Which metro area has the lowest poverty rate?

Los Alamos, NM ranks #1 with 4.0% (2020 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by poverty rate?

Los Alamos, NM, Heber, UT, Hood River, OR, Celina, OH, Williston, ND.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 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 (2020).

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Lowest poverty rate, US metro areas · 2020

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

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

501South Bend, ININ324,53814.4%+39%

502Watertown, NYNY111,54014.4%+8%

503Alpena, MIMI28,85314.4%+36%

504Searcy, ARAR80,08514.4%+3%

505Panama City, FLFL231,17414.4%+4%

506Hermiston, OROR93,72114.4%+11%

507Wilmington, OHOH42,30114.4%+67%

508Hermitage, PAPA107,86014.4%+25%

509Tupelo, MSMS133,16714.4%+2%

510Amarillo, TXTX276,23514.4%+5%

511Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79514.4%+20%

512Lansing, MIMI479,72214.4%+30%

513Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44214.4%+40%

514Brevard, NCNC34,21114.4%+52%

515Cortland, NYNY45,85014.4%−7%

516Twin Falls, IDID123,90114.5%+11%

517Lexington, KYKY535,17414.5%+22%

518Moses Lake, WAWA105,72714.5%−17%

519Springfield, MOMO500,69414.5%+17%

520Johnstown, PAPA128,96814.5%+16%

521Aberdeen, WAWA78,14414.5%−10%

522Canton, ILIL32,90114.6%+48%

523Madison, ININ33,27914.6%+52%

524Rockford, ILIL337,24214.6%+57%

525Jacksonville, TXTX53,33714.6%−18%

526Picayune, MSMS59,36314.6%−21%

527Ludington, MIMI29,04014.7%+33%

528Elmira, NYNY80,41514.7%+13%

529Winnemucca, NVNV17,26714.7%+51%

530Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15514.7%−10%

531Lebanon, MOMO36,94314.7%+3%

532Clarksburg, WVWV88,14214.8%−18%

533Mexico, MOMO24,52814.8%+0%

534Gloversville, NYNY52,21614.8%+18%

535Spartanburg, SCSC407,65614.9%+19%

536Columbia, SCSC879,91814.9%+20%

537Cumberland, MDMD93,64014.9%+1%

538Freeport, ILIL43,22014.9%+67%

539Kingsland, GAGA60,14314.9%+47%

540Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,66615.0%+28%

541Duncan, OKOK44,31015.0%+3%

542Redding, CACA181,64815.1%−2%

543Lakeland, FLFL874,79015.1%+17%

544Platteville, WIWI52,44615.1%+35%

545El Campo, TXTX42,06015.1%−9%

546New Bern, NCNC127,35815.1%+11%

547Cleveland, TNTN134,05715.1%+23%

548Marquette, MIMI68,06415.2%+40%

549Morristown, TNTN128,86715.2%+9%

550Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14715.2%+23%

551Decatur, ILIL99,30015.2%+18%

552Indiana, PAPA82,87815.2%−12%

553Batesville, ARAR38,78515.2%+17%

554Hillsdale, MIMI45,73815.2%+85%

555Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33215.2%−14%

556Bloomington, ILIL171,41915.2%+57%

557Weirton, WVWV112,46815.3%+13%

558Springfield, OHOH135,34015.3%+43%

559Baton Rouge, LALA888,69915.3%−12%

560Decatur, ALAL160,32615.3%+18%

561Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20615.3%+47%

562Sedalia, MOMO44,25415.3%+19%

563Seneca, SCSC83,77515.3%+42%

564Marshall, MOMO23,26515.3%+16%

565Malvern, ARAR33,45115.3%+9%

566Moberly, MOMO24,51315.4%+24%

567Burlington, NCNC186,17715.4%+38%

568Victoria, TXTX99,86415.4%+17%

569Winchester, TNTN45,57915.4%+17%

570Enterprise, ALAL56,95315.4%+5%

