Census tract rankings · the United States

Highest-poverty census tracts

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 121	Centre, PA	100.0%
#2	Tract 109	Hillsborough, FL	100.0%
#3	Tract 9504.02	Anderson, TX	100.0%
#4	Tract 8	Story, IA	100.0%
#5	Tract 101.04	Butler, OH	100.0%
#6	Tract 89.04	Miami-Dade, FL	100.0%
#7	Tract 317	Warren, OH	100.0%
#8	Tract 2.01	District of Columbia, DC	100.0%
#9	Tract 9801	Butler, PA	100.0%
#10	Tract 3	Pueblo, CO	100.0%
#11	Tract 7.03	Isabella, MI	100.0%
#12	Tract 116.01	Orange, NC	100.0%
#13	Tract 9800	McDonough, IL	100.0%
#14	Tract 95.11	District of Columbia, DC	100.0%
#15	Tract 44.93	Ingham, MI	100.0%
#16	Tract 606	York, SC	100.0%
#17	Tract 259	Oneida, NY	100.0%
#18	Tract 9813	Oakland, MI	100.0%
#19	Tract 9800.01	Allen, IN	100.0%
#20	Tract 104.08	Richland, SC	97.8%
#21	Tract 8.01	Fayette, KY	95.7%
#22	Tract 122.11	Hillsborough, FL	92.9%
#23	Tract 9801.02	Washtenaw, MI	92.3%
#24	Tract 23.19	Travis, TX	91.4%
#25	Tract 148	Davidson, TN	91.3%
#26	Tract 122.02	San Bernardino, CA	89.5%
#27	Tract 102.01	Stafford, VA	89.2%
#28	Tract 4.02	Champaign, IL	89.0%
#29	Tract 11.02	Dane, WI	88.9%
#30	Tract 3.01	Champaign, IL	88.5%
#31	Tract 205	Rankin, MS	87.7%
#32	Tract 9807	Miami-Dade, FL	87.7%
#33	Tract 4.01	Champaign, IL	87.5%
#34	Tract 11.01	Dane, WI	86.0%
#35	Tract 4906.05	Baltimore, MD	85.6%
#36	Tract 9.02	Knox, TN	85.4%
#37	Tract 102.01	Coryell, TX	85.2%
#38	Tract 9800	Jasper, IA	84.6%
#39	Tract 35.02	Jefferson, KY	84.4%
#40	Tract 44.02	Orleans Parish, LA	84.2%
#41	Tract 85.02	Hamilton, OH	84.1%
#42	Tract 59	Shelby, TN	83.6%
#43	Tract 2247.02	Los Angeles, CA	83.6%
#44	Tract 9801	Essex, NJ	83.3%
#45	Tract 1	Clarke, GA	83.1%
#46	Tract 9411	Oglala Lakota, SD	83.0%
#47	Tract 69.03	Knox, TN	82.6%
#48	Tract 109.03	San Luis Obispo, CA	82.6%
#49	Tract 9810	Westchester, NY	81.7%
#50	Tract 408.02	Lee, AL	81.4%
#51	Tract 138	Bibb, GA	81.1%
#52	Tract 42	Onondaga, NY	80.5%
#53	Tract 16.03	Dane, WI	80.3%
#54	Tract 408.01	Lee, AL	80.2%
#55	Tract 9739.01	Athens, OH	80.0%
#56	Tract 105	Tippecanoe, IN	79.9%
#57	Tract 146	Milwaukee, WI	79.9%
#58	Tract 4.02	Lauderdale, MS	79.8%
#59	Tract 405	Allegheny, PA	79.8%
#60	Tract 204.01	Montgomery, VA	79.3%
#61	Tract 5521	Allegheny, PA	79.0%
#62	Tract 5.01	Leon, FL	78.7%
#63	Tract 1148	Cuyahoga, OH	78.5%
#64	Tract 11.02	Story, IA	78.4%
#65	Tract 5	Boone, MO	78.4%
#66	Tract 1.02	Jefferson, AR	78.2%
#67	Tract 406	Allegheny, PA	78.2%
#68	Tract 20.23	Brazos, TX	78.1%
#69	Tract 3314	Harris, TX	78.1%
#70	Tract 401.39	Lee, FL	77.6%
#71	Tract 2.02	Alachua, FL	77.5%
#72	Tract 426.02	LaPorte, IN	77.0%
#73	Tract 9822	Allegheny, PA	76.9%
#74	Tract 30	Jefferson, KY	76.9%
#75	Tract 20.17	Brazos, TX	76.6%
#76	Tract 8005.01	Mahoning, OH	76.6%
#77	Tract 20.01	Kern, CA	76.4%
#78	Tract 318.13	Collin, TX	76.3%
#79	Tract 69.01	Knox, TN	76.0%
#80	Tract 21	Johnson, IA	75.8%
#81	Tract 115	Bibb, GA	75.6%
#82	Tract 147	Milwaukee, WI	75.4%
#83	Tract 29.26	Santa Barbara, CA	75.2%
#84	Tract 125	Centre, PA	75.2%
#85	Tract 28.01	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	74.9%
#86	Tract 16.02	Utah, UT	74.6%
#87	Tract 8369	Cook, IL	74.5%
#88	Tract 38.02	El Paso, CO	74.5%
#89	Tract 107.02	Dougherty, GA	74.4%
#90	Tract 1097.01	Cuyahoga, OH	74.4%
#91	Tract 8115	Hampden, MA	74.4%
#92	Tract 43.02	Ingham, MI	74.3%
#93	Tract 28	Richland, SC	74.3%
#94	Tract 147	Philadelphia, PA	74.1%
#95	Tract 1098.01	Cuyahoga, OH	74.1%
#96	Tract 54.02	Tippecanoe, IN	73.9%
#97	Tract 5.02	Leon, FL	73.8%
#98	Tract 208	Spartanburg, SC	73.7%
#99	Tract 2653.04	Los Angeles, CA	73.6%
#100	Tract 42	Norfolk city, VA	73.6%