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
#1401	Tract 15	Essex, NJ	45.9%
#1402	Tract 3802	Cook, IL	45.9%
#1403	Tract 209	Niagara, NY	45.9%
#1404	Tract 29.01	Duval, FL	45.9%
#1405	Tract 315.01	Cook, IL	45.9%
#1406	Tract 5324	Wayne, MI	45.9%
#1407	Tract 303	Russell, AL	45.9%
#1408	Tract 106.01	Jasper, MO	45.8%
#1409	Tract 84	Monroe, NY	45.8%
#1410	Tract 9.02	Erie, PA	45.8%
#1411	Tract 150.07	Orange, NY	45.8%
#1412	Tract 103.02	DeSoto, FL	45.8%
#1413	Tract 241.23	Hidalgo, TX	45.8%
#1414	Tract 9.01	Clark, OH	45.8%
#1415	Tract 8.01	Madera, CA	45.8%
#1416	Tract 119	New York, NY	45.8%
#1417	Tract 241.07	Hidalgo, TX	45.8%
#1418	Tract 651	Kenton, KY	45.8%
#1419	Tract 2	Daviess, KY	45.8%
#1420	Tract 5403	Wayne, MI	45.8%
#1421	Tract 19	Harrison, MS	45.7%
#1422	Tract 223.30	Shelby, TN	45.7%
#1423	Tract 37	Shelby, TN	45.7%
#1424	Tract 95	Hamilton, OH	45.7%
#1425	Tract 53	Douglas, NE	45.7%
#1426	Tract 270	Hamilton, OH	45.7%
#1427	Tract 110	Northampton, PA	45.7%
#1428	Tract 27.02	Forsyth, NC	45.7%
#1429	Tract 5073	Wayne, MI	45.7%
#1430	Tract 40	Harrison, MS	45.7%
#1431	Tract 533	Kings, NY	45.7%
#1432	Tract 5710	Wayne, MI	45.7%
#1433	Tract 1808	Bexar, TX	45.7%
#1434	Tract 154	Potter, TX	45.7%
#1435	Tract 88	Hamilton, OH	45.7%
#1436	Tract 220.23	Shelby, TN	45.6%
#1437	Tract 1516	Cuyahoga, OH	45.6%
#1438	Tract 53.06	King, WA	45.6%
#1439	Tract 16	Douglas, NE	45.6%
#1440	Tract 9.03	Miami-Dade, FL	45.6%
#1441	Tract 117	Orange, NC	45.6%
#1442	Tract 15.16	Alachua, FL	45.6%
#1443	Tract 5417	Wayne, MI	45.6%
#1444	Tract 119.06	New Hanover, NC	45.6%
#1445	Tract 4805.01	Greene, AR	45.6%
#1446	Tract 5342	Wayne, MI	45.6%
#1447	Tract 1002	Lackawanna, PA	45.6%
#1448	Tract 1.02	Dougherty, GA	45.6%
#1449	Tract 321.26	Newport News city, VA	45.6%
#1450	Tract 11.01	Kern, CA	45.6%
#1451	Tract 2	Dougherty, GA	45.6%
#1452	Tract 1857	Milwaukee, WI	45.5%
#1453	Tract 1106	Bexar, TX	45.5%
#1454	Tract 336.01	Bronx, NY	45.5%
#1455	Tract 9460.02	McKinley, NM	45.5%
#1456	Tract 124	Centre, PA	45.5%
#1457	Tract 3210.01	Harris, TX	45.5%
#1458	Tract 40.07	El Paso, TX	45.5%
#1459	Tract 5503.08	Harris, TX	45.5%
#1460	Tract 18.06	Webb, TX	45.5%
#1461	Tract 7	Natchitoches Parish, LA	45.5%
#1462	Tract 7018	Stark, OH	45.5%
#1463	Tract 20.14	Brazos, TX	45.5%
#1464	Tract 4.03	Clark, NV	45.5%
#1465	Tract 7233.06	Maricopa, AZ	45.5%
#1466	Tract 15.01	Durham, NC	45.5%
#1467	Tract 9440	McKinley, NM	45.5%
#1468	Tract 160	Jackson, MO	45.5%
#1469	Tract 4028.02	Alameda, CA	45.4%
#1470	Tract 112.02	San Luis Obispo, CA	45.4%
#1471	Tract 9603.02	McCreary, KY	45.4%
#1472	Tract 9	Ouachita Parish, LA	45.4%
#1473	Tract 78.30	Dallas, TX	45.4%
#1474	Tract 2336	Harris, TX	45.4%
#1475	Tract 212	Pinellas, FL	45.4%
#1476	Tract 5100	Allegheny, PA	45.4%
#1477	Tract 309	Ascension Parish, LA	45.4%
#1478	Tract 78	Sedgwick, KS	45.4%
#1479	Tract 972.02	Queens, NY	45.4%
#1480	Tract 213.01	Denton, TX	45.3%
#1481	Tract 7	Providence, RI	45.3%
#1482	Tract 39	Shelby, TN	45.3%
#1483	Tract 9207	Trumbull, OH	45.3%
#1484	Tract 2	Weld, CO	45.3%
#1485	Tract 135	Cambria, PA	45.3%
#1486	Tract 92	Hamilton, OH	45.3%
#1487	Tract 5502.02	Harris, TX	45.3%
#1488	Tract 205	Cook, IL	45.3%
#1489	Tract 107	Darlington, SC	45.3%
#1490	Tract 41.04	Pulaski, AR	45.3%
#1491	Tract 7153.03	Ocean, NJ	45.3%
#1492	Tract 18	Stanislaus, CA	45.3%
#1493	Tract 9604.01	Johnson, KY	45.3%
#1494	Tract 35.01	Erie, NY	45.3%
#1495	Tract 5377	Wayne, MI	45.3%
#1496	Tract 524.08	Wake, NC	45.3%
#1497	Tract 63.02	Honolulu, HI	45.3%
#1498	Tract 138.02	Cameron, TX	45.3%
#1499	Tract 56.05	Nueces, TX	45.3%
#1500	Tract 1.03	Kern, CA	45.2%