571Lock Haven, PAPA37,87015.4%+9%

572Emporia, KSKS34,83815.5%+10%

573Coldwater, MIMI45,99315.5%+66%

574Greensboro, NCNC805,94515.5%+46%

575Michigan City, ININ111,29415.5%+78%

576Albuquerque, NMNM925,27915.5%+11%

577Erie, PAPA265,83215.5%+29%

578Corsicana, TXTX57,18115.5%−15%

579Weatherford, OKOK39,05915.5%−12%

580Fairmont, WVWV55,58415.5%−5%

581Ocala, FLFL442,66015.5%+19%

582Paducah, KYKY102,25915.5%+9%

583Marion, NCNC45,19815.6%+34%

584Peru, ININ34,48715.6%+95%

585Russellville, ARAR84,93215.6%+2%

586Sweetwater, TXTX14,11715.6%−28%

587Zanesville, OHOH87,01415.6%+21%

588Augusta, GAGA641,23115.7%+1%

589Washington Court House, OHOH28,55215.7%+55%

590Branson, MOMO57,00115.7%+27%

591Springfield, MAMA464,33815.7%+7%

592Newport, OROR50,63615.8%+14%

593Oxford, ALAL115,83415.8%−2%

594Shawnee, OKOK75,10215.8%+8%

595Altus, OKOK24,76415.8%−3%

596Alma, MIMI41,19015.8%+54%

597Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13715.8%+6%

598Hinesville, GAGA91,87015.8%+1%

599Longview, TXTX297,31515.8%+3%

600Vincennes, ININ35,65215.9%−1%

601Calhoun, GAGA61,70115.9%+61%

602Owensboro, KYKY113,96215.9%+25%

603Kingsport, TNTN314,83415.9%+17%

604Parkersburg, WVWV87,26415.9%+12%

605Beaumont, TXTX399,31015.9%+1%

606Lawton, OKOK127,59015.9%+1%

607Price, UTUT20,68015.9%+19%

608Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68515.9%+9%

609Gadsden, ALAL103,88616.0%+2%

610Carlsbad, NMNM62,50916.0%−7%

611Grants Pass, OROR87,86716.0%+7%

612Hanford, CACA154,32716.0%−18%

613Vineland, NJNJ157,14816.0%+6%

614Sebring, FLFL111,12216.0%+5%

615Iowa City, IAIA182,71116.0%+16%

616Ponca City, OKOK43,49016.1%+1%

617Bay City, MIMI102,12316.1%+65%

618Joplin, MOMO208,79616.1%+18%

619Farmington, MOMO67,80916.1%+9%

620Coos Bay, OROR63,99216.1%+7%

621Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91216.1%−5%

622Athens, TNTN71,59016.2%+7%

623Dalton, GAGA147,81916.2%+37%

624Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10216.2%+17%

625Cambridge, MDMD33,62816.2%+17%

626Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13816.2%−44%

627Lewisburg, TNTN38,07116.2%+62%

628Bradford, PAPA38,98416.2%+24%

629Hobbs, NMNM74,74916.2%−23%

630Ukiah, CACA88,12216.3%+2%

631Columbia, MOMO219,06216.3%+17%

632Hannibal, MOMO38,96916.3%+45%

633Chillicothe, OHOH76,42916.3%+36%

634Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11816.3%+9%

635Pampa, TXTX21,78616.3%+20%

636Niles, MIMI152,44416.3%+29%

637Sanford, NCNC70,25816.3%+27%

638Cedar City, UTUT67,14116.4%−15%

639Big Spring, TXTX30,50416.4%−12%

640Jesup, GAGA32,48116.4%−2%

641Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19116.4%−10%

642Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21516.4%+26%

643North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23316.4%+39%

644Johnson City, TNTN216,41616.4%+11%

645Mount Airy, NCNC72,28716.4%+32%

646Montgomery, ALAL388,74716.5%+5%

647Alexander City, ALAL40,95316.5%−0%

648Pahrump, NVNV57,33616.5%+53%

649Yakima, WAWA259,18516.5%−16%

650Decatur, ININ36,65016.5%+82%

651Stephenville, TXTX43,91116.5%+3%

652Paragould, ARAR47,41116.5%+24%

653Lawrence, KSKS120,92016.5%+4%

654Centralia, ILIL36,38216.5%+47%

655Terre Haute, ININ169,24116.6%+34%

