Census tract rankings · Pennsylvania

Highest-poverty census tracts in Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 121	Centre, PA	100.0%
#2	Tract 9801	Butler, PA	100.0%
#3	Tract 405	Allegheny, PA	79.8%
#4	Tract 5521	Allegheny, PA	79.0%
#5	Tract 406	Allegheny, PA	78.2%
#6	Tract 9822	Allegheny, PA	76.9%
#7	Tract 125	Centre, PA	75.2%
#8	Tract 147	Philadelphia, PA	74.1%
#9	Tract 9891	Philadelphia, PA	69.0%
#10	Tract 141.01	Berks, PA	66.7%
#11	Tract 113.01	Centre, PA	65.7%
#12	Tract 214	Dauphin, PA	63.7%
#13	Tract 402	Allegheny, PA	63.3%
#14	Tract 120	Centre, PA	62.8%
#15	Tract 509	Allegheny, PA	62.8%
#16	Tract 8	Lycoming, PA	60.8%
#17	Tract 126	Centre, PA	58.7%
#18	Tract 377	Philadelphia, PA	58.0%
#19	Tract 25	Berks, PA	57.1%
#20	Tract 10	Lehigh, PA	56.8%
#21	Tract 1	Erie, PA	56.4%
#22	Tract 409	Allegheny, PA	55.9%
#23	Tract 88.02	Philadelphia, PA	55.1%
#24	Tract 26	Berks, PA	54.4%
#25	Tract 13	Erie, PA	53.8%
#26	Tract 6	Lawrence, PA	52.7%
#27	Tract 177.01	Philadelphia, PA	52.3%
#28	Tract 1	Cambria, PA	52.2%
#29	Tract 166	Philadelphia, PA	52.0%
#30	Tract 188.01	Philadelphia, PA	51.6%
#31	Tract 177.02	Philadelphia, PA	51.5%
#32	Tract 146	Philadelphia, PA	51.2%
#33	Tract 391	Philadelphia, PA	51.1%
#34	Tract 1306	Allegheny, PA	51.1%
#35	Tract 1307	Allegheny, PA	51.0%
#36	Tract 188.02	Philadelphia, PA	50.6%
#37	Tract 176.01	Philadelphia, PA	50.5%
#38	Tract 19	Berks, PA	50.4%
#39	Tract 169.02	Philadelphia, PA	50.4%
#40	Tract 8	Lehigh, PA	50.1%
#41	Tract 14	Erie, PA	49.7%
#42	Tract 4	Lycoming, PA	49.7%
#43	Tract 90	Philadelphia, PA	49.6%
#44	Tract 511.02	Columbia, PA	49.4%
#45	Tract 1003	Lackawanna, PA	49.1%
#46	Tract 63	Philadelphia, PA	48.8%
#47	Tract 10	York, PA	48.7%
#48	Tract 4	Lawrence, PA	48.7%
#49	Tract 5519	Allegheny, PA	48.6%
#50	Tract 106	Philadelphia, PA	48.5%
#51	Tract 277	Philadelphia, PA	48.3%
#52	Tract 165	Philadelphia, PA	48.2%
#53	Tract 88.01	Philadelphia, PA	47.7%
#54	Tract 4107	Delaware, PA	47.7%
#55	Tract 16	York, PA	47.6%
#56	Tract 104	Philadelphia, PA	47.6%
#57	Tract 201.02	Philadelphia, PA	47.4%
#58	Tract 197	Philadelphia, PA	47.4%
#59	Tract 255	Dauphin, PA	47.3%
#60	Tract 175	Philadelphia, PA	47.1%
#61	Tract 109	Philadelphia, PA	46.9%
#62	Tract 195.02	Philadelphia, PA	46.8%
#63	Tract 108	Philadelphia, PA	46.8%
#64	Tract 390.01	Philadelphia, PA	46.5%
#65	Tract 299	Philadelphia, PA	46.5%
#66	Tract 112	Philadelphia, PA	46.4%
#67	Tract 211	Dauphin, PA	46.1%
#68	Tract 9.02	Erie, PA	45.8%
#69	Tract 110	Northampton, PA	45.7%
#70	Tract 1002	Lackawanna, PA	45.6%
#71	Tract 124	Centre, PA	45.5%
#72	Tract 5100	Allegheny, PA	45.4%
#73	Tract 135	Cambria, PA	45.3%
#74	Tract 2012	Luzerne, PA	45.2%
#75	Tract 287	Philadelphia, PA	44.9%
#76	Tract 817	Northumberland, PA	44.8%
#77	Tract 5624	Allegheny, PA	44.8%
#78	Tract 284	Philadelphia, PA	44.7%
#79	Tract 4024	Delaware, PA	44.5%
#80	Tract 174	Philadelphia, PA	44.5%
#81	Tract 4047	Delaware, PA	44.4%
#82	Tract 176.02	Philadelphia, PA	44.3%
#83	Tract 115.03	Centre, PA	44.3%
#84	Tract 9608	Mifflin, PA	44.2%
#85	Tract 369.02	Philadelphia, PA	43.9%
#86	Tract 293	Philadelphia, PA	43.9%
#87	Tract 285	Philadelphia, PA	43.7%
#88	Tract 9	Lawrence, PA	43.6%
#89	Tract 66	Philadelphia, PA	43.3%
#90	Tract 301	Philadelphia, PA	43.0%
#91	Tract 5523	Allegheny, PA	43.0%
#92	Tract 156	Philadelphia, PA	42.8%
#93	Tract 8054	Westmoreland, PA	42.2%
#94	Tract 501	Allegheny, PA	42.2%
#95	Tract 248	Philadelphia, PA	42.1%
#96	Tract 20.01	Berks, PA	42.1%
#97	Tract 173	Philadelphia, PA	41.9%
#98	Tract 283	Philadelphia, PA	41.7%
#99	Tract 102	Philadelphia, PA	41.7%
#100	Tract 1	Berks, PA	41.5%