Census tract rankings · Washington

Highest-poverty census tracts in Washington

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 Washington, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 53.05	King, WA	60.7%
#2	Tract 5	Whitman, WA	60.0%
#3	Tract 6.01	Whitman, WA	57.8%
#4	Tract 25.03	Spokane, WA	54.3%
#5	Tract 6.02	Whitman, WA	52.3%
#6	Tract 53.07	King, WA	51.8%
#7	Tract 35	Spokane, WA	49.3%
#8	Tract 10	Whatcom, WA	48.6%
#9	Tract 25.01	Spokane, WA	48.4%
#10	Tract 1	Whitman, WA	47.4%
#11	Tract 53.04	King, WA	47.2%
#12	Tract 53.06	King, WA	45.6%
#13	Tract 290.04	King, WA	43.8%
#14	Tract 614	Pierce, WA	43.1%
#15	Tract 53.03	King, WA	43.0%
#16	Tract 92	King, WA	42.2%
#17	Tract 24	Spokane, WA	41.6%
#18	Tract 85	King, WA	41.3%
#19	Tract 9703.02	Okanogan, WA	41.2%
#20	Tract 43.02	King, WA	39.9%
#21	Tract 204.01	Franklin, WA	38.9%
#22	Tract 12	Grays Harbor, WA	38.6%
#23	Tract 616.01	Pierce, WA	38.3%
#24	Tract 6	Yakima, WA	37.7%
#25	Tract 2	Yakima, WA	37.3%
#26	Tract 21.03	Yakima, WA	36.3%
#27	Tract 140.01	Spokane, WA	36.3%
#28	Tract 12.03	Whatcom, WA	36.1%
#29	Tract 145	Spokane, WA	35.4%
#30	Tract 9754.04	Kittitas, WA	35.4%
#31	Tract 15.04	Yakima, WA	34.8%
#32	Tract 112.02	Benton, WA	34.4%
#33	Tract 44.02	King, WA	33.7%
#34	Tract 25.02	Spokane, WA	33.0%
#35	Tract 1	Yakima, WA	32.9%
#36	Tract 9400.06	Pierce, WA	32.9%
#37	Tract 12.04	Whatcom, WA	32.8%
#38	Tract 300.07	King, WA	32.1%
#39	Tract 20.04	Yakima, WA	32.0%
#40	Tract 6	Whatcom, WA	31.9%
#41	Tract 9706.01	Okanogan, WA	31.7%
#42	Tract 114.04	Grant, WA	31.3%
#43	Tract 105.20	Thurston, WA	31.2%
#44	Tract 111.02	Grant, WA	31.0%
#45	Tract 729.09	Pierce, WA	30.9%
#46	Tract 9503.02	Adams, WA	30.6%
#47	Tract 10	Grays Harbor, WA	30.3%
#48	Tract 118.02	King, WA	30.2%
#49	Tract 114.03	Grant, WA	30.2%
#50	Tract 52.02	King, WA	29.8%
#51	Tract 111.04	Spokane, WA	29.7%
#52	Tract 91	King, WA	29.4%
#53	Tract 204.04	Franklin, WA	29.4%
#54	Tract 718.08	Pierce, WA	29.4%
#55	Tract 2.02	Spokane, WA	29.3%
#56	Tract 9608	Mason, WA	29.3%
#57	Tract 9505	Adams, WA	29.2%
#58	Tract 9402	Okanogan, WA	29.2%
#59	Tract 114.05	Grant, WA	28.9%
#60	Tract 122.23	Thurston, WA	28.9%
#61	Tract 9754.03	Kittitas, WA	28.8%
#62	Tract 21	Cowlitz, WA	28.7%
#63	Tract 201.02	Franklin, WA	28.6%
#64	Tract 9400	Grays Harbor, WA	28.5%
#65	Tract 6.01	Cowlitz, WA	28.5%
#66	Tract 30	Spokane, WA	28.2%
#67	Tract 9703.01	Okanogan, WA	27.8%
#68	Tract 101.01	King, WA	27.7%
#69	Tract 626	Pierce, WA	27.6%
#70	Tract 264	King, WA	27.5%
#71	Tract 36.02	Spokane, WA	27.5%
#72	Tract 535.09	Snohomish, WA	27.3%
#73	Tract 110.01	King, WA	27.3%
#74	Tract 18	Spokane, WA	27.3%
#75	Tract 5.01	Whatcom, WA	27.2%
#76	Tract 140.02	Spokane, WA	26.9%
#77	Tract 418.14	Snohomish, WA	26.8%
#78	Tract 109.02	Benton, WA	26.6%
#79	Tract 19.01	Yakima, WA	26.4%
#80	Tract 112	Thurston, WA	26.4%
#81	Tract 407	Snohomish, WA	26.4%
#82	Tract 203	Franklin, WA	26.4%
#83	Tract 15.01	Cowlitz, WA	26.3%
#84	Tract 9400.08	Yakima, WA	26.3%
#85	Tract 9523.03	Skagit, WA	26.2%
#86	Tract 108	Grant, WA	26.1%
#87	Tract 9703	Lewis, WA	26.1%
#88	Tract 27.01	Yakima, WA	26.0%
#89	Tract 2.01	Whatcom, WA	25.9%
#90	Tract 416	Clark, WA	25.5%
#91	Tract 16	Spokane, WA	25.5%
#92	Tract 810	Kitsap, WA	25.4%
#93	Tract 9756	Kittitas, WA	25.3%
#94	Tract 616.02	Pierce, WA	25.3%
#95	Tract 300.06	King, WA	25.3%
#96	Tract 271	King, WA	25.1%
#97	Tract 123	Spokane, WA	25.0%
#98	Tract 40.02	Spokane, WA	24.9%
#99	Tract 312.07	King, WA	24.7%
#100	Tract 3.02	Whatcom, WA	24.6%