Census tract rankings · the United States

Highest-poverty census tracts

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#901	Tract 315	Gaston, NC	50.3%
#902	Tract 5456	Wayne, MI	50.3%
#903	Tract 109.02	Hinds, MS	50.2%
#904	Tract 5263	Wayne, MI	50.2%
#905	Tract 9566	Dallas, AL	50.2%
#906	Tract 11	Broome, NY	50.2%
#907	Tract 5458	Wayne, MI	50.2%
#908	Tract 9	Clarke, GA	50.2%
#909	Tract 1139	Maricopa, AZ	50.2%
#910	Tract 4	Saginaw, MI	50.2%
#911	Tract 201	Cumberland, NJ	50.2%
#912	Tract 9505	Clay, KY	50.1%
#913	Tract 9502.01	Wilkinson, MS	50.1%
#914	Tract 8	Lehigh, PA	50.1%
#915	Tract 135	Broome, NY	50.1%
#916	Tract 56	Jefferson, KY	50.1%
#917	Tract 5142	Wayne, MI	50.1%
#918	Tract 9506	Brown, TX	50.1%
#919	Tract 14	Comanche, OK	50.1%
#920	Tract 11	Madison, TN	50.0%
#921	Tract 65	Jefferson, TX	50.0%
#922	Tract 9504	Rockcastle, KY	50.0%
#923	Tract 18.10	Franklin, OH	50.0%
#924	Tract 207	Dale, AL	50.0%
#925	Tract 93.25	Franklin, OH	50.0%
#926	Tract 29	Douglas, NE	50.0%
#927	Tract 53	Champaign, IL	50.0%
#928	Tract 136	Genesee, MI	50.0%
#929	Tract 301	Baltimore city, MD	50.0%
#930	Tract 1051	Cuyahoga, OH	50.0%
#931	Tract 76	Mobile, AL	50.0%
#932	Tract 203.02	Kleberg, TX	50.0%
#933	Tract 450	Kings, NY	50.0%
#934	Tract 1832	Passaic, NJ	49.9%
#935	Tract 2406	Harris, TX	49.9%
#936	Tract 1860	Milwaukee, WI	49.9%
#937	Tract 111	Bibb, GA	49.9%
#938	Tract 132.05	Cameron, TX	49.9%
#939	Tract 1207.01	Cuyahoga, OH	49.9%
#940	Tract 9412	Oglala Lakota, SD	49.9%
#941	Tract 1308	Bexar, TX	49.9%
#942	Tract 94	Orleans Parish, LA	49.8%
#943	Tract 1986	Cuyahoga, OH	49.8%
#944	Tract 8013	Mahoning, OH	49.8%
#945	Tract 54	Lucas, OH	49.8%
#946	Tract 908	Kings, NY	49.8%
#947	Tract 7	Delaware, IN	49.8%
#948	Tract 301	Cumberland, NJ	49.8%
#949	Tract 11.01	Vanderburgh, IN	49.8%
#950	Tract 7153.04	Ocean, NJ	49.7%
#951	Tract 9502.02	Dimmit, TX	49.7%
#952	Tract 14	Erie, PA	49.7%
#953	Tract 99.02	Shelby, TN	49.7%
#954	Tract 15.01	Miami-Dade, FL	49.7%
#955	Tract 3.03	Riley, KS	49.7%
#956	Tract 4	Lycoming, PA	49.7%
#957	Tract 9521	Columbiana, OH	49.7%
#958	Tract 303	Lake, IN	49.7%
#959	Tract 122.03	San Francisco, CA	49.7%
#960	Tract 241.22	Hidalgo, TX	49.7%
#961	Tract 9606.02	Tift, GA	49.7%
#962	Tract 108.02	Cameron, TX	49.7%
#963	Tract 2421	Los Angeles, CA	49.7%
#964	Tract 2093	Los Angeles, CA	49.6%
#965	Tract 23.03	Jefferson, AL	49.6%
#966	Tract 11.01	Tulare, CA	49.6%
#967	Tract 5735.01	Wayne, MI	49.6%
#968	Tract 5442	Wayne, MI	49.6%
#969	Tract 8010	Mahoning, OH	49.6%
#970	Tract 2219	Los Angeles, CA	49.6%
#971	Tract 90	Philadelphia, PA	49.6%
#972	Tract 25	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	49.6%
#973	Tract 9400.08	Navajo, AZ	49.6%
#974	Tract 104.04	Suffolk, MA	49.5%
#975	Tract 14.01	Jefferson, AR	49.5%
#976	Tract 8020	Hampden, MA	49.5%
#977	Tract 103	Warren, KY	49.5%
#978	Tract 910	Kings, NY	49.5%
#979	Tract 143	Bronx, NY	49.5%
#980	Tract 55.01	San Bernardino, CA	49.4%
#981	Tract 113.02	Washington, AR	49.4%
#982	Tract 2	Wayne, IN	49.4%
#983	Tract 107.02	Coffee, GA	49.4%
#984	Tract 10.01	Lucas, OH	49.4%
#985	Tract 9400.14	Navajo, AZ	49.4%
#986	Tract 30	Hamilton, OH	49.4%
#987	Tract 219.02	Wood, OH	49.4%
#988	Tract 511.02	Columbia, PA	49.4%
#989	Tract 507	Horry, SC	49.4%
#990	Tract 9705.02	Perry, KY	49.3%
#991	Tract 122	Lake, IN	49.3%
#992	Tract 9610	Acadia Parish, LA	49.3%
#993	Tract 35	Spokane, WA	49.3%
#994	Tract 126.05	Boulder, CO	49.3%
#995	Tract 3802	St. Lucie, FL	49.3%
#996	Tract 5113	Wayne, MI	49.3%
#997	Tract 20.08	Leon, FL	49.3%
#998	Tract 8.02	Madera, CA	49.3%
#999	Tract 48	Milwaukee, WI	49.2%
#1000	Tract 4224.05	Harris, TX	49.2%