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
#1001	Tract 9306.04	Knox, KY	49.2%
#1002	Tract 607	Richmond city, VA	49.2%
#1003	Tract 1891.01	Pike, AL	49.2%
#1004	Tract 27.05	Forsyth, NC	49.2%
#1005	Tract 15	Lucas, OH	49.2%
#1006	Tract 2226.02	Harris, TX	49.2%
#1007	Tract 106.01	Dougherty, GA	49.2%
#1008	Tract 20.03	Leon, FL	49.1%
#1009	Tract 1003	Lackawanna, PA	49.1%
#1010	Tract 113.01	Washington, AR	49.1%
#1011	Tract 1013	Oklahoma, OK	49.1%
#1012	Tract 52	Middlesex, NJ	49.1%
#1013	Tract 69	Hamilton, OH	49.1%
#1014	Tract 9609.02	St. Landry Parish, LA	49.1%
#1015	Tract 9802	Dallas, TX	49.1%
#1016	Tract 6.02	Forrest, MS	49.1%
#1017	Tract 9704.01	Hardee, FL	49.1%
#1018	Tract 9503.01	Jim Wells, TX	49.1%
#1019	Tract 14	Atlantic, NJ	49.1%
#1020	Tract 28	Genesee, MI	49.1%
#1021	Tract 121.02	Orleans Parish, LA	49.0%
#1022	Tract 121.13	Rockland, NY	49.0%
#1023	Tract 7.01	Pitt, NC	49.0%
#1024	Tract 2.02	Charlottesville city, VA	49.0%
#1025	Tract 203.01	Spartanburg, SC	49.0%
#1026	Tract 2218.20	Los Angeles, CA	49.0%
#1027	Tract 215	Schenectady, NY	49.0%
#1028	Tract 2502.04	Baltimore city, MD	49.0%
#1029	Tract 112	Jackson, IL	48.9%
#1030	Tract 17.50	Orleans Parish, LA	48.9%
#1031	Tract 5467	Wayne, MI	48.9%
#1032	Tract 361	Bronx, NY	48.9%
#1033	Tract 57.01	San Bernardino, CA	48.9%
#1034	Tract 9703.01	Colquitt, GA	48.9%
#1035	Tract 402.01	Lee, AL	48.9%
#1036	Tract 6705	Winona, MN	48.8%
#1037	Tract 9.07	Bernalillo, NM	48.8%
#1038	Tract 9509	Adair, MO	48.8%
#1039	Tract 53	Onondaga, NY	48.8%
#1040	Tract 1422	Oakland, MI	48.8%
#1041	Tract 63	Philadelphia, PA	48.8%
#1042	Tract 224.04	DeKalb, GA	48.8%
#1043	Tract 230	New York, NY	48.8%
#1044	Tract 7023	Stark, OH	48.8%
#1045	Tract 143	Orleans Parish, LA	48.8%
#1046	Tract 27.02	Duval, FL	48.8%
#1047	Tract 5069	Wayne, MI	48.7%
#1048	Tract 2073.04	Los Angeles, CA	48.7%
#1049	Tract 15.03	Merced, CA	48.7%
#1050	Tract 10	York, PA	48.7%
#1051	Tract 9.01	Monroe, IN	48.7%
#1052	Tract 107	Garland, AR	48.7%
#1053	Tract 113	Chatham, GA	48.7%
#1054	Tract 4	Lawrence, PA	48.7%
#1055	Tract 6509	Bristol, MA	48.7%
#1056	Tract 40	Jefferson, AL	48.7%
#1057	Tract 402.01	Richmond city, VA	48.7%
#1058	Tract 114	Jackson, IL	48.7%
#1059	Tract 28	Lucas, OH	48.7%
#1060	Tract 35	Scioto, OH	48.7%
#1061	Tract 1028	Cuyahoga, OH	48.7%
#1062	Tract 1257	St. Louis city, MO	48.7%
#1063	Tract 2	Shelby, TN	48.6%
#1064	Tract 42	Sangamon, IL	48.6%
#1065	Tract 10	Whatcom, WA	48.6%
#1066	Tract 7312.03	Worcester, MA	48.6%
#1067	Tract 2113.01	Harris, TX	48.6%
#1068	Tract 5519	Allegheny, PA	48.6%
#1069	Tract 5.01	Onondaga, NY	48.6%
#1070	Tract 37	Scioto, OH	48.6%
#1071	Tract 9608.01	Robeson, NC	48.6%
#1072	Tract 1989	Cuyahoga, OH	48.6%
#1073	Tract 5305.01	Cook, IL	48.6%
#1074	Tract 259.02	Kings, NY	48.6%
#1075	Tract 5704	Wayne, MI	48.5%
#1076	Tract 1702	Bexar, TX	48.5%
#1077	Tract 7811	Lowndes, AL	48.5%
#1078	Tract 216	Kings, NY	48.5%
#1079	Tract 9	Sedgwick, KS	48.5%
#1080	Tract 1111	St. Louis city, MO	48.5%
#1081	Tract 135	Bronx, NY	48.5%
#1082	Tract 21	Boone, MO	48.5%
#1083	Tract 13	Saginaw, MI	48.5%
#1084	Tract 102.02	Monongalia, WV	48.5%
#1085	Tract 106	Philadelphia, PA	48.5%
#1086	Tract 1054	St. Louis city, MO	48.5%
#1087	Tract 19.02	Florence, SC	48.5%
#1088	Tract 2316.02	Macon, AL	48.5%
#1089	Tract 1258	Hennepin, MN	48.4%
#1090	Tract 4313.02	Cook, IL	48.4%
#1091	Tract 509	Kings, NY	48.4%
#1092	Tract 903	Mitchell, GA	48.4%
#1093	Tract 3502	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT	48.4%
#1094	Tract 18.02	Utah, UT	48.4%
#1095	Tract 709	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT	48.4%
#1096	Tract 25.01	Spokane, WA	48.4%
#1097	Tract 11.06	Kern, CA	48.4%
#1098	Tract 202	Alamance, NC	48.4%
#1099	Tract 87.02	Monroe, NY	48.4%
#1100	Tract 108	Ouachita Parish, LA	48.4%