06716.2%−21%

691Fairmont, WVWV55,58416.3%−14%

692Monticello, NYNY80,58616.3%+21%

693Mayfield, KYKY37,05016.4%−3%

694Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15516.4%+37%

695Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59916.4%−12%

696Dothan, ALAL156,26616.4%−5%

697Andrews, TXTX18,91416.4%−2%

698Rolla, MOMO45,24716.4%−11%

699Palestine, TXTX59,80516.5%−10%

700Maryville, MOMO20,17416.5%−24%

701Ontario, OROR60,08516.5%−12%

702Ada, OKOK38,52816.5%−24%

703Madisonville, KYKY45,12716.5%−4%

704El Campo, TXTX42,06016.5%−22%

705Alexander City, ALAL40,95316.6%+3%

706Kinston, NCNC55,83716.6%−17%

707Paris, TXTX63,31916.6%−24%

708Manhattan, KSKS136,12216.6%−9%

709Miami, OKOK30,43816.6%−18%

710Corinth, MSMS34,56916.6%−20%

711McMinnville, TNTN43,71716.6%−1%

712Houghton, MIMI40,02816.6%−21%

713Ardmore, OKOK48,91016.6%−16%

714Murray, KYKY39,42116.6%−6%

715Jesup, GAGA32,48116.7%−21%

716Moscow, IDID41,84216.7%−10%

717Milledgeville, GAGA44,02916.8%−4%

718Klamath Falls, OROR70,27416.8%+0%

719Jonesboro, ARAR139,44016.8%−13%

720Massena, NYNY105,48816.9%−2%

721Liberal, KSKS21,07316.9%+15%

722Newberry, SCSC39,56117.0%+11%

723Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91217.1%−16%

724Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55317.1%−5%

725McAlester, OKOK43,32017.2%−12%

726Brownwood, TXTX38,71117.2%−17%

727Carlsbad, NMNM62,50917.2%−16%

728Red Bluff, CACA64,66517.3%+12%

729Talladega, ALAL91,76417.3%−13%

730Glasgow, KYKY56,22417.3%−24%

731Indiana, PAPA82,87817.3%−7%

732Baton Rouge, LALA888,69917.4%−16%

733Moses Lake, WAWA105,72717.4%−11%

734Payson, AZAZ53,80117.4%−5%

735Bloomington, ININ165,23117.5%−6%

736Charleston, ILIL46,60717.5%+4%

737Huntington, WVWV365,96517.6%−12%

738Clearlake, CACA67,77217.6%+15%

739Riverton, WYWY39,46417.6%−8%

740Weatherford, OKOK39,05917.6%−10%

741Bemidji, MNMN47,05517.6%−27%

742Ithaca, NYNY104,04717.6%−7%

743Waco, TXTX308,80717.6%−15%

744Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33217.7%−13%

745Stockton, CACA823,81517.7%+13%

746Florence, SCSC201,39217.8%−11%

747Campbellsville, KYKY38,40717.8%−12%

748Yuba City, CACA187,47817.8%+3%

749Jacksonville, TXTX53,33717.9%−17%

750Tallahassee, FLFL397,44217.9%−5%

751Bluefield, WVWV96,13817.9%−10%

752Houma, LALA199,66817.9%−24%

753Muskogee, OKOK66,70817.9%−18%

754Boone, NCNC54,78617.9%−17%

755Texarkana, TXTX146,81617.9%−5%

756Clarksburg, WVWV88,14218.0%−4%

757Sikeston, MOMO49,97818.0%−16%

758Elkins, WVWV26,88218.0%−18%

759Gallipolis, OHOH29,07218.1%−19%

760Corsicana, TXTX57,18118.2%−7%

761Elk City, OKOK22,15918.2%−11%

762Othello, WAWA21,48818.2%+4%

763Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36818.2%−21%

764Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19118.3%−16%

765Huntsville, TXTX83,84218.4%−18%

766Durant, OKOK51,36718.4%−25%

767Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20118.4%−7%

768Picayune, MSMS59,36318.4%−14%

769Lubbock, TXTX368,43118.5%−7%

770Wilson, NCNC81,15018.5%−6%

771Bay City, TXTX36,46318.5%−11%

772Mobile, ALAL411,65818.5%−13%

773Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90418.6%−26%

774Big Spring, TXTX30,50418.6%−9%

775Plainview, TXTX36,70018.6%−22%

776Vicksburg, MSMS41,75918.7%−17%

777West Plains, MOMO40,79818.7%−26%

778Silver City, NMNM27,25218.7%−12%

779Odessa, TXTX173,80118.7%−8%

780El Dorado, ARAR36,92618.7%−15%

781Thomasville, GAGA72,95818.8%−16%

782State College, PAPA157,39318.8%+3%

783Jackson, MSMS609,84718.8%−18%

784Russellville, ALAL32,44918.9%−9%

785Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07619.0%−11%

786Lafayette, LALA423,75819.0%−21%

787Camden, ARAR26,36319.0%−6%

788Somerset, KYKY67,38419.1%−16%

789Dublin, GAGA60,35119.1%−8%

790Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93819.1%−20%

791Brookhaven, MSMS35,01219.2%−19%

792Richmond, KYKY131,80619.2%−20%

793Cedar City, UTUT67,14119.2%+14%

794Yuma, AZAZ224,44919.2%−3%

795Alamogordo, NMNM70,36819.3%+15%

796Portsmouth, OHOH71,36519.3%−25%

797Valdosta, GAGA153,27619.4%−8%

798Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42819.4%−22%

799Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85019.4%−18%

800Shreveport, LALA383,47419.4%−14%

801Washington, NCNC44,67019.5%−0%

802Hanford, CACA154,32719.5%+7%

803Blacksburg, VAVA181,61619.5%+0%

804Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01419.5%−23%

805Eureka, CACA131,64719.5%+11%

806Rockingham, NCNC42,04119.6%+17%

807Ellensburg, WAWA48,80319.6%−3%

808Yakima, WAWA259,18519.7%−3%

809Beckley, WVWV109,94019.7%−9%

810Macomb, ILIL25,91619.8%+4%

811Chico, CACA209,21119.8%+5%

812Douglas, GAGA52,86119.8%−14%

813Moultrie, GAGA47,43819.8%−13%

814Waycross, GAGA57,67019.9%−6%

815New Orleans, LALA970,84919.9%−11%

816Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21120.0%−15%

817Clovis, NMNM65,27020.1%−6%

818Crescent City, CACA26,41020.2%+29%

819Minden, LALA34,94820.2%−19%

820Stillwater, OKOK83,88920.3%−7%

821Española, NMNM39,83220.3%−26%

822Greenville, NCNC182,93620.3%−8%

823Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69120.4%−18%

824Laurel, MSMS82,28120.4%−16%

825Henderson, NCNC42,63820.5%+5%

826Hereford, TXTX18,62620.6%−26%

827Laurinburg, NCNC33,32220.6%+11%

828Alexandria, LALA147,95220.7%−10%

829Bakersfield, CACA927,06820.8%+23%

830Palatka, FLFL77,73420.9%+4%

831Taos, NMNM34,56420.9%−24%

832Laramie, WYWY38,55821.0%+6%

833Hobbs, NMNM74,74921.1%−6%

834Athens, GAGA224,14821.1%−4%

835Magnolia, ARAR21,89421.1%−13%

836Vermillion, SDSD15,03121.2%−14%

837Meridian, MSMS85,41921.2%−7%

838Tifton, GAGA51,23721.3%−13%

839Roswell, NMNM63,36421.3%−5%

840Americus, GAGA33,39421.3%−13%

841Oxford, MSMS71,97221.4%−16%

