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Most residents in poverty, Oklahoma counties · 2000

Oklahoma counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2000 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.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 1990

01Oklahoma County, OKOK822,125100,740+13%

02Tulsa County, OKOK698,78265,415−1%

03Cleveland County, OKOK303,97322,006+14%

04Comanche County, OKOK122,15817,937+1%

05Payne County, OKOK83,88913,810+4%

06Muskogee County, OKOK66,70812,440−16%

07Cherokee County, OKOK49,1969,721−1%

08Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,1029,573−6%

09Le Flore County, OKOK50,1969,175−6%

10Creek County, OKOK74,9679,070+3%

11McCurtain County, OKOK30,7448,507−16%

12Garfield County, OKOK61,7798,054+0%

13Sequoyah County, OKOK40,8427,717−8%

14Kay County, OKOK43,4907,693+24%

15Carter County, OKOK48,9107,576−10%

16Pittsburg County, OKOK43,3207,561−5%

17Okmulgee County, OKOK37,2417,508−14%

18Canadian County, OKOK187,1896,960+11%

19Delaware County, OKOK41,9106,773+40%

20Bryan County, OKOK51,3676,715−15%

21Caddo County, OKOK26,1306,540−20%

22Grady County, OKOK59,1286,347−17%

23Stephens County, OKOK44,3106,296−17%

24Rogers County, OKOK102,1976,083+5%

25Osage County, OKOK46,7945,876−10%

26Washington County, OKOK54,0375,831+12%

27Pontotoc County, OKOK38,5285,800−22%

28Ottawa County, OKOK30,4385,505−11%

29Mayes County, OKOK40,4165,471−12%

30Seminole County, OKOK23,4415,173−15%

31Wagoner County, OKOK93,2635,122−13%

32Adair County, OKOK19,8284,883−1%

33Custer County, OKOK28,1754,848−5%

34Lincoln County, OKOK35,2784,650−8%

35Jackson County, OKOK24,7644,615−12%

36Logan County, OKOK55,4734,363−16%

37Garvin County, OKOK26,3774,331−18%

38Choctaw County, OKOK14,0593,732−25%

39Beckham County, OKOK22,1593,595−6%

40McIntosh County, OKOK19,7583,537−11%

41Hughes County, OKOK13,4553,104−11%

42McClain County, OKOK49,6472,915−10%

43Texas County, OKOK20,3222,833+29%

44Atoka County, OKOK14,6092,741−31%

45Okfuskee County, OKOK11,4512,719−20%

46Pushmataha County, OKOK10,8072,702−19%

47Latimer County, OKOK9,6452,427+1%

48Haskell County, OKOK11,7872,418−18%

49Marshall County, OKOK16,2552,363+5%

50Johnston County, OKOK10,4482,312−19%

51Woodward County, OKOK19,8272,308−14%

52Pawnee County, OKOK16,0292,165−20%

53Craig County, OKOK14,5182,045−21%

54Tillman County, OKOK6,7802,031−15%

55Blaine County, OKOK8,5152,021−12%

56Kiowa County, OKOK8,1811,972−37%

57Washita County, OKOK10,8841,784−25%

58Murray County, OKOK13,8051,777−32%

59Kingfisher County, OKOK15,7951,504+6%

60Nowata County, OKOK9,5221,487−29%

61Noble County, OKOK10,8991,462−22%

62Coal County, OKOK5,4361,391−12%

63Woods County, OKOK8,4431,360−5%

64Jefferson County, OKOK5,4311,311−19%

65Cotton County, OKOK5,4321,204−13%

66Greer County, OKOK5,3731,189−22%

67Love County, OKOK10,7801,043−20%

68Harmon County, OKOK2,327976−25%

69Major County, OKOK7,536907−29%

70Alfalfa County, OKOK5,649838−22%

71Dewey County, OKOK4,207709−27%

72Grant County, OKOK4,067704−10%

73Beaver County, OKOK4,882686+28%

74Roger Mills County, OKOK3,259561−23%

75Cimarron County, OKOK2,059553−5%

76Ellis County, OKOK3,613509−20%

77Harper County, OKOK3,172362−17%

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