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
#201	Tract 9602	New Madrid, MO	25.4%
#202	Tract 1083	St. Louis city, MO	25.4%
#203	Tract 23	Buchanan, MO	25.4%
#204	Tract 1163.02	St. Louis city, MO	25.3%
#205	Tract 9504.01	St. Francois, MO	25.3%
#206	Tract 2106	St. Louis, MO	25.2%
#207	Tract 9604	New Madrid, MO	25.2%
#208	Tract 1076	St. Louis city, MO	25.1%
#209	Tract 8704	Ripley, MO	25.1%
#210	Tract 4803.02	Texas, MO	25.1%
#211	Tract 56.02	Jackson, MO	25.0%
#212	Tract 24	Buchanan, MO	24.9%
#213	Tract 9626	Miller, MO	24.9%
#214	Tract 4703	Morgan, MO	24.9%
#215	Tract 4802.06	Taney, MO	24.9%
#216	Tract 9502	Mississippi, MO	24.9%
#217	Tract 703	Bates, MO	24.9%
#218	Tract 9502	Harrison, MO	24.8%
#219	Tract 129.03	Jackson, MO	24.7%
#220	Tract 9605	Laclede, MO	24.7%
#221	Tract 9503	Vernon, MO	24.7%
#222	Tract 133.01	Jackson, MO	24.6%
#223	Tract 3606	Dunklin, MO	24.6%
#224	Tract 60	Jackson, MO	24.6%
#225	Tract 4604	Pike, MO	24.6%
#226	Tract 9502.02	Butler, MO	24.5%
#227	Tract 4704	Perry, MO	24.5%
#228	Tract 30.02	Buchanan, MO	24.5%
#229	Tract 7	Greene, MO	24.4%
#230	Tract 9628.01	Miller, MO	24.4%
#231	Tract 1186	St. Louis city, MO	24.4%
#232	Tract 4604	Benton, MO	24.2%
#233	Tract 9504	Vernon, MO	24.1%
#234	Tract 167	Jackson, MO	24.1%
#235	Tract 2116	St. Louis, MO	24.1%
#236	Tract 9601.02	Laclede, MO	24.0%
#237	Tract 7006.06	Jefferson, MO	24.0%
#238	Tract 9629.02	Miller, MO	23.9%
#239	Tract 30.04	Greene, MO	23.8%
#240	Tract 9603	Monroe, MO	23.8%
#241	Tract 118	Jasper, MO	23.8%
#242	Tract 4604	Washington, MO	23.7%
#243	Tract 1156	St. Louis city, MO	23.7%
#244	Tract 702	McDonald, MO	23.6%
#245	Tract 9501	Henry, MO	23.5%
#246	Tract 1018	St. Louis city, MO	23.5%
#247	Tract 4703	Hickory, MO	23.5%
#248	Tract 2127.01	St. Louis, MO	23.3%
#249	Tract 9501.02	Butler, MO	23.2%
#250	Tract 4803.02	Taney, MO	23.2%
#251	Tract 9506	Butler, MO	23.1%
#252	Tract 3609	Dunklin, MO	23.1%
#253	Tract 9504	Audrain, MO	23.1%
#254	Tract 168.01	Jackson, MO	23.1%
#255	Tract 1154	St. Louis city, MO	23.0%
#256	Tract 8801	Maries, MO	23.0%
#257	Tract 206.02	Clay, MO	23.0%
#258	Tract 6	Greene, MO	22.9%
#259	Tract 4601	Pike, MO	22.9%
#260	Tract 58.02	Greene, MO	22.9%
#261	Tract 4704.02	Lawrence, MO	22.9%
#262	Tract 9504	Iron, MO	22.9%
#263	Tract 9503	St. Francois, MO	22.8%
#264	Tract 9501	Vernon, MO	22.8%
#265	Tract 8701	Ripley, MO	22.8%
#266	Tract 8702	Cedar, MO	22.8%
#267	Tract 178	Jackson, MO	22.8%
#268	Tract 9605	New Madrid, MO	22.7%
#269	Tract 9507.01	St. Francois, MO	22.7%
#270	Tract 4801.06	Taney, MO	22.7%
#271	Tract 4701.02	Ozark, MO	22.6%
#272	Tract 3	Buchanan, MO	22.5%
#273	Tract 905.01	Stone, MO	22.5%
#274	Tract 4701	Shannon, MO	22.5%
#275	Tract 97	Jackson, MO	22.5%
#276	Tract 9601.02	Polk, MO	22.4%
#277	Tract 13.02	Greene, MO	22.4%
#278	Tract 171	Jackson, MO	22.4%
#279	Tract 207	Cole, MO	22.3%
#280	Tract 116	Jasper, MO	22.3%
#281	Tract 48.04	Greene, MO	22.2%
#282	Tract 2101.02	St. Louis, MO	22.1%
#283	Tract 4705.02	Pulaski, MO	22.1%
#284	Tract 114.10	Jackson, MO	22.0%
#285	Tract 9604	Grundy, MO	22.0%
#286	Tract 1269	St. Louis city, MO	21.8%
#287	Tract 8811	Cape Girardeau, MO	21.8%
#288	Tract 205	Clay, MO	21.7%
#289	Tract 206.03	Clay, MO	21.7%
#290	Tract 31	Greene, MO	21.7%
#291	Tract 4601.01	Washington, MO	21.7%
#292	Tract 704	Bates, MO	21.7%
#293	Tract 210.01	Clay, MO	21.6%
#294	Tract 3608	Dunklin, MO	21.5%
#295	Tract 19	Greene, MO	21.5%
#296	Tract 9605	Barry, MO	21.5%
#297	Tract 115.01	Jasper, MO	21.5%
#298	Tract 95	Jackson, MO	21.4%
#299	Tract 1256	St. Louis city, MO	21.4%
#300	Tract 2158.02	St. Louis, MO	21.4%