Census tract rankings · Massachusetts

Highest-poverty census tracts in Massachusetts

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to Massachusetts, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 8115	Hampden, MA	74.4%
#2	Tract 8204	Hampshire, MA	62.6%
#3	Tract 7316.02	Worcester, MA	61.1%
#4	Tract 8011.01	Hampden, MA	60.9%
#5	Tract 8012	Hampden, MA	59.5%
#6	Tract 806.01	Suffolk, MA	59.0%
#7	Tract 3690	Middlesex, MA	57.8%
#8	Tract 8019.02	Hampden, MA	53.1%
#9	Tract 8008	Hampden, MA	52.8%
#10	Tract 7320.01	Worcester, MA	52.1%
#11	Tract 104.03	Suffolk, MA	50.3%
#12	Tract 104.04	Suffolk, MA	49.5%
#13	Tract 8020	Hampden, MA	49.5%
#14	Tract 6509	Bristol, MA	48.7%
#15	Tract 7312.03	Worcester, MA	48.6%
#16	Tract 8006	Hampden, MA	48.2%
#17	Tract 611.01	Suffolk, MA	47.2%
#18	Tract 8007	Hampden, MA	45.9%
#19	Tract 8116	Hampden, MA	45.1%
#20	Tract 6506	Bristol, MA	44.8%
#21	Tract 607	Suffolk, MA	44.1%
#22	Tract 5109	Plymouth, MA	43.2%
#23	Tract 104.05	Suffolk, MA	43.0%
#24	Tract 813.01	Suffolk, MA	42.6%
#25	Tract 708.01	Suffolk, MA	42.1%
#26	Tract 8.07	Suffolk, MA	41.2%
#27	Tract 8009	Hampden, MA	41.2%
#28	Tract 8019.01	Hampden, MA	40.9%
#29	Tract 8022	Hampden, MA	40.8%
#30	Tract 7107	Worcester, MA	40.5%
#31	Tract 7.03	Suffolk, MA	40.5%
#32	Tract 6518	Bristol, MA	40.4%
#33	Tract 102.04	Suffolk, MA	40.0%
#34	Tract 3101.02	Middlesex, MA	39.8%
#35	Tract 809	Suffolk, MA	39.8%
#36	Tract 8014.01	Hampden, MA	39.5%
#37	Tract 9006	Berkshire, MA	38.9%
#38	Tract 7317	Worcester, MA	38.8%
#39	Tract 810.01	Suffolk, MA	38.5%
#40	Tract 702.01	Suffolk, MA	38.4%
#41	Tract 6507	Bristol, MA	38.3%
#42	Tract 6410	Bristol, MA	38.0%
#43	Tract 8206	Hampshire, MA	37.8%
#44	Tract 2068	Essex, MA	37.7%
#45	Tract 808.01	Suffolk, MA	37.7%
#46	Tract 7314	Worcester, MA	37.6%
#47	Tract 3883	Middlesex, MA	37.5%
#48	Tract 813.02	Suffolk, MA	37.1%
#49	Tract 2601	Essex, MA	36.6%
#50	Tract 7318.01	Worcester, MA	36.3%
#51	Tract 7315	Worcester, MA	36.0%
#52	Tract 6.04	Suffolk, MA	35.2%
#53	Tract 1001	Suffolk, MA	35.2%
#54	Tract 8127.02	Hampden, MA	35.0%
#55	Tract 909.01	Suffolk, MA	34.9%
#56	Tract 7572	Worcester, MA	34.6%
#57	Tract 820	Suffolk, MA	34.5%
#58	Tract 8018	Hampden, MA	34.1%
#59	Tract 701.02	Suffolk, MA	34.0%
#60	Tract 8117	Hampden, MA	34.0%
#61	Tract 7316.01	Worcester, MA	33.9%
#62	Tract 8109.01	Hampden, MA	33.7%
#63	Tract 8203	Hampshire, MA	33.7%
#64	Tract 7318.02	Worcester, MA	33.7%
#65	Tract 8121.03	Hampden, MA	33.7%
#66	Tract 3104	Middlesex, MA	33.5%
#67	Tract 812	Suffolk, MA	33.3%
#68	Tract 901	Suffolk, MA	33.3%
#69	Tract 8013	Hampden, MA	33.1%
#70	Tract 6508	Bristol, MA	33.1%
#71	Tract 6501.02	Bristol, MA	33.0%
#72	Tract 105	Suffolk, MA	33.0%
#73	Tract 8023	Hampden, MA	32.8%
#74	Tract 8026.01	Hampden, MA	32.8%
#75	Tract 3424.02	Middlesex, MA	32.7%
#76	Tract 8114	Hampden, MA	32.2%
#77	Tract 6.03	Suffolk, MA	32.2%
#78	Tract 912	Suffolk, MA	31.9%
#79	Tract 5061.03	Plymouth, MA	31.9%
#80	Tract 3113	Middlesex, MA	31.7%
#81	Tract 8219.03	Hampshire, MA	31.4%
#82	Tract 7324	Worcester, MA	31.2%
#83	Tract 8021.01	Hampden, MA	31.1%
#84	Tract 8.05	Suffolk, MA	31.0%
#85	Tract 2514	Essex, MA	30.9%
#86	Tract 704.02	Suffolk, MA	30.9%
#87	Tract 6402.01	Bristol, MA	30.7%
#88	Tract 4178.02	Norfolk, MA	30.5%
#89	Tract 2511	Essex, MA	30.4%
#90	Tract 8118	Hampden, MA	30.2%
#91	Tract 805	Suffolk, MA	30.2%
#92	Tract 914	Suffolk, MA	30.2%
#93	Tract 402	Suffolk, MA	30.2%
#94	Tract 2070	Essex, MA	30.2%
#95	Tract 6420	Bristol, MA	30.1%
#96	Tract 3118	Middlesex, MA	29.9%
#97	Tract 2509	Essex, MA	29.8%
#98	Tract 705.02	Suffolk, MA	29.6%
#99	Tract 9009	Berkshire, MA	29.5%
#100	Tract 102.06	Suffolk, MA	29.5%