656Corinth, MSMS34,56916.6%−0%

657Elkins, WVWV26,88216.6%−8%

658Salisbury, MDMD131,87216.6%+15%

659Ottumwa, IAIA35,21016.6%+26%

660Battle Creek, MIMI133,40816.7%+48%

661Gulfport, MSMS431,32916.7%+19%

662Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44816.7%+31%

663Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91416.7%+15%

664Galesburg, ILIL47,76716.7%+50%

665Ellensburg, WAWA48,80316.7%−15%

666Lake Charles, LALA244,65516.7%+4%

667Toledo, OHOH599,37616.8%+34%

668Richmond, ININ66,16916.8%+48%

669Binghamton, NYNY243,18916.8%+41%

670Texarkana, TXTX146,81616.9%−6%

671Olean, NYNY75,39016.9%+23%

672Ardmore, OKOK48,91016.9%+2%

673Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08116.9%+32%

674Greeneville, TNTN73,83116.9%+17%

675Athens, TXTX88,59517.0%+13%

676Hot Springs, ARAR99,69517.0%+17%

677Durant, OKOK51,36717.0%−7%

678Jackson, MSMS609,84717.0%−10%

679Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36817.1%−6%

680Crescent City, CACA26,41017.1%−15%

681St. Simons, GAGA118,52417.1%+10%

682Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07617.2%−9%

683Eugene, OROR381,58417.2%+19%

684Talladega, ALAL91,76417.2%−0%

685Ames, IAIA128,09017.3%+39%

686McAlester, OKOK43,32017.3%+0%

687Cookeville, TNTN152,47717.3%+7%

688Memphis, TNTN1,341,41217.3%+10%

689Ontario, OROR60,08517.3%+5%

690Lufkin, TXTX88,15417.3%+10%

691Coshocton, OHOH37,18817.4%+91%

692Fort Smith, ARAR234,14017.4%+16%

693Taos, NMNM34,56417.4%−17%

694Lafayette, ININ228,46817.4%+28%

695Plainview, TXTX36,70017.4%−6%

696Youngstown, OHOH423,67817.4%+52%

697Newberry, SCSC39,56117.5%+2%

698Gallipolis, OHOH29,07217.5%−4%

699Ithaca, NYNY104,04717.5%−1%

700Bowling Green, KYKY197,18017.5%+9%

701Danville, KYKY56,98517.5%+9%

702Clearlake, CACA67,77217.5%−0%

703Saginaw, MIMI187,68817.6%+26%

704Jackson, TNTN184,56917.6%+26%

705Massena, NYNY105,48817.6%+4%

706Pueblo, COCO169,27717.6%+19%

707Lafayette, LALA423,75817.8%−6%

708Charleston, WVWV200,17017.8%+13%

709Jamestown, NYNY124,12617.8%+28%

710Bluefield, WVWV96,13817.8%−1%

711Washington, NCNC44,67017.8%−9%

712Thomasville, GAGA72,95817.8%−5%

713State College, PAPA157,39317.8%−5%

714Forest City, NCNC65,74517.8%+28%

715Amsterdam, NYNY50,04617.8%+48%

716Okeechobee, FLFL42,60817.8%+11%

717Champaign, ILIL239,97917.8%+22%

718Mobile, ALAL411,65817.9%−3%

719Martinsville, VAVA63,09117.9%+35%

720Scottsboro, ALAL54,28117.9%+31%

721Manhattan, KSKS136,12217.9%+8%

722Gaffney, SCSC58,27517.9%+29%

723Bay City, TXTX36,46317.9%−3%

724Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48618.0%+14%

725Flint, MIMI401,09318.0%+38%

726Dothan, ALAL156,26618.1%+10%

727Sumter, SCSC105,06718.1%+11%

728Houma, LALA199,66818.1%+1%

729Moscow, IDID41,84218.1%+8%

730Jonesboro, ARAR139,44018.1%+8%

731Yuma, AZAZ224,44918.2%−5%

732Connersville, ININ23,53318.2%+130%

733Chico, CACA209,21118.2%−8%

734LaGrange, GAGA107,09718.2%+16%

735Cedartown, GAGA45,51418.3%+18%

736Dyersburg, TNTN36,32018.3%+15%

737Alexandria, LALA147,95218.3%−11%

738Del Rio, TXTX47,83518.3%−30%

739Bemidji, MNMN47,05518.3%+4%

740Campbellsville, KYKY38,40718.3%+3%

741New Orleans, LALA970,84918.4%−8%

742Danville, VAVA101,13718.4%+20%

743Ozark, ALAL49,91218.4%+22%

