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
#1101	Tract 277	Philadelphia, PA	48.3%
#1102	Tract 5061	Wayne, MI	48.3%
#1103	Tract 118	Tuscaloosa, AL	48.3%
#1104	Tract 1964	Cuyahoga, OH	48.3%
#1105	Tract 5217.01	Harris, TX	48.3%
#1106	Tract 138	Kanawha, WV	48.3%
#1107	Tract 5083.01	Summit, OH	48.3%
#1108	Tract 9105.02	Carroll, GA	48.3%
#1109	Tract 240	Kings, NY	48.3%
#1110	Tract 81.03	Fulton, GA	48.3%
#1111	Tract 4112	Washtenaw, MI	48.3%
#1112	Tract 165	Philadelphia, PA	48.2%
#1113	Tract 221.01	Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT	48.2%
#1114	Tract 5376	Wayne, MI	48.2%
#1115	Tract 8006	Hampden, MA	48.2%
#1116	Tract 125	Bibb, GA	48.2%
#1117	Tract 5046	St. Clair, IL	48.2%
#1118	Tract 112	Taylor, TX	48.2%
#1119	Tract 1034.01	Kings, NY	48.2%
#1120	Tract 9409	Sioux, ND	48.2%
#1121	Tract 17	Allen, IN	48.2%
#1122	Tract 5017	Wayne, MI	48.2%
#1123	Tract 8	Sumter, SC	48.2%
#1124	Tract 24	New York, NY	48.2%
#1125	Tract 124	Lake, IN	48.1%
#1126	Tract 8820	Will, IL	48.1%
#1127	Tract 383.04	Bronx, NY	48.1%
#1128	Tract 233.30	DeKalb, GA	48.1%
#1129	Tract 2208	Harris, TX	48.1%
#1130	Tract 9504	Laurens, GA	48.1%
#1131	Tract 614	Davidson, NC	48.1%
#1132	Tract 5729	Wayne, MI	48.1%
#1133	Tract 15.04	Durham, NC	48.1%
#1134	Tract 31	Hillsborough, FL	48.1%
#1135	Tract 411	Lake, IN	48.1%
#1136	Tract 9439.05	McKinley, NM	48.0%
#1137	Tract 86	Bronx, NY	48.0%
#1138	Tract 5303	Wayne, MI	48.0%
#1139	Tract 301.02	Crittenden, AR	48.0%
#1140	Tract 148	Potter, TX	48.0%
#1141	Tract 246.02	Caddo Parish, LA	48.0%
#1142	Tract 51.03	San Diego, CA	48.0%
#1143	Tract 4.01	Isabella, MI	47.9%
#1144	Tract 8106	Petersburg city, VA	47.9%
#1145	Tract 1104.05	Bulloch, GA	47.9%
#1146	Tract 4702	Pemiscot, MO	47.9%
#1147	Tract 5204	Harris, TX	47.9%
#1148	Tract 9401	Lyman, SD	47.9%
#1149	Tract 69.04	Erie, NY	47.8%
#1150	Tract 86	Orleans Parish, LA	47.8%
#1151	Tract 151.01	New York, NY	47.8%
#1152	Tract 6812	Cook, IL	47.8%
#1153	Tract 9503	Claiborne Parish, LA	47.8%
#1154	Tract 3.03	Stearns, MN	47.8%
#1155	Tract 382	Kings, NY	47.8%
#1156	Tract 133.06	Cameron, TX	47.8%
#1157	Tract 162	New York, NY	47.8%
#1158	Tract 14	Onondaga, NY	47.8%
#1159	Tract 8387	Cook, IL	47.8%
#1160	Tract 16.01	Utah, UT	47.8%
#1161	Tract 1002	Baltimore city, MD	47.8%
#1162	Tract 11.01	Leon, FL	47.8%
#1163	Tract 5018	Capitol Planning Region, CT	47.7%
#1164	Tract 14	Cabell, WV	47.7%
#1165	Tract 88.01	Philadelphia, PA	47.7%
#1166	Tract 21.06	Leon, FL	47.7%
#1167	Tract 3333.01	Harris, TX	47.7%
#1168	Tract 4107	Delaware, PA	47.7%
#1169	Tract 10.02	New York, NY	47.7%
#1170	Tract 6004	Camden, NJ	47.7%
#1171	Tract 48	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	47.7%
#1172	Tract 9312.03	Stanly, NC	47.7%
#1173	Tract 398	Bronx, NY	47.7%
#1174	Tract 9404	Rosebud, MT	47.7%
#1175	Tract 3	Calhoun, MI	47.7%
#1176	Tract 40.23	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	47.6%
#1177	Tract 1049.02	Hennepin, MN	47.6%
#1178	Tract 236.01	Hidalgo, TX	47.6%
#1179	Tract 5218	Wayne, MI	47.6%
#1180	Tract 16	York, PA	47.6%
#1181	Tract 119.01	Jefferson, KY	47.6%
#1182	Tract 1405	Clarke, GA	47.6%
#1183	Tract 34	Muscogee, GA	47.6%
#1184	Tract 104	Philadelphia, PA	47.6%
#1185	Tract 93.01	Honolulu, HI	47.6%
#1186	Tract 240.02	Hidalgo, TX	47.6%
#1187	Tract 906	Kings, NY	47.6%
#1188	Tract 8	Albany, NY	47.5%
#1189	Tract 13.04	Story, IA	47.5%
#1190	Tract 227.02	Bronx, NY	47.5%
#1191	Tract 101	Shasta, CA	47.5%
#1192	Tract 4517.02	Citrus, FL	47.4%
#1193	Tract 17	Comanche, OK	47.4%
#1194	Tract 8011	Mahoning, OH	47.4%
#1195	Tract 47.10	Clark, NV	47.4%
#1196	Tract 201.02	Philadelphia, PA	47.4%
#1197	Tract 108.07	Dallas, TX	47.4%
#1198	Tract 211	Douglas, WI	47.4%
#1199	Tract 1133.01	Maricopa, AZ	47.4%
#1200	Tract 197	Philadelphia, PA	47.4%