Census tract rankings · Missouri

Highest-poverty census tracts in Missouri

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 Missouri, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 5	Boone, MO	78.4%
#2	Tract 9510	Adair, MO	73.3%
#3	Tract 2	Greene, MO	71.6%
#4	Tract 1062	St. Louis city, MO	67.9%
#5	Tract 38	Jackson, MO	64.9%
#6	Tract 154.02	Jackson, MO	62.7%
#7	Tract 1101	St. Louis city, MO	60.1%
#8	Tract 1266	St. Louis city, MO	58.7%
#9	Tract 1.02	Greene, MO	55.8%
#10	Tract 1081	St. Louis city, MO	54.8%
#11	Tract 154.01	Jackson, MO	54.3%
#12	Tract 22	Jackson, MO	52.7%
#13	Tract 114.05	Jackson, MO	52.6%
#14	Tract 57	Jackson, MO	52.2%
#15	Tract 3	Boone, MO	51.6%
#16	Tract 9509	Adair, MO	48.8%
#17	Tract 1257	St. Louis city, MO	48.7%
#18	Tract 1111	St. Louis city, MO	48.5%
#19	Tract 21	Boone, MO	48.5%
#20	Tract 1054	St. Louis city, MO	48.5%
#21	Tract 4702	Pemiscot, MO	47.9%
#22	Tract 1271	St. Louis city, MO	46.9%
#23	Tract 8814	Cape Girardeau, MO	46.8%
#24	Tract 2127.02	St. Louis, MO	46.6%
#25	Tract 106.01	Jasper, MO	45.8%
#26	Tract 160	Jackson, MO	45.5%
#27	Tract 2118.01	St. Louis, MO	44.3%
#28	Tract 34	Jackson, MO	44.3%
#29	Tract 4705.02	Morgan, MO	44.0%
#30	Tract 1241	St. Louis city, MO	43.6%
#31	Tract 1277	St. Louis city, MO	43.0%
#32	Tract 11.05	Boone, MO	42.5%
#33	Tract 79	Jackson, MO	42.2%
#34	Tract 169	Jackson, MO	42.1%
#35	Tract 1066	St. Louis city, MO	41.9%
#36	Tract 23	Jackson, MO	41.8%
#37	Tract 8904.01	Phelps, MO	41.8%
#38	Tract 2	Boone, MO	41.6%
#39	Tract 155	Jackson, MO	41.4%
#40	Tract 1064	St. Louis city, MO	41.3%
#41	Tract 88	Jackson, MO	40.8%
#42	Tract 2121.02	St. Louis, MO	40.7%
#43	Tract 2115	St. Louis, MO	40.6%
#44	Tract 10	Buchanan, MO	40.6%
#45	Tract 6903	Wayne, MO	40.4%
#46	Tract 3	Jackson, MO	39.9%
#47	Tract 1246	St. Louis city, MO	39.7%
#48	Tract 8	Greene, MO	39.3%
#49	Tract 115.02	Jackson, MO	39.1%
#50	Tract 3601	Dunklin, MO	39.0%
#51	Tract 2102	St. Louis, MO	38.9%
#52	Tract 162	Jackson, MO	38.7%
#53	Tract 18	Greene, MO	38.7%
#54	Tract 9608	Marion, MO	38.2%
#55	Tract 1102	St. Louis city, MO	38.1%
#56	Tract 3610	Dunklin, MO	37.8%
#57	Tract 2119	St. Louis, MO	37.8%
#58	Tract 1193	St. Louis city, MO	37.6%
#59	Tract 9	Boone, MO	37.4%
#60	Tract 4704.01	Webster, MO	37.1%
#61	Tract 2122.02	St. Louis, MO	36.8%
#62	Tract 1212	St. Louis city, MO	36.6%
#63	Tract 8816	Cape Girardeau, MO	36.4%
#64	Tract 5.02	Greene, MO	36.4%
#65	Tract 9505	Butler, MO	36.3%
#66	Tract 137.06	Jackson, MO	36.1%
#67	Tract 8904.02	Phelps, MO	36.0%
#68	Tract 9604.01	Johnson, MO	35.9%
#69	Tract 102.01	Jackson, MO	35.8%
#70	Tract 110	Jasper, MO	35.4%
#71	Tract 2139	St. Louis, MO	35.4%
#72	Tract 22	Boone, MO	35.2%
#73	Tract 9503	Adair, MO	35.2%
#74	Tract 11.06	Boone, MO	35.1%
#75	Tract 19	Jackson, MO	35.0%
#76	Tract 2161.01	St. Louis, MO	34.9%
#77	Tract 8808	Cape Girardeau, MO	34.9%
#78	Tract 1123	St. Louis city, MO	34.9%
#79	Tract 4704	Nodaway, MO	34.9%
#80	Tract 1275	St. Louis city, MO	34.3%
#81	Tract 2218	St. Louis, MO	34.0%
#82	Tract 4703.01	Nodaway, MO	34.0%
#83	Tract 2137.01	St. Louis, MO	33.9%
#84	Tract 1274	St. Louis city, MO	33.7%
#85	Tract 1270	St. Louis city, MO	33.5%
#86	Tract 8908	Phelps, MO	33.2%
#87	Tract 33	Greene, MO	33.2%
#88	Tract 8810	Cape Girardeau, MO	33.1%
#89	Tract 4704	Pemiscot, MO	33.1%
#90	Tract 1096	St. Louis city, MO	32.9%
#91	Tract 156	Jackson, MO	32.8%
#92	Tract 4903	Randolph, MO	32.5%
#93	Tract 55	Jackson, MO	32.4%
#94	Tract 1103	St. Louis city, MO	32.3%
#95	Tract 907	Howell, MO	32.2%
#96	Tract 9605	Marion, MO	31.9%
#97	Tract 9602	Carter, MO	31.9%
#98	Tract 1161	St. Louis city, MO	31.9%
#99	Tract 163	Jackson, MO	31.8%
#100	Tract 4804.02	Texas, MO	31.7%