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
#401	Tract 2608	Essex, MA	14.1%
#402	Tract 1004	Suffolk, MA	14.1%
#403	Tract 2058	Essex, MA	14.1%
#404	Tract 2173	Essex, MA	14.0%
#405	Tract 5105.01	Plymouth, MA	14.0%
#406	Tract 3251.02	Middlesex, MA	14.0%
#407	Tract 7307	Worcester, MA	13.9%
#408	Tract 5115	Plymouth, MA	13.9%
#409	Tract 6405	Bristol, MA	13.9%
#410	Tract 2214	Essex, MA	13.9%
#411	Tract 3537	Middlesex, MA	13.9%
#412	Tract 407.01	Franklin, MA	13.9%
#413	Tract 3122	Middlesex, MA	13.9%
#414	Tract 7322.01	Worcester, MA	13.9%
#415	Tract 6418	Bristol, MA	13.8%
#416	Tract 7323.02	Worcester, MA	13.7%
#417	Tract 7092.04	Worcester, MA	13.7%
#418	Tract 512	Suffolk, MA	13.7%
#419	Tract 5112	Plymouth, MA	13.7%
#420	Tract 3324.02	Middlesex, MA	13.7%
#421	Tract 5.03	Suffolk, MA	13.6%
#422	Tract 104	Barnstable, MA	13.6%
#423	Tract 4224.01	Norfolk, MA	13.6%
#424	Tract 3142	Middlesex, MA	13.6%
#425	Tract 5305	Plymouth, MA	13.5%
#426	Tract 2516	Essex, MA	13.4%
#427	Tract 4021.02	Norfolk, MA	13.4%
#428	Tract 3115	Middlesex, MA	13.4%
#429	Tract 5103	Plymouth, MA	13.4%
#430	Tract 3125.01	Middlesex, MA	13.4%
#431	Tract 2047.01	Essex, MA	13.4%
#432	Tract 3213.02	Middlesex, MA	13.4%
#433	Tract 2041.02	Essex, MA	13.3%
#434	Tract 303.02	Suffolk, MA	13.3%
#435	Tract 5423.02	Plymouth, MA	13.3%
#436	Tract 703.01	Suffolk, MA	13.2%
#437	Tract 7551	Worcester, MA	13.2%
#438	Tract 1401.05	Suffolk, MA	13.2%
#439	Tract 6139.02	Bristol, MA	13.1%
#440	Tract 7051.02	Worcester, MA	13.1%
#441	Tract 3335.02	Middlesex, MA	13.1%
#442	Tract 3503	Middlesex, MA	13.1%
#443	Tract 4001	Norfolk, MA	13.0%
#444	Tract 408.01	Suffolk, MA	13.0%
#445	Tract 3515	Middlesex, MA	13.0%
#446	Tract 6515	Bristol, MA	12.9%
#447	Tract 7251	Worcester, MA	12.9%
#448	Tract 7329.01	Worcester, MA	12.9%
#449	Tract 126.01	Barnstable, MA	12.8%
#450	Tract 3701.03	Middlesex, MA	12.8%
#451	Tract 6122.01	Bristol, MA	12.8%
#452	Tract 4223.03	Norfolk, MA	12.8%
#453	Tract 4225.02	Norfolk, MA	12.7%
#454	Tract 4172.02	Norfolk, MA	12.7%
#455	Tract 1401.07	Suffolk, MA	12.7%
#456	Tract 2042	Essex, MA	12.7%
#457	Tract 7097.02	Worcester, MA	12.6%
#458	Tract 7304.01	Worcester, MA	12.6%
#459	Tract 2664	Essex, MA	12.6%
#460	Tract 7161.01	Worcester, MA	12.6%
#461	Tract 9856	Bristol, MA	12.5%
#462	Tract 2107	Essex, MA	12.5%
#463	Tract 8226.01	Hampshire, MA	12.5%
#464	Tract 5211.02	Plymouth, MA	12.5%
#465	Tract 2108	Essex, MA	12.4%
#466	Tract 3415	Middlesex, MA	12.4%
#467	Tract 3418	Middlesex, MA	12.4%
#468	Tract 904	Suffolk, MA	12.4%
#469	Tract 6505	Bristol, MA	12.4%
#470	Tract 9251.01	Berkshire, MA	12.4%
#471	Tract 8.04	Suffolk, MA	12.4%
#472	Tract 2044	Essex, MA	12.3%
#473	Tract 8222	Hampshire, MA	12.3%
#474	Tract 107	Barnstable, MA	12.2%
#475	Tract 3425.01	Middlesex, MA	12.2%
#476	Tract 3567.03	Middlesex, MA	12.2%
#477	Tract 4203.02	Norfolk, MA	12.2%
#478	Tract 8127.01	Hampden, MA	12.2%
#479	Tract 103.06	Barnstable, MA	12.1%
#480	Tract 203.02	Suffolk, MA	12.1%
#481	Tract 920	Suffolk, MA	12.1%
#482	Tract 8111.01	Hampden, MA	12.1%
#483	Tract 7111	Worcester, MA	12.1%
#484	Tract 1008	Suffolk, MA	12.1%
#485	Tract 4225.01	Norfolk, MA	12.0%
#486	Tract 919	Suffolk, MA	12.0%
#487	Tract 3521.01	Middlesex, MA	12.0%
#488	Tract 7309.02	Worcester, MA	12.0%
#489	Tract 203.01	Suffolk, MA	12.0%
#490	Tract 3532	Middlesex, MA	12.0%
#491	Tract 7328.02	Worcester, MA	11.9%
#492	Tract 2060	Essex, MA	11.9%
#493	Tract 412	Franklin, MA	11.9%
#494	Tract 7501	Worcester, MA	11.9%
#495	Tract 2052	Essex, MA	11.9%
#496	Tract 415.02	Franklin, MA	11.8%
#497	Tract 3513	Middlesex, MA	11.8%
#498	Tract 6.01	Suffolk, MA	11.8%
#499	Tract 7022.01	Worcester, MA	11.8%
#500	Tract 408	Franklin, MA	11.7%