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
#1301	Tract 213.14	Hidalgo, TX	46.7%
#1302	Tract 121.16	Rockland, NY	46.7%
#1303	Tract 1056	Oklahoma, OK	46.7%
#1304	Tract 6	Anderson, SC	46.7%
#1305	Tract 302	Clarke, GA	46.6%
#1306	Tract 40.31	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	46.6%
#1307	Tract 2127.02	St. Louis, MO	46.6%
#1308	Tract 169	Hudson, NJ	46.6%
#1309	Tract 9507	Washington Parish, LA	46.6%
#1310	Tract 128	Lake, IN	46.6%
#1311	Tract 4	Danville city, VA	46.6%
#1312	Tract 5	Broome, NY	46.6%
#1313	Tract 244.05	Hidalgo, TX	46.6%
#1314	Tract 228.01	Bell, TX	46.6%
#1315	Tract 8374	Cook, IL	46.6%
#1316	Tract 102	Warren, KY	46.5%
#1317	Tract 390.01	Philadelphia, PA	46.5%
#1318	Tract 54	Onondaga, NY	46.5%
#1319	Tract 299	Philadelphia, PA	46.5%
#1320	Tract 58	Onondaga, NY	46.5%
#1321	Tract 150.10	Orange, NY	46.5%
#1322	Tract 18	Lucas, OH	46.5%
#1323	Tract 2652.04	Los Angeles, CA	46.5%
#1324	Tract 23	Fulton, GA	46.5%
#1325	Tract 17.20	Orleans Parish, LA	46.5%
#1326	Tract 493.01	Kings, NY	46.5%
#1327	Tract 1104	Columbia, FL	46.5%
#1328	Tract 33	Hinds, MS	46.5%
#1329	Tract 242.05	Caddo Parish, LA	46.5%
#1330	Tract 35.02	Knox, TN	46.4%
#1331	Tract 112	Philadelphia, PA	46.4%
#1332	Tract 5013	Capitol Planning Region, CT	46.4%
#1333	Tract 9603	Lincoln Parish, LA	46.4%
#1334	Tract 9603.01	Robeson, NC	46.4%
#1335	Tract 15	Jefferson, KY	46.4%
#1336	Tract 70	Milwaukee, WI	46.4%
#1337	Tract 21	Mobile, AL	46.4%
#1338	Tract 42	Erie, NY	46.4%
#1339	Tract 113	Duval, FL	46.4%
#1340	Tract 21	Winnebago, IL	46.3%
#1341	Tract 4.01	Doña Ana, NM	46.3%
#1342	Tract 5371	Wayne, MI	46.3%
#1343	Tract 107.02	Guilford, NC	46.3%
#1344	Tract 56	Monroe, NY	46.3%
#1345	Tract 211	Caddo Parish, LA	46.3%
#1346	Tract 9411	Corson, SD	46.3%
#1347	Tract 50	Monroe, NY	46.3%
#1348	Tract 9502	Bolivar, MS	46.3%
#1349	Tract 409.03	Lee, AL	46.3%
#1350	Tract 126.09	Boulder, CO	46.3%
#1351	Tract 9204.02	Floyd, KY	46.3%
#1352	Tract 204	Clay, MN	46.2%
#1353	Tract 708.01	White, AR	46.2%
#1354	Tract 4001	Washtenaw, MI	46.2%
#1355	Tract 1121	Cuyahoga, OH	46.2%
#1356	Tract 71.01	Orleans Parish, LA	46.2%
#1357	Tract 347	Wilcox, AL	46.2%
#1358	Tract 204	Richmond city, VA	46.2%
#1359	Tract 108.14	Hillsborough, FL	46.2%
#1360	Tract 416	Jackson, MS	46.2%
#1361	Tract 124	Bibb, GA	46.2%
#1362	Tract 22.02	Kern, CA	46.2%
#1363	Tract 2	Montgomery, OH	46.2%
#1364	Tract 19	Pulaski, AR	46.2%
#1365	Tract 76.43	Tulsa, OK	46.1%
#1366	Tract 241.30	Hidalgo, TX	46.1%
#1367	Tract 524.09	Wake, NC	46.1%
#1368	Tract 221.05	Hidalgo, TX	46.1%
#1369	Tract 203	Oneida, NY	46.1%
#1370	Tract 27.02	Bronx, NY	46.1%
#1371	Tract 4	Shelby, TN	46.1%
#1372	Tract 211	Dauphin, PA	46.1%
#1373	Tract 80.01	Tulsa, OK	46.1%
#1374	Tract 16.07	Brazos, TX	46.1%
#1375	Tract 204	Lake, IN	46.0%
#1376	Tract 802	Baltimore city, MD	46.0%
#1377	Tract 207.30	Hidalgo, TX	46.0%
#1378	Tract 303.03	Sequoyah, OK	46.0%
#1379	Tract 6870.01	Perry, AL	46.0%
#1380	Tract 9509	Nacogdoches, TX	46.0%
#1381	Tract 55.01	Fulton, GA	46.0%
#1382	Tract 1079	Oklahoma, OK	46.0%
#1383	Tract 10	Hinds, MS	46.0%
#1384	Tract 2218.10	Los Angeles, CA	46.0%
#1385	Tract 241.20	Hidalgo, TX	46.0%
#1386	Tract 1173	Cuyahoga, OH	46.0%
#1387	Tract 117	Belmont, OH	46.0%
#1388	Tract 6752	Fort Bend, TX	45.9%
#1389	Tract 16.04	Stanislaus, CA	45.9%
#1390	Tract 104	Orange, FL	45.9%
#1391	Tract 217	Spartanburg, SC	45.9%
#1392	Tract 8007	Hampden, MA	45.9%
#1393	Tract 21	Macon, IL	45.9%
#1394	Tract 100.02	Hamilton, OH	45.9%
#1395	Tract 24.07	Santa Barbara, CA	45.9%
#1396	Tract 136.29	Dallas, TX	45.9%
#1397	Tract 4805	Phillips, AR	45.9%
#1398	Tract 166	Milwaukee, WI	45.9%
#1399	Tract 223.05	Spartanburg, SC	45.9%
#1400	Tract 2	Lauderdale, MS	45.9%