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Most residents in poverty, Pennsylvania counties · 2010

Pennsylvania 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 67 counties in Pennsylvania that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 11,952.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 2000

01Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,281382,744+10%

02Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,035150,541+5%

03Delaware County, PAPA580,93752,796+20%

04Berks County, PAPA440,07251,114+45%

05Lancaster County, PAPA563,15950,225+37%

06Montgomery County, PAPA877,64344,846+35%

07Luzerne County, PAPA332,12643,850+24%

08Erie County, PAPA265,83243,634+30%

09Lehigh County, PAPA384,38341,602+44%

10York County, PAPA473,19739,173+52%

11Westmoreland County, PAPA349,32435,808+12%

12Dauphin County, PAPA293,35131,965+31%

13Chester County, PAPA557,11631,037+37%

14Bucks County, PAPA647,82830,850+15%

15Centre County, PAPA157,39328,486+12%

16Lackawanna County, PAPA216,50228,345+26%

17Fayette County, PAPA123,02126,266−2%

18Northampton County, PAPA324,41126,087+23%

19Washington County, PAPA210,80221,520+8%

20Cambria County, PAPA128,96819,669+3%

21Beaver County, PAPA166,03218,930+11%

22Schuylkill County, PAPA145,08517,676+24%

23Monroe County, PAPA167,17917,609+41%

24Lycoming County, PAPA112,58716,768+21%

25Indiana County, PAPA82,87816,518+7%

26Blair County, PAPA119,54116,419+1%

27Mercer County, PAPA107,86015,349+11%

28Cumberland County, PAPA277,27015,317+9%

29Butler County, PAPA200,16915,233−4%

30Northumberland County, PAPA89,92014,078+25%

31Crawford County, PAPA81,79214,043+22%

32Franklin County, PAPA160,65212,270+25%

33Clearfield County, PAPA78,10011,991+15%

34Lebanon County, PAPA146,38011,952+32%

35Lawrence County, PAPA83,91111,556+1%

36Somerset County, PAPA72,00410,005+6%

37Columbia County, PAPA66,1939,248+10%

38Venango County, PAPA49,3468,644+12%

39Bradford County, PAPA59,6008,495+14%

40Armstrong County, PAPA63,6988,044−5%

41Adams County, PAPA107,5947,689+18%

42Carbon County, PAPA65,8686,855+23%

43Bedford County, PAPA47,4806,707+31%

44Tioga County, PAPA40,5026,615+18%

45Mifflin County, PAPA46,1276,488+12%

46Greene County, PAPA33,8856,4780%

47Clarion County, PAPA36,6806,326−2%

48Jefferson County, PAPA43,2556,187+14%

49Clinton County, PAPA37,8706,067+13%

50McKean County, PAPA38,9846,060+1%

51Wayne County, PAPA51,7035,778+7%

52Union County, PAPA42,3135,657+54%

53Huntingdon County, PAPA43,0015,223+1%

54Warren County, PAPA37,0385,081+17%

55Pike County, PAPA62,8084,980+55%

56Susquehanna County, PAPA38,2374,912−6%

57Snyder County, PAPA39,6554,634+24%

58Perry County, PAPA46,8064,173+25%

59Elk County, PAPA29,9263,506+42%

60Wyoming County, PAPA25,7903,081+8%

61Potter County, PAPA15,8972,585+12%

62Juniata County, PAPA23,4032,038−6%

63Montour County, PAPA17,8682,003+27%

64Fulton County, PAPA14,4831,977+28%

65Sullivan County, PAPA5,856997+5%

66Forest County, PAPA6,614905+11%

67Cameron County, PAPA4,211578+2%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS