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
#1601	Tract 5067	Wayne, MI	44.6%
#1602	Tract 38	Hinds, MS	44.6%
#1603	Tract 114	Kankakee, IL	44.6%
#1604	Tract 21	Tulsa, OK	44.6%
#1605	Tract 9716	Klamath, OR	44.6%
#1606	Tract 20.02	Kern, CA	44.6%
#1607	Tract 9505	De Soto Parish, LA	44.6%
#1608	Tract 505	Campbell, KY	44.6%
#1609	Tract 8388	Cook, IL	44.6%
#1610	Tract 51.03	Multnomah, OR	44.6%
#1611	Tract 6	Onondaga, NY	44.6%
#1612	Tract 15	Escambia, FL	44.6%
#1613	Tract 420.02	Wyandotte, KS	44.6%
#1614	Tract 213.06	Hidalgo, TX	44.6%
#1615	Tract 9205	Watauga, NC	44.6%
#1616	Tract 6.01	Webb, TX	44.6%
#1617	Tract 6	Albany, NY	44.6%
#1618	Tract 201	Bronx, NY	44.6%
#1619	Tract 9409	Sandoval, NM	44.6%
#1620	Tract 38	Onondaga, NY	44.5%
#1621	Tract 4024	Delaware, PA	44.5%
#1622	Tract 25.02	Erie, NY	44.5%
#1623	Tract 40.24	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	44.5%
#1624	Tract 420	Bronx, NY	44.5%
#1625	Tract 5786	Wayne, MI	44.5%
#1626	Tract 174	Philadelphia, PA	44.5%
#1627	Tract 83.63	San Diego, CA	44.5%
#1628	Tract 106	Lucas, OH	44.5%
#1629	Tract 5	Hinds, MS	44.5%
#1630	Tract 76.08	Tulsa, OK	44.5%
#1631	Tract 4	Orange, NY	44.5%
#1632	Tract 4	Berrien, MI	44.5%
#1633	Tract 6	Chemung, NY	44.4%
#1634	Tract 306	Avoyelles Parish, LA	44.4%
#1635	Tract 102.05	Lake, IN	44.4%
#1636	Tract 4047	Delaware, PA	44.4%
#1637	Tract 20.07	Leon, FL	44.4%
#1638	Tract 23	St. Joseph, IN	44.4%
#1639	Tract 22.01	Elkhart, IN	44.4%
#1640	Tract 218	Wood, OH	44.4%
#1641	Tract 6119	Cook, IL	44.4%
#1642	Tract 10	Nueces, TX	44.4%
#1643	Tract 5011	Wayne, MI	44.4%
#1644	Tract 9443.02	Apache, AZ	44.4%
#1645	Tract 1503	Baltimore city, MD	44.4%
#1646	Tract 81.10	Shelby, TN	44.4%
#1647	Tract 255	Jefferson Parish, LA	44.4%
#1648	Tract 3512	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT	44.4%
#1649	Tract 106.01	Richmond, GA	44.4%
#1650	Tract 6	Broome, NY	44.4%
#1651	Tract 20	Montgomery, OH	44.4%
#1652	Tract 2118.01	St. Louis, MO	44.3%
#1653	Tract 111	Duval, FL	44.3%
#1654	Tract 802.04	Strafford, NH	44.3%
#1655	Tract 5259	Wayne, MI	44.3%
#1656	Tract 3501.01	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT	44.3%
#1657	Tract 9505	Columbia, AR	44.3%
#1658	Tract 4.01	Clark, NV	44.3%
#1659	Tract 8266	Cook, IL	44.3%
#1660	Tract 7	Story, IA	44.3%
#1661	Tract 6701	Cook, IL	44.3%
#1662	Tract 176.02	Philadelphia, PA	44.3%
#1663	Tract 115.03	Centre, PA	44.3%
#1664	Tract 405	Rensselaer, NY	44.3%
#1665	Tract 601.01	Greene, AL	44.3%
#1666	Tract 34	Jackson, MO	44.3%
#1667	Tract 1906.01	Bexar, TX	44.3%
#1668	Tract 2123.03	Los Angeles, CA	44.3%
#1669	Tract 28	Shelby, TN	44.3%
#1670	Tract 25	Winnebago, IL	44.3%
#1671	Tract 4213.01	Harris, TX	44.2%
#1672	Tract 3.02	Milwaukee, WI	44.2%
#1673	Tract 12	Tompkins, NY	44.2%
#1674	Tract 403.02	Bronx, NY	44.2%
#1675	Tract 9608	Mifflin, PA	44.2%
#1676	Tract 9.02	Cochise, AZ	44.2%
#1677	Tract 236	Rock Island, IL	44.2%
#1678	Tract 12	Eau Claire, WI	44.2%
#1679	Tract 3604.02	Marion, IN	44.2%
#1680	Tract 114	Guilford, NC	44.2%
#1681	Tract 38.04	El Paso, TX	44.2%
#1682	Tract 22	Jefferson, TX	44.2%
#1683	Tract 1041	Oklahoma, OK	44.2%
#1684	Tract 115	Hinds, MS	44.2%
#1685	Tract 8	Saginaw, MI	44.2%
#1686	Tract 101	Mississippi, AR	44.2%
#1687	Tract 4212.03	Harris, TX	44.1%
#1688	Tract 9	Saginaw, MI	44.1%
#1689	Tract 36.02	El Paso, TX	44.1%
#1690	Tract 7	Genesee, MI	44.1%
#1691	Tract 607	Suffolk, MA	44.1%
#1692	Tract 9	Washington, OK	44.1%
#1693	Tract 78.33	Dallas, TX	44.1%
#1694	Tract 3	East Carroll Parish, LA	44.1%
#1695	Tract 9574	Mingo, WV	44.1%
#1696	Tract 1024.02	Cuyahoga, OH	44.1%
#1697	Tract 5358	Wayne, MI	44.1%
#1698	Tract 41	Montgomery, OH	44.1%
#1699	Tract 81	Adams, CO	44.1%
#1700	Tract 16.14	Clark, NV	44.0%