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Most residents in poverty, Oklahoma counties · 1990

Oklahoma counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 1990 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the poverty rate. This list covers the 77 counties in Oklahoma that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 77 is 3,988.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS –

01Oklahoma County, OKOK822,12589,093–

02Tulsa County, OKOK698,78266,329–

03Cleveland County, OKOK303,97319,357–

04Comanche County, OKOK122,15817,717–

05Muskogee County, OKOK66,70814,877–

06Payne County, OKOK83,88913,330–

07Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,10210,150–

08McCurtain County, OKOK30,74410,102–

09Cherokee County, OKOK49,1969,805–

10Le Flore County, OKOK50,1969,727–

11Creek County, OKOK74,9678,836–

12Okmulgee County, OKOK37,2418,763–

13Carter County, OKOK48,9108,459–

14Sequoyah County, OKOK40,8428,368–

15Caddo County, OKOK26,1308,207–

16Garfield County, OKOK61,7798,019–

17Pittsburg County, OKOK43,3207,954–

18Bryan County, OKOK51,3677,862–

19Grady County, OKOK59,1287,652–

20Stephens County, OKOK44,3107,574–

21Pontotoc County, OKOK38,5287,420–

22Osage County, OKOK46,7946,560–

23Canadian County, OKOK187,1896,293–

24Mayes County, OKOK40,4166,229–

25Kay County, OKOK43,4906,220–

26Ottawa County, OKOK30,4386,158–

27Seminole County, OKOK23,4416,099–

28Wagoner County, OKOK93,2635,856–

29Rogers County, OKOK102,1975,818–

30Jackson County, OKOK24,7645,267–

31Garvin County, OKOK26,3775,251–

32Washington County, OKOK54,0375,220–

33Logan County, OKOK55,4735,217–

34Custer County, OKOK28,1755,122–

35Lincoln County, OKOK35,2785,076–

36Choctaw County, OKOK14,0595,008–

37Adair County, OKOK19,8284,910–

38Delaware County, OKOK41,9104,839–

39McIntosh County, OKOK19,7583,988–

40Atoka County, OKOK14,6093,970–

41Beckham County, OKOK22,1593,844–

42Hughes County, OKOK13,4553,500–

43Okfuskee County, OKOK11,4513,395–

44Pushmataha County, OKOK10,8073,322–

45McClain County, OKOK49,6473,240–

46Kiowa County, OKOK8,1813,118–

47Haskell County, OKOK11,7872,965–

48Johnston County, OKOK10,4482,857–

49Woodward County, OKOK19,8272,697–

50Pawnee County, OKOK16,0292,696–

51Murray County, OKOK13,8052,623–

52Craig County, OKOK14,5182,580–

53Latimer County, OKOK9,6452,411–

54Tillman County, OKOK6,7802,380–

55Washita County, OKOK10,8842,363–

56Blaine County, OKOK8,5152,297–

57Marshall County, OKOK16,2552,258–

58Texas County, OKOK20,3222,196–

59Nowata County, OKOK9,5222,087–

60Noble County, OKOK10,8991,870–

61Jefferson County, OKOK5,4311,627–

62Coal County, OKOK5,4361,581–

63Greer County, OKOK5,3731,532–

64Woods County, OKOK8,4431,439–

65Kingfisher County, OKOK15,7951,423–

66Cotton County, OKOK5,4321,388–

67Love County, OKOK10,7801,300–

68Harmon County, OKOK2,3271,295–

69Major County, OKOK7,5361,281–

70Alfalfa County, OKOK5,6491,069–

71Dewey County, OKOK4,207977–

72Grant County, OKOK4,067780–

73Roger Mills County, OKOK3,259728–

74Ellis County, OKOK3,613635–

75Cimarron County, OKOK2,059582–

76Beaver County, OKOK4,882538–

77Harper County, OKOK3,172435–

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