744Lubbock, TXTX368,43118.4%−0%

745Marion, ININ66,52418.4%+57%

746Rome, GAGA101,37818.6%+28%

747Houghton, MIMI40,02818.6%+12%

748Corvallis, OROR97,72818.6%+28%

749Waco, TXTX308,80718.6%+6%

750Tallahassee, FLFL397,44218.6%+4%

751Florence, SCSC201,39218.6%+5%

752Goldsboro, NCNC122,27818.7%+35%

753Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85018.7%−4%

754Columbus, GAGA324,83018.7%+17%

755Fayetteville, NCNC395,41218.7%+41%

756Paris, TXTX63,31918.7%+13%

757Merced, CACA297,26018.8%−13%

758Henderson, KYKY57,18418.8%+44%

759Red Bluff, CACA64,66518.8%+9%

760Huntington, WVWV365,96518.9%+7%

761Vernon, TXTX12,48118.9%+45%

762Danville, ILIL71,25919.0%+43%

763Greenwood, SCSC95,21519.0%+35%

764Cambridge, OHOH38,37919.0%+19%

765Albertville, ALAL103,53719.1%+30%

766Union City, TNTN30,06719.1%+43%

767Morgantown, WVWV141,99519.1%−12%

768Alamogordo, NMNM70,36819.1%−1%

769Shelby, NCNC103,32519.1%+44%

770Sikeston, MOMO49,97819.2%+7%

771Elk City, OKOK22,15919.3%+6%

772Beeville, TXTX32,51519.4%−19%

773Roswell, NMNM63,36419.4%−9%

774Richmond, KYKY131,80619.5%+1%

775El Paso, TXTX881,29119.5%−18%

776Big Rapids, MIMI42,32019.5%+21%

777Rolla, MOMO45,24719.6%+19%

778Klamath Falls, OROR70,27419.6%+17%

779Russellville, ALAL32,44919.7%+4%

780El Dorado, ARAR36,92619.7%+5%

781Madisonville, KYKY45,12719.7%+19%

782Vidalia, GAGA36,18019.7%−14%

783Eureka, CACA131,64719.7%+1%

784Morgan City, LALA46,55219.8%−16%

785Auburn, ALAL208,01319.8%−17%

786Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42819.8%+2%

787Martin, TNTN33,26119.9%+24%

788Wilson, NCNC81,15019.9%+8%

789Miami, OKOK30,43820.0%+20%

790Payson, AZAZ53,80120.0%+15%

791Henderson, NCNC42,63820.0%−2%

792Camden, ARAR26,36320.1%+6%

793Gainesville, FLFL359,03620.1%−8%

794Pittsburg, KSKS39,00820.1%+26%

795Hammond, LALA141,34620.2%−11%

796Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21120.2%+1%

797Alamosa, COCO27,89620.2%−11%

798McMinnville, TNTN43,71720.2%+22%

799Murray, KYKY39,42120.3%+22%

800Muskogee, OKOK66,70820.3%+13%

801Mayfield, KYKY37,05020.3%+24%

802Thomaston, GAGA28,50020.4%+38%

803Clovis, NMNM65,27020.4%+2%

804Bakersfield, CACA927,06820.4%−2%

805Charleston, ILIL46,60720.5%+17%

806Macomb, ILIL25,91620.5%+3%

807Fresno, CACA1,203,38320.6%−9%

808Blacksburg, VAVA181,61620.6%+6%

809Athens, GAGA224,14820.7%−2%

810Newport, TNTN37,88920.7%−8%

811Fort Payne, ALAL74,08520.7%+35%

812Paris, TNTN32,89620.7%+45%

813Maryville, MOMO20,17420.7%+26%

814Huntsville, TXTX83,84220.7%+13%

815Greenville, NCNC182,93620.8%+2%

816Vicksburg, MSMS41,75920.8%+12%

817Shreveport, LALA383,47420.8%+7%

818Vermillion, SDSD15,03120.8%−2%

819Laramie, WYWY38,55820.9%−0%

820Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93820.9%+10%

821Beckley, WVWV109,94021.0%+6%

822Uvalde, TXTX24,96321.0%−14%

823Columbus, MSMS67,14421.0%−10%

824Summerville, GAGA25,30021.1%+48%

825Safford, AZAZ40,15721.2%−8%

826Blytheville, ARAR37,82821.4%−7%

827Muncie, ININ113,10621.4%+42%

828Nogales, AZAZ50,02021.5%−12%

829Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55321.5%+26%

830Bloomington, ININ165,23121.5%+23%

831Waycross, GAGA57,67021.6%+8%

832Douglas, GAGA52,86121.7%+9%

833Laurel, MSMS82,28121.7%+6%

