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
#1501	Tract 115	Shelby, TN	45.2%
#1502	Tract 61.01	Douglas, NE	45.2%
#1503	Tract 2012	Luzerne, PA	45.2%
#1504	Tract 5042	Summit, OH	45.2%
#1505	Tract 1084	Cuyahoga, OH	45.2%
#1506	Tract 5089	Summit, OH	45.2%
#1507	Tract 6	Delaware, IN	45.2%
#1508	Tract 9	Lucas, OH	45.2%
#1509	Tract 107	Scott, IA	45.2%
#1510	Tract 9581	Clay, WV	45.2%
#1511	Tract 15	Franklin, OH	45.2%
#1512	Tract 4534.04	Harris, TX	45.2%
#1513	Tract 10.02	Leon, FL	45.2%
#1514	Tract 3803	St. Lucie, FL	45.2%
#1515	Tract 332.01	San Francisco, CA	45.1%
#1516	Tract 2312	Cook, IL	45.1%
#1517	Tract 42.04	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	45.1%
#1518	Tract 21.03	Leon, FL	45.1%
#1519	Tract 113	Lake, IN	45.1%
#1520	Tract 108.16	Hillsborough, FL	45.1%
#1521	Tract 20	Chatham, GA	45.1%
#1522	Tract 129.01	Bronx, NY	45.1%
#1523	Tract 5321.02	Harris, TX	45.1%
#1524	Tract 3910.01	Marion, IN	45.1%
#1525	Tract 7301	Matagorda, TX	45.1%
#1526	Tract 1408	South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT	45.1%
#1527	Tract 8116	Hampden, MA	45.1%
#1528	Tract 99.01	Shelby, TN	45.1%
#1529	Tract 7	Webb, TX	45.1%
#1530	Tract 3505	Marion, IN	45.1%
#1531	Tract 9408	Pima, AZ	45.0%
#1532	Tract 12	Howard, IN	45.0%
#1533	Tract 9569	Dallas, AL	45.0%
#1534	Tract 11	Calcasieu Parish, LA	45.0%
#1535	Tract 1.01	Craighead, AR	45.0%
#1536	Tract 124	Jefferson, OH	45.0%
#1537	Tract 9702.02	Magoffin, KY	45.0%
#1538	Tract 93	Middlesex, NJ	45.0%
#1539	Tract 43.01	Jefferson, KY	45.0%
#1540	Tract 4807	Greene, AR	45.0%
#1541	Tract 115	Saginaw, MI	45.0%
#1542	Tract 539	Kings, NY	45.0%
#1543	Tract 149	Milwaukee, WI	45.0%
#1544	Tract 8	Houghton, MI	45.0%
#1545	Tract 29	Knox, TN	45.0%
#1546	Tract 201	Chesapeake city, VA	45.0%
#1547	Tract 4223.03	Harris, TX	44.9%
#1548	Tract 287	Philadelphia, PA	44.9%
#1549	Tract 55	Erie, NY	44.9%
#1550	Tract 380	Bronx, NY	44.9%
#1551	Tract 537	Kings, NY	44.9%
#1552	Tract 5166	Wayne, MI	44.9%
#1553	Tract 1822	Passaic, NJ	44.9%
#1554	Tract 415	Houston, AL	44.9%
#1555	Tract 5026	Wayne, MI	44.9%
#1556	Tract 5	Forsyth, NC	44.9%
#1557	Tract 7	Adams, IL	44.9%
#1558	Tract 4004	Cook, IL	44.9%
#1559	Tract 9504	Claiborne Parish, LA	44.9%
#1560	Tract 25	Bronx, NY	44.8%
#1561	Tract 6	Leon, FL	44.8%
#1562	Tract 17	Whiteside, IL	44.8%
#1563	Tract 369.01	Bronx, NY	44.8%
#1564	Tract 709.02	Floyd, IN	44.8%
#1565	Tract 36	Kent, MI	44.8%
#1566	Tract 9705.02	Cherokee, SC	44.8%
#1567	Tract 9617	Cattaraugus, NY	44.8%
#1568	Tract 100.33	San Bernardino, CA	44.8%
#1569	Tract 87.04	Dallas, TX	44.8%
#1570	Tract 1016	Hennepin, MN	44.8%
#1571	Tract 6	Chaves, NM	44.8%
#1572	Tract 6506	Bristol, MA	44.8%
#1573	Tract 4	Chaves, NM	44.8%
#1574	Tract 2247.01	Los Angeles, CA	44.8%
#1575	Tract 817	Northumberland, PA	44.8%
#1576	Tract 5624	Allegheny, PA	44.8%
#1577	Tract 9502	Humphreys, MS	44.8%
#1578	Tract 172	Duval, FL	44.8%
#1579	Tract 9506	Morehouse Parish, LA	44.8%
#1580	Tract 3	Fresno, CA	44.8%
#1581	Tract 5716	Wayne, MI	44.8%
#1582	Tract 3009	Cook, IL	44.7%
#1583	Tract 34	Scioto, OH	44.7%
#1584	Tract 8012	Mahoning, OH	44.7%
#1585	Tract 220.08	Hidalgo, TX	44.7%
#1586	Tract 4335.04	Harris, TX	44.7%
#1587	Tract 5791	Wayne, MI	44.7%
#1588	Tract 2.07	San Juan, NM	44.7%
#1589	Tract 1979	Cuyahoga, OH	44.7%
#1590	Tract 7802	Wheeler, GA	44.7%
#1591	Tract 109	Scott, IA	44.7%
#1592	Tract 47.01	Monroe, NY	44.7%
#1593	Tract 50.02	Franklin, OH	44.7%
#1594	Tract 9305.02	Knox, KY	44.7%
#1595	Tract 9452.01	McKinley, NM	44.7%
#1596	Tract 401	Bronx, NY	44.7%
#1597	Tract 3.01	Victoria, TX	44.7%
#1598	Tract 122.06	Boulder, CO	44.7%
#1599	Tract 284	Philadelphia, PA	44.7%
#1600	Tract 3136	Harris, TX	44.7%