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
#1201	Tract 9501.03	Pike, MS	47.4%
#1202	Tract 74.06	District of Columbia, DC	47.4%
#1203	Tract 6017	Camden, NJ	47.4%
#1204	Tract 1	Whitman, WA	47.4%
#1205	Tract 6	Montgomery, AL	47.3%
#1206	Tract 209	Denton, TX	47.3%
#1207	Tract 255	Dauphin, PA	47.3%
#1208	Tract 37.33	Bernalillo, NM	47.3%
#1209	Tract 1163	Cuyahoga, OH	47.3%
#1210	Tract 24	Atlantic, NJ	47.3%
#1211	Tract 1017	Cuyahoga, OH	47.3%
#1212	Tract 204	Gadsden, FL	47.3%
#1213	Tract 1189	Cuyahoga, OH	47.3%
#1214	Tract 29	Jefferson, AL	47.3%
#1215	Tract 53.04	King, WA	47.2%
#1216	Tract 20.01	Miami-Dade, FL	47.2%
#1217	Tract 9503	Warren, MS	47.2%
#1218	Tract 5	Madison, TN	47.2%
#1219	Tract 204.01	Harrison, TX	47.2%
#1220	Tract 126.14	Cameron, TX	47.2%
#1221	Tract 68.01	Tulsa, OK	47.2%
#1222	Tract 611.01	Suffolk, MA	47.2%
#1223	Tract 415	Broward, FL	47.2%
#1224	Tract 43	Bronx, NY	47.1%
#1225	Tract 37	Essex, NJ	47.1%
#1226	Tract 9	Macon, IL	47.1%
#1227	Tract 6	Calhoun, AL	47.1%
#1228	Tract 104	Wichita, TX	47.1%
#1229	Tract 22	Palm Beach, FL	47.1%
#1230	Tract 62	Bronx, NY	47.1%
#1231	Tract 7153.01	Ocean, NJ	47.1%
#1232	Tract 8	Lafayette Parish, LA	47.1%
#1233	Tract 2609	Cook, IL	47.1%
#1234	Tract 175	Philadelphia, PA	47.1%
#1235	Tract 10	Franklin, OH	47.1%
#1236	Tract 131	Rapides Parish, LA	47.1%
#1237	Tract 5009	St. Clair, IL	47.1%
#1238	Tract 9504.02	Zapata, TX	47.1%
#1239	Tract 5175	Wayne, MI	47.1%
#1240	Tract 5009	Wayne, MI	47.0%
#1241	Tract 5264	Wayne, MI	47.0%
#1242	Tract 5223	Wayne, MI	47.0%
#1243	Tract 4232.04	Harris, TX	47.0%
#1244	Tract 64.06	Kern, CA	47.0%
#1245	Tract 15.22	Alachua, FL	47.0%
#1246	Tract 121.14	Rockland, NY	47.0%
#1247	Tract 5211	Harris, TX	47.0%
#1248	Tract 16.02	Johnson, IA	47.0%
#1249	Tract 107	Payne, OK	46.9%
#1250	Tract 109	Philadelphia, PA	46.9%
#1251	Tract 25	Hamilton, TN	46.9%
#1252	Tract 133	Bronx, NY	46.9%
#1253	Tract 5003	Capitol Planning Region, CT	46.9%
#1254	Tract 9400.12	Navajo, AZ	46.9%
#1255	Tract 3	Peoria, IL	46.9%
#1256	Tract 96.01	Monroe, NY	46.9%
#1257	Tract 210	Dallas, TX	46.9%
#1258	Tract 192	New York, NY	46.9%
#1259	Tract 169	Milwaukee, WI	46.9%
#1260	Tract 9605	Brooks, GA	46.9%
#1261	Tract 6114	Cook, IL	46.9%
#1262	Tract 1271	St. Louis city, MO	46.9%
#1263	Tract 231.10	Bell, TX	46.9%
#1264	Tract 2091.05	Los Angeles, CA	46.9%
#1265	Tract 32	Hamilton, OH	46.9%
#1266	Tract 2948.20	Los Angeles, CA	46.9%
#1267	Tract 9	Jefferson, KY	46.9%
#1268	Tract 1052.07	Tarrant, TX	46.8%
#1269	Tract 101.04	Monongalia, WV	46.8%
#1270	Tract 102	Wichita, TX	46.8%
#1271	Tract 9505	Maverick, TX	46.8%
#1272	Tract 6.01	Cache, UT	46.8%
#1273	Tract 195.02	Philadelphia, PA	46.8%
#1274	Tract 3191.01	Maricopa, AZ	46.8%
#1275	Tract 82	Shelby, TN	46.8%
#1276	Tract 21	Clarke, GA	46.8%
#1277	Tract 4925	Baltimore, MD	46.8%
#1278	Tract 9503.04	Zapata, TX	46.8%
#1279	Tract 11	Lucas, OH	46.8%
#1280	Tract 8	Coconino, AZ	46.8%
#1281	Tract 16.02	Forsyth, NC	46.8%
#1282	Tract 3320	Harris, TX	46.8%
#1283	Tract 211.03	Oneida, NY	46.8%
#1284	Tract 2	Washington, OK	46.8%
#1285	Tract 8814	Cape Girardeau, MO	46.8%
#1286	Tract 108	Philadelphia, PA	46.8%
#1287	Tract 106.04	Jefferson, AL	46.8%
#1288	Tract 3.02	Victoria, TX	46.7%
#1289	Tract 7.02	Coles, IL	46.7%
#1290	Tract 27.01	Bronx, NY	46.7%
#1291	Tract 5361	Wayne, MI	46.7%
#1292	Tract 9501	Bolivar, MS	46.7%
#1293	Tract 6915	Cook, IL	46.7%
#1294	Tract 215.02	Bronx, NY	46.7%
#1295	Tract 709.01	Lorain, OH	46.7%
#1296	Tract 5137	Wayne, MI	46.7%
#1297	Tract 11.01	Riley, KS	46.7%
#1298	Tract 1407.02	Cuyahoga, OH	46.7%
#1299	Tract 204	Miller, AR	46.7%
#1300	Tract 3202.01	Harris, TX	46.7%