834Farmington, NMNM120,34021.7%+1%

835Visalia, CACA485,14621.8%−9%

836Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90421.9%+18%

837Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01421.9%+12%

838Tahlequah, OKOK49,19622.0%−4%

839Kinston, NCNC55,83722.0%+33%

840Kirksville, MOMO29,82422.0%−2%

841Brookhaven, MSMS35,01222.0%+15%

842Meridian, MSMS85,41922.1%+4%

843New Iberia, LALA66,84622.3%−5%

844Rockingham, NCNC42,04122.4%+14%

845Palatka, FLFL77,73422.4%+8%

846Statesboro, GAGA97,97722.5%−10%

847College Station, TXTX287,47622.5%−12%

848El Centro, CACA181,41122.5%−0%

849Somerset, KYKY67,38422.6%+18%

850Oxford, MSMS71,97222.6%+6%

851Española, NMNM39,83222.8%+12%

852Troy, ALAL33,68823.0%−0%

853Albany, GAGA145,51023.0%+7%

854Portsmouth, OHOH71,36523.0%+19%

855Americus, GAGA33,39423.1%+8%

856Valdosta, GAGA153,27623.1%+19%

857Orangeburg, SCSC83,17723.1%+8%

858Othello, WAWA21,48823.5%+29%

859Kennett, MOMO26,85523.7%−3%

860Milledgeville, GAGA44,02923.7%+41%

861Tifton, GAGA51,23723.7%+12%

862West Plains, MOMO40,79823.8%+28%

863Bainbridge, GAGA29,43223.8%+5%

864Guymon, OKOK20,32223.9%+70%

865Carbondale, ILIL52,50124.0%−5%

866Deming, NMNM25,40724.1%−27%

867Rexburg, IDID69,38024.1%−6%

868Monroe, LALA222,39024.1%+9%

869Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02524.2%+4%

870Moultrie, GAGA47,43824.2%+22%

871Magnolia, ARAR21,89424.3%+15%

872Alice, TXTX45,38324.5%−9%

873Boone, NCNC54,78624.5%+37%

874Clewiston, FLFL61,54624.5%+11%

875Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69124.6%+20%

876Glasgow, KYKY56,22424.6%+42%

877Laredo, TXTX281,22424.6%−21%

878Bogalusa, LALA44,93724.6%−0%

879Opelousas, LALA80,76524.8%−15%

880Las Cruces, NMNM229,09124.8%−2%

881Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03524.9%+7%

882Las Vegas, NMNM30,31125.1%+2%

883Show Low, AZAZ109,94625.3%−14%

884Silver City, NMNM27,25225.4%+36%

885Raymondville, TXTX19,97125.6%−23%

886Dublin, GAGA60,35125.8%+35%

887Stillwater, OKOK83,88925.9%+28%

888Arcadia, FLFL37,07826.0%+10%

889Pullman, WAWA48,51226.0%+2%

890Corbin, KYKY150,04026.1%−9%

891Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82326.2%−25%

892Grenada, MSMS30,22226.2%+19%

893Pikeville, KYKY89,12226.5%+2%

894Brownsville, TXTX433,94626.7%−19%

895Lumberton, NCNC119,94127.1%+19%

896Kingsville, TXTX30,31527.2%+2%

897Greenwood, MSMS34,91227.2%−11%

898Starkville, MSMS62,06327.2%+3%

899Laurinburg, NCNC33,32227.3%+33%

900Eufaula, ALAL26,86127.4%+4%

901Minden, LALA34,94827.5%+36%

902Athens, OHOH63,19727.9%+2%

903McComb, MSMS52,64028.3%+9%

904Forrest City, ARAR21,80028.4%+3%

905McAllen, TXTX921,54928.4%−21%

906Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09929.1%+31%

907Selma, ALAL35,14029.2%−6%

908Cordele, GAGA19,23729.7%+1%

909Natchitoches, LALA36,08930.1%+13%

910Ruston, LALA48,36030.5%+15%

911Greenville, MSMS40,44630.9%+6%

912Natchez, MSMS54,72231.1%+9%

913Cleveland, MSMS28,26231.1%−7%

914Middlesborough, KYKY22,82931.3%+1%

915Zapata, TXTX13,75332.2%−10%

916Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31934.2%−33%

917Gallup, NMNM68,11935.2%−2%

918Clarksdale, MSMS19,84936.5%+2%

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