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
#1701	Tract 5.02	Lee, FL	44.0%
#1702	Tract 1069.12	Oklahoma, OK	44.0%
#1703	Tract 9206	Laurens, SC	44.0%
#1704	Tract 8101	Petersburg city, VA	44.0%
#1705	Tract 3116	Harris, TX	44.0%
#1706	Tract 25	Albany, NY	44.0%
#1707	Tract 68	Milwaukee, WI	44.0%
#1708	Tract 24	Montgomery, AL	44.0%
#1709	Tract 110	New Hanover, NC	44.0%
#1710	Tract 1228.01	Tarrant, TX	44.0%
#1711	Tract 23	Genesee, MI	44.0%
#1712	Tract 5.02	Pima, AZ	44.0%
#1713	Tract 4705.02	Morgan, MO	44.0%
#1714	Tract 13.01	Brazos, TX	44.0%
#1715	Tract 2	Cabell, WV	44.0%
#1716	Tract 88	Milwaukee, WI	44.0%
#1717	Tract 149	Bronx, NY	44.0%
#1718	Tract 9605	Madison Parish, LA	44.0%
#1719	Tract 1029	Cuyahoga, OH	44.0%
#1720	Tract 6	Douglas, NE	44.0%
#1721	Tract 9501	Duval, TX	43.9%
#1722	Tract 4	Muskogee, OK	43.9%
#1723	Tract 1213	Cuyahoga, OH	43.9%
#1724	Tract 4	Genesee, MI	43.9%
#1725	Tract 9707.01	Baldwin, GA	43.9%
#1726	Tract 4	Madison, TN	43.9%
#1727	Tract 66	Hamilton, OH	43.9%
#1728	Tract 369.02	Philadelphia, PA	43.9%
#1729	Tract 9	Marion, OH	43.9%
#1730	Tract 293	Philadelphia, PA	43.9%
#1731	Tract 6.01	Craighead, AR	43.9%
#1732	Tract 9302	Wolfe, KY	43.9%
#1733	Tract 236	Caddo Parish, LA	43.9%
#1734	Tract 9503.02	Montgomery, MS	43.9%
#1735	Tract 117.02	Cameron, TX	43.9%
#1736	Tract 205.01	Bronx, NY	43.8%
#1737	Tract 9503	Pike, MS	43.8%
#1738	Tract 14	Genesee, MI	43.8%
#1739	Tract 1406	South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT	43.8%
#1740	Tract 250	Caddo Parish, LA	43.8%
#1741	Tract 406	Houston, AL	43.8%
#1742	Tract 290.04	King, WA	43.8%
#1743	Tract 404.18	Clayton, GA	43.8%
#1744	Tract 1509	Baltimore city, MD	43.8%
#1745	Tract 166.35	Dallas, TX	43.8%
#1746	Tract 1310	Bexar, TX	43.7%
#1747	Tract 9451	Apache, AZ	43.7%
#1748	Tract 44.03	Ingham, MI	43.7%
#1749	Tract 821	Volusia, FL	43.7%
#1750	Tract 9703	Magoffin, KY	43.7%
#1751	Tract 422.01	Jackson, MS	43.7%
#1752	Tract 285	Philadelphia, PA	43.7%
#1753	Tract 40.02	Erie, NY	43.7%
#1754	Tract 1104.07	Bulloch, GA	43.7%
#1755	Tract 112.04	Pickens, SC	43.7%
#1756	Tract 9608.02	Robeson, NC	43.7%
#1757	Tract 1194.02	Cuyahoga, OH	43.7%
#1758	Tract 56	Bronx, NY	43.7%
#1759	Tract 177.03	Orange, FL	43.7%
#1760	Tract 5320.04	Harris, TX	43.7%
#1761	Tract 286	Kings, NY	43.7%
#1762	Tract 33.01	Muscogee, GA	43.7%
#1763	Tract 6.02	Calcasieu Parish, LA	43.7%
#1764	Tract 127.06	Guilford, NC	43.6%
#1765	Tract 9	Lawrence, PA	43.6%
#1766	Tract 24	Onondaga, NY	43.6%
#1767	Tract 9608	Vance, NC	43.6%
#1768	Tract 5	Jefferson, TX	43.6%
#1769	Tract 14.01	Marion, FL	43.6%
#1770	Tract 5	Riley, KS	43.6%
#1771	Tract 1241	St. Louis city, MO	43.6%
#1772	Tract 29.04	San Diego, CA	43.6%
#1773	Tract 1.02	Winchester city, VA	43.6%
#1774	Tract 9504.02	Oktibbeha, MS	43.6%
#1775	Tract 9.12	Kern, CA	43.6%
#1776	Tract 9604	St. Francis, AR	43.6%
#1777	Tract 1.08	McLean, IL	43.5%
#1778	Tract 13	Monroe, NY	43.5%
#1779	Tract 7154.04	Ocean, NJ	43.5%
#1780	Tract 3235	Harris, TX	43.5%
#1781	Tract 2073.07	Los Angeles, CA	43.5%
#1782	Tract 101.21	Shelby, TN	43.5%
#1783	Tract 105	Warren, KY	43.5%
#1784	Tract 310	Lake, IN	43.5%
#1785	Tract 223.10	Shelby, TN	43.5%
#1786	Tract 5758.03	Los Angeles, CA	43.5%
#1787	Tract 212	Niagara, NY	43.4%
#1788	Tract 246.01	Caddo Parish, LA	43.4%
#1789	Tract 111	Champaign, IL	43.4%
#1790	Tract 105	San Patricio, TX	43.4%
#1791	Tract 9411	Pima, AZ	43.4%
#1792	Tract 5260	Wayne, MI	43.4%
#1793	Tract 140	Orleans Parish, LA	43.4%
#1794	Tract 103.04	Genesee, MI	43.4%
#1795	Tract 137	Allen, OH	43.4%
#1796	Tract 8.01	Riley, KS	43.4%
#1797	Tract 1305	Bexar, TX	43.4%
#1798	Tract 9504.02	Marshall, MS	43.4%
#1799	Tract 820	Volusia, FL	43.4%
#1800	Tract 109	Ouachita Parish, LA	43.4%