842Orangeburg, SCSC83,17721.4%−14%

843Albany, GAGA145,51021.5%−9%

844Farmington, NMNM120,34021.5%−24%

845Morgantown, WVWV141,99521.6%+8%

846Merced, CACA297,26021.7%+9%

847Sweetwater, TXTX14,11721.7%+2%

848Gainesville, FLFL359,03621.8%−5%

849Monroe, LALA222,39022.0%−16%

850Grenada, MSMS30,22222.1%−17%

851Clewiston, FLFL61,54622.1%+24%

852Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09922.3%+1%

853Kirksville, MOMO29,82422.4%−8%

854Newport, TNTN37,88922.5%−11%

855Alamosa, COCO27,89622.6%−22%

856El Centro, CACA181,41122.6%−5%

857Bainbridge, GAGA29,43222.7%−3%

858Fresno, CACA1,203,38322.7%+8%

859Hammond, LALA141,34622.7%−28%

860Lumberton, NCNC119,94122.8%−5%

861Tahlequah, OKOK49,19622.9%−21%

862Vidalia, GAGA36,18022.9%−5%

863Safford, AZAZ40,15723.0%−14%

864Blytheville, ARAR37,82823.0%−12%

865Troy, ALAL33,68823.1%−15%

866Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02523.2%−7%

867Columbus, MSMS67,14423.3%−9%

868Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03523.3%−7%

869New Iberia, LALA66,84623.6%−9%

870Arcadia, FLFL37,07823.6%+22%

871Morgan City, LALA46,55223.6%−12%

872Auburn, ALAL208,01323.7%−12%

873El Paso, TXTX881,29123.9%−11%

874Visalia, CACA485,14623.9%+6%

875Beeville, TXTX32,51524.0%−13%

876Uvalde, TXTX24,96324.3%−22%

877Nogales, AZAZ50,02024.5%−7%

878Kennett, MOMO26,85524.5%−18%

879Las Vegas, NMNM30,31124.6%−21%

880Bogalusa, LALA44,93724.7%−22%

881Statesboro, GAGA97,97724.9%−8%

882Carbondale, ILIL52,50125.2%−11%

883Las Cruces, NMNM229,09125.4%−4%

884College Station, TXTX287,47625.5%−4%

885Pullman, WAWA48,51225.6%+6%

886Rexburg, IDID69,38025.6%+5%

887McComb, MSMS52,64026.0%−23%

888Pikeville, KYKY89,12226.0%−6%

889Del Rio, TXTX47,83526.1%−28%

890Starkville, MSMS62,06326.4%−9%

891Eufaula, ALAL26,86126.4%+2%

892Ruston, LALA48,36026.5%−0%

893Natchitoches, LALA36,08926.5%−22%

894Kingsville, TXTX30,31526.7%−2%

895Alice, TXTX45,38326.8%−15%

896Athens, OHOH63,19727.4%−5%

897Forrest City, ARAR21,80027.5%−25%

898Natchez, MSMS54,72228.4%−13%

899Corbin, KYKY150,04028.6%−13%

900Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13828.9%+0%

901Greenville, MSMS40,44629.2%−13%

902Opelousas, LALA80,76529.3%−19%

903Cordele, GAGA19,23729.3%+1%

904Show Low, AZAZ109,94629.5%−15%

905Greenwood, MSMS34,91230.6%−17%

906Selma, ALAL35,14031.1%−14%

907Middlesborough, KYKY22,82931.1%−14%

908Laredo, TXTX281,22431.2%−18%

909Deming, NMNM25,40732.9%+4%

910Brownsville, TXTX433,94633.1%−17%

911Raymondville, TXTX19,97133.2%−25%

912Cleveland, MSMS28,26233.3%−22%

913Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82334.8%−31%

914Zapata, TXTX13,75335.8%−13%

915McAllen, TXTX921,54935.9%−14%

916Clarksdale, MSMS19,84935.9%−21%

917Gallup, NMNM68,11936.1%−17%

918Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31950.9%−15%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS