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Most residents in poverty, Oklahoma counties · 2010

Oklahoma counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2010 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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Most residents in poverty by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 2000
01Oklahoma County, OKOK822,125120,908+20%
02Tulsa County, OKOK698,78291,137+39%
03Cleveland County, OKOK303,97330,932+41%
04Comanche County, OKOK122,15821,615+21%
05Payne County, OKOK83,88918,119+31%
06Muskogee County, OKOK66,70813,552+9%
07Cherokee County, OKOK49,19612,362+27%
08Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,10212,043+26%
09Creek County, OKOK74,96710,759+19%
10Le Flore County, OKOK50,19610,409+13%
11Garfield County, OKOK61,77910,179+26%
12McCurtain County, OKOK30,7449,197+8%
13Canadian County, OKOK187,1899,155+32%
14Sequoyah County, OKOK40,8428,867+15%
15Delaware County, OKOK41,9108,786+30%
16Wagoner County, OKOK93,2638,560+67%
17Kay County, OKOK43,4908,314+8%
18Rogers County, OKOK102,1978,275+36%
19Okmulgee County, OKOK37,2418,130+8%
20Bryan County, OKOK51,3678,108+21%
21Carter County, OKOK48,9107,849+4%
22Grady County, OKOK59,1287,735+22%
23Pontotoc County, OKOK38,5287,677+32%
24Pittsburg County, OKOK43,3207,663+1%
25Mayes County, OKOK40,4166,957+27%
26Washington County, OKOK54,0376,748+16%
27Logan County, OKOK55,4736,276+44%
28Caddo County, OKOK26,1306,186−5%
29Seminole County, OKOK23,4416,061+17%
30Adair County, OKOK19,8286,019+23%
31Osage County, OKOK46,7945,973+2%
32Ottawa County, OKOK30,4385,803+5%
33Stephens County, OKOK44,3105,487−13%
34Lincoln County, OKOK35,2785,064+9%
35Jackson County, OKOK24,7644,833+5%
36Custer County, OKOK28,1754,655−4%
37McIntosh County, OKOK19,7584,550+29%
38Garvin County, OKOK26,3774,355+1%
39Choctaw County, OKOK14,0593,738+0%
40Beckham County, OKOK22,1593,546−1%
41McClain County, OKOK49,6473,226+11%
42Texas County, OKOK20,3223,221+14%
43Atoka County, OKOK14,6093,187+16%
44Pushmataha County, OKOK10,8073,136+16%
45Hughes County, OKOK13,4553,071−1%
46Pawnee County, OKOK16,0293,015+39%
47Okfuskee County, OKOK11,4512,999+10%
48Craig County, OKOK14,5182,567+26%
49Woodward County, OKOK19,8272,451+6%
50Marshall County, OKOK16,2552,287−3%
51Johnston County, OKOK10,4482,183−6%
52Murray County, OKOK13,8052,088+18%
53Washita County, OKOK10,8841,970+10%
54Kiowa County, OKOK8,1811,912−3%
55Nowata County, OKOK9,5221,856+25%
56Kingfisher County, OKOK15,7951,800+20%
57Blaine County, OKOK8,5151,766−13%
58Tillman County, OKOK6,7801,686−17%
59Haskell County, OKOK11,7871,567−35%
60Noble County, OKOK10,8991,562+7%
61Latimer County, OKOK9,6451,549−36%
62Love County, OKOK10,7801,342+29%
63Coal County, OKOK5,4361,283−8%
64Jefferson County, OKOK5,4311,084−17%
65Woods County, OKOK8,4431,073−21%
66Greer County, OKOK5,373976−18%
67Cotton County, OKOK5,432808−33%
68Harmon County, OKOK2,327787−19%
69Major County, OKOK7,536772−15%
70Beaver County, OKOK4,882700+2%
71Dewey County, OKOK4,207655−8%
72Alfalfa County, OKOK5,649626−25%
73Ellis County, OKOK3,613579+14%
74Cimarron County, OKOK2,059539−3%
75Grant County, OKOK4,067467−34%
76Harper County, OKOK3,172459+27%
77Roger Mills County, OKOK3,259422−25%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS