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
#201	Tract 331.01	Philadelphia, PA	33.2%
#202	Tract 115.11	Erie, PA	33.1%
#203	Tract 1	Lebanon, PA	33.1%
#204	Tract 4203	McKean, PA	33.0%
#205	Tract 20.02	Berks, PA	33.0%
#206	Tract 9	Lancaster, PA	32.9%
#207	Tract 137.02	Philadelphia, PA	32.9%
#208	Tract 2009	Luzerne, PA	32.9%
#209	Tract 97	Lehigh, PA	32.9%
#210	Tract 334	Mercer, PA	32.8%
#211	Tract 136	Cambria, PA	32.8%
#212	Tract 1209	Allegheny, PA	32.8%
#213	Tract 279.01	Philadelphia, PA	32.8%
#214	Tract 5130	Allegheny, PA	32.8%
#215	Tract 169.01	Philadelphia, PA	32.8%
#216	Tract 4003.02	Delaware, PA	32.6%
#217	Tract 323	Philadelphia, PA	32.6%
#218	Tract 2036.01	Montgomery, PA	32.5%
#219	Tract 2010	Luzerne, PA	32.5%
#220	Tract 320	Philadelphia, PA	32.5%
#221	Tract 141	Philadelphia, PA	32.4%
#222	Tract 192	Philadelphia, PA	32.3%
#223	Tract 7832	Washington, PA	32.3%
#224	Tract 100	Philadelphia, PA	32.3%
#225	Tract 2038.03	Montgomery, PA	32.1%
#226	Tract 3026	Chester, PA	32.0%
#227	Tract 122	Cumberland, PA	32.0%
#228	Tract 4621	Allegheny, PA	31.9%
#229	Tract 3	York, PA	31.9%
#230	Tract 1308	Allegheny, PA	31.8%
#231	Tract 6.01	Schuylkill, PA	31.8%
#232	Tract 2630	Fayette, PA	31.7%
#233	Tract 108	Northampton, PA	31.6%
#234	Tract 5153	Allegheny, PA	31.6%
#235	Tract 4004.01	Delaware, PA	31.5%
#236	Tract 170	Philadelphia, PA	31.5%
#237	Tract 1019	Allegheny, PA	31.4%
#238	Tract 1025	Lackawanna, PA	31.4%
#239	Tract 280	Philadelphia, PA	31.3%
#240	Tract 12	Berks, PA	31.3%
#241	Tract 2008	Luzerne, PA	31.2%
#242	Tract 9024	Butler, PA	31.2%
#243	Tract 82	Philadelphia, PA	31.2%
#244	Tract 2612	Fayette, PA	31.2%
#245	Tract 21	Lehigh, PA	31.1%
#246	Tract 19.01	Schuylkill, PA	31.1%
#247	Tract 6045	Beaver, PA	31.0%
#248	Tract 19	Erie, PA	31.0%
#249	Tract 2716	Allegheny, PA	31.0%
#250	Tract 319	Philadelphia, PA	31.0%
#251	Tract 510	Allegheny, PA	30.9%
#252	Tract 2170.02	Luzerne, PA	30.9%
#253	Tract 2613	Allegheny, PA	30.9%
#254	Tract 201.01	Philadelphia, PA	30.8%
#255	Tract 2015	Luzerne, PA	30.8%
#256	Tract 4882	Allegheny, PA	30.8%
#257	Tract 4029	Delaware, PA	30.6%
#258	Tract 21	Berks, PA	30.5%
#259	Tract 4054	Delaware, PA	30.5%
#260	Tract 19	Lehigh, PA	30.4%
#261	Tract 2614	Allegheny, PA	30.4%
#262	Tract 198	Philadelphia, PA	30.4%
#263	Tract 167.01	Philadelphia, PA	30.3%
#264	Tract 2011	Luzerne, PA	30.3%
#265	Tract 8007	Westmoreland, PA	30.2%
#266	Tract 14	Lancaster, PA	30.0%
#267	Tract 1016	Lackawanna, PA	30.0%
#268	Tract 2007	Venango, PA	29.9%
#269	Tract 5080	Allegheny, PA	29.8%
#270	Tract 16	Erie, PA	29.7%
#271	Tract 2620	Allegheny, PA	29.7%
#272	Tract 9	Lehigh, PA	29.7%
#273	Tract 191	Philadelphia, PA	29.6%
#274	Tract 83.01	Philadelphia, PA	29.6%
#275	Tract 28.01	Philadelphia, PA	29.5%
#276	Tract 5647	Allegheny, PA	29.5%
#277	Tract 190	Philadelphia, PA	29.5%
#278	Tract 330	Philadelphia, PA	29.4%
#279	Tract 1108	Lackawanna, PA	29.4%
#280	Tract 83.02	Philadelphia, PA	29.2%
#281	Tract 314.01	Philadelphia, PA	29.2%
#282	Tract 119	Cambria, PA	29.2%
#283	Tract 8052	Westmoreland, PA	29.1%
#284	Tract 18	Erie, PA	29.1%
#285	Tract 2619	Fayette, PA	29.0%
#286	Tract 2601	Fayette, PA	29.0%
#287	Tract 2172	Luzerne, PA	29.0%
#288	Tract 4050	Delaware, PA	28.8%
#289	Tract 2627.01	Fayette, PA	28.7%
#290	Tract 1007	Blair, PA	28.6%
#291	Tract 2176	Luzerne, PA	28.6%
#292	Tract 168	Philadelphia, PA	28.6%
#293	Tract 143	Northampton, PA	28.6%
#294	Tract 252	Philadelphia, PA	28.6%
#295	Tract 5232	Allegheny, PA	28.5%
#296	Tract 102	Cambria, PA	28.5%
#297	Tract 111	Philadelphia, PA	28.5%
#298	Tract 7	Lawrence, PA	28.5%
#299	Tract 305.02	Philadelphia, PA	28.5%
#300	Tract 242	Philadelphia, PA	28.4%