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
#101	Tract 5848.01	Wayne, MI	73.5%
#102	Tract 9510	Adair, MO	73.3%
#103	Tract 10.02	Ada, ID	73.2%
#104	Tract 407	Lee, AL	72.9%
#105	Tract 55	Tippecanoe, IN	72.9%
#106	Tract 29.24	Santa Barbara, CA	72.7%
#107	Tract 1605.01	Bexar, TX	72.4%
#108	Tract 5.02	Westchester, NY	72.4%
#109	Tract 137.02	Orleans Parish, LA	72.3%
#110	Tract 385	Bronx, NY	72.3%
#111	Tract 9.02	Delaware, IN	72.2%
#112	Tract 3	Weld, CO	72.2%
#113	Tract 145.01	New Castle, DE	72.1%
#114	Tract 77	Hamilton, OH	72.1%
#115	Tract 38.02	Lane, OR	71.7%
#116	Tract 1864	Milwaukee, WI	71.6%
#117	Tract 2	Greene, MO	71.6%
#118	Tract 101.06	Butler, OH	71.5%
#119	Tract 4	Douglas, KS	71.4%
#120	Tract 2063.02	Los Angeles, CA	71.3%
#121	Tract 808	Kings, NY	71.2%
#122	Tract 112	Tippecanoe, IN	70.8%
#123	Tract 59.01	Champaign, IL	70.6%
#124	Tract 9800.17	Los Angeles, CA	70.6%
#125	Tract 2063.03	Los Angeles, CA	70.5%
#126	Tract 15.04	Kalamazoo, MI	70.5%
#127	Tract 9682.02	Weakley, TN	70.2%
#128	Tract 2	Duval, FL	69.9%
#129	Tract 240	New York, NY	69.8%
#130	Tract 37	Lane, OR	69.7%
#131	Tract 123	San Bernardino, CA	69.7%
#132	Tract 1039	Hennepin, MN	69.6%
#133	Tract 4	Adams, MS	69.5%
#134	Tract 31	Richland, SC	69.4%
#135	Tract 92	Monroe, NY	69.3%
#136	Tract 9802	Jefferson, TX	69.2%
#137	Tract 114.01	Tuscaloosa, AL	69.2%
#138	Tract 106.02	Orangeburg, SC	69.1%
#139	Tract 121.10	Rockland, NY	69.1%
#140	Tract 9891	Philadelphia, PA	69.0%
#141	Tract 2063.01	Los Angeles, CA	68.9%
#142	Tract 1.01	Pitt, NC	68.9%
#143	Tract 9705.01	Baldwin, GA	68.8%
#144	Tract 34	Genesee, MI	68.8%
#145	Tract 21	Brazos, TX	68.5%
#146	Tract 9800	Prince George's, MD	68.5%
#147	Tract 1093.01	Cuyahoga, OH	68.5%
#148	Tract 245.02	Ottawa, MI	68.4%
#149	Tract 359.02	Chautauqua, NY	68.4%
#150	Tract 5004	Wayne, MI	68.4%
#151	Tract 9635	Albany, WY	68.3%
#152	Tract 6.01	Travis, TX	68.2%
#153	Tract 11.10	Franklin, OH	68.2%
#154	Tract 54	Honolulu, HI	68.0%
#155	Tract 16.01	Johnson, IA	68.0%
#156	Tract 2.07	Harrisonburg city, VA	68.0%
#157	Tract 1062	St. Louis city, MO	67.9%
#158	Tract 703	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT	67.8%
#159	Tract 2	McLean, IL	67.8%
#160	Tract 269	Hamilton, OH	67.8%
#161	Tract 104	Warren, KY	67.6%
#162	Tract 33	McLennan, TX	67.5%
#163	Tract 5	Cabell, WV	67.5%
#164	Tract 105	Madison, KY	67.5%
#165	Tract 16.06	Dane, WI	67.5%
#166	Tract 9.02	Alachua, FL	67.4%
#167	Tract 112.04	Polk, FL	67.1%
#168	Tract 18.01	Utah, UT	67.1%
#169	Tract 29	Franklin, OH	67.0%
#170	Tract 28.01	Erie, NY	67.0%
#171	Tract 12	Chatham, GA	67.0%
#172	Tract 114.02	Tuscaloosa, AL	67.0%
#173	Tract 8819	Will, IL	66.9%
#174	Tract 105	Lucas, OH	66.9%
#175	Tract 108.02	Lowndes, GA	66.8%
#176	Tract 8.01	Forsyth, NC	66.8%
#177	Tract 263	Hamilton, OH	66.7%
#178	Tract 17	El Paso, TX	66.7%
#179	Tract 91.10	Erie, NY	66.7%
#180	Tract 141.01	Berks, PA	66.7%
#181	Tract 124.01	Boulder, CO	66.7%
#182	Tract 1078.02	Cuyahoga, OH	66.6%
#183	Tract 2805	Baltimore city, MD	66.5%
#184	Tract 106.02	Benton, OR	66.5%
#185	Tract 2653.03	Los Angeles, CA	66.5%
#186	Tract 5.03	Larimer, CO	66.4%
#187	Tract 4.02	McLennan, TX	66.4%
#188	Tract 58	Shelby, TN	66.4%
#189	Tract 5504.03	Harris, TX	66.4%
#190	Tract 101.01	Monongalia, WV	66.3%
#191	Tract 5	La Crosse, WI	66.1%
#192	Tract 1972	Cuyahoga, OH	66.1%
#193	Tract 1	Monroe, IN	66.1%
#194	Tract 9544.01	Ulster, NY	66.0%
#195	Tract 9502.01	Panola, MS	66.0%
#196	Tract 301	Lake, IN	66.0%
#197	Tract 16.08	Brazos, TX	66.0%
#198	Tract 145.02	New Castle, DE	65.9%
#199	Tract 113.01	Centre, PA	65.7%
#200	Tract 20.05	Leon, FL	65.5%