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
#1901	Tract 8	Isabella, MI	42.8%
#1902	Tract 8102	Mahoning, OH	42.8%
#1903	Tract 2653.07	Los Angeles, CA	42.8%
#1904	Tract 3903	Cook, IL	42.8%
#1905	Tract 5523	Wayne, MI	42.8%
#1906	Tract 9201.02	Leslie, KY	42.8%
#1907	Tract 4229.02	Alameda, CA	42.8%
#1908	Tract 5798	Wayne, MI	42.8%
#1909	Tract 1513	Cuyahoga, OH	42.8%
#1910	Tract 13	Genesee, MI	42.8%
#1911	Tract 16.01	Merced, CA	42.8%
#1912	Tract 9503.01	Taylor, GA	42.8%
#1913	Tract 5503.03	Harris, TX	42.8%
#1914	Tract 510	Jefferson, IL	42.7%
#1915	Tract 64.04	Kern, CA	42.7%
#1916	Tract 5.02	Brazos, TX	42.7%
#1917	Tract 5262	Wayne, MI	42.7%
#1918	Tract 64	Milwaukee, WI	42.7%
#1919	Tract 9	Genesee, MI	42.7%
#1920	Tract 1149	Maricopa, AZ	42.7%
#1921	Tract 9702	Harlan, KY	42.7%
#1922	Tract 9	Florence, SC	42.7%
#1923	Tract 15	Cabell, WV	42.7%
#1924	Tract 4610	Cook, IL	42.7%
#1925	Tract 1901	Baltimore city, MD	42.7%
#1926	Tract 3.04	Tulare, CA	42.7%
#1927	Tract 39.03	Mecklenburg, NC	42.7%
#1928	Tract 2	Caldwell Parish, LA	42.7%
#1929	Tract 105.02	Payne, OK	42.7%
#1930	Tract 319	Webster Parish, LA	42.7%
#1931	Tract 2	Richmond, GA	42.7%
#1932	Tract 1015.01	Cuyahoga, OH	42.7%
#1933	Tract 111.05	Washington, AR	42.7%
#1934	Tract 5012	Capitol Planning Region, CT	42.7%
#1935	Tract 53	Shelby, TN	42.7%
#1936	Tract 23.03	Greenville, SC	42.7%
#1937	Tract 11	Hinds, MS	42.7%
#1938	Tract 105.06	El Paso, TX	42.6%
#1939	Tract 6811	Cook, IL	42.6%
#1940	Tract 992	Queens, NY	42.6%
#1941	Tract 157	Milwaukee, WI	42.6%
#1942	Tract 12.07	Miami-Dade, FL	42.6%
#1943	Tract 458	Bronx, NY	42.6%
#1944	Tract 1.02	Saline, KS	42.6%
#1945	Tract 7	Hinds, MS	42.6%
#1946	Tract 5034	Wayne, MI	42.6%
#1947	Tract 8380	Cook, IL	42.6%
#1948	Tract 74.35	Sacramento, CA	42.6%
#1949	Tract 102	Scotland, NC	42.6%
#1950	Tract 110	Lake, IN	42.6%
#1951	Tract 9503	Desha, AR	42.6%
#1952	Tract 813.01	Suffolk, MA	42.6%
#1953	Tract 11.01	Story, IA	42.6%
#1954	Tract 257	Jefferson Parish, LA	42.6%
#1955	Tract 6240	St. Clair, MI	42.6%
#1956	Tract 105	Shelby, TN	42.6%
#1957	Tract 39.05	El Paso, TX	42.6%
#1958	Tract 2122.04	Los Angeles, CA	42.6%
#1959	Tract 9406.02	Bernalillo, NM	42.5%
#1960	Tract 1251	Passaic, NJ	42.5%
#1961	Tract 209	Schenectady, NY	42.5%
#1962	Tract 3317	Harris, TX	42.5%
#1963	Tract 20.03	Miami-Dade, FL	42.5%
#1964	Tract 226	Hidalgo, TX	42.5%
#1965	Tract 2312	Harris, TX	42.5%
#1966	Tract 109	Catawba, NC	42.5%
#1967	Tract 3213.01	Harris, TX	42.5%
#1968	Tract 8.02	Wilson, NC	42.5%
#1969	Tract 421	Jackson, MS	42.5%
#1970	Tract 11.05	Boone, MO	42.5%
#1971	Tract 4534.03	Harris, TX	42.5%
#1972	Tract 531.01	Kings, NY	42.5%
#1973	Tract 1004	Oklahoma, OK	42.5%
#1974	Tract 28	Tulare, CA	42.5%
#1975	Tract 225	Caddo Parish, LA	42.5%
#1976	Tract 359	Bronx, NY	42.5%
#1977	Tract 246	Hidalgo, TX	42.5%
#1978	Tract 113.02	Miami-Dade, FL	42.5%
#1979	Tract 13.01	Franklin, OH	42.4%
#1980	Tract 40	Mobile, AL	42.4%
#1981	Tract 489	Kings, NY	42.4%
#1982	Tract 6	Richland, OH	42.4%
#1983	Tract 164.04	San Diego, CA	42.4%
#1984	Tract 70	Orleans Parish, LA	42.4%
#1985	Tract 6	Sangamon, IL	42.4%
#1986	Tract 5004	St. Clair, IL	42.4%
#1987	Tract 9503	Holmes, MS	42.4%
#1988	Tract 141	Allen, OH	42.4%
#1989	Tract 102.08	Tippecanoe, IN	42.4%
#1990	Tract 13	Jefferson, OH	42.4%
#1991	Tract 5075.02	Summit, OH	42.4%
#1992	Tract 4532.01	Harris, TX	42.4%
#1993	Tract 1212	Cuyahoga, OH	42.4%
#1994	Tract 707	Floyd, IN	42.4%
#1995	Tract 6718	Cook, IL	42.4%
#1996	Tract 108.01	Bossier Parish, LA	42.4%
#1997	Tract 9504.01	Zapata, TX	42.4%
#1998	Tract 104.04	Washington, AR	42.4%
#1999	Tract 221.02	Caddo Parish, LA	42.3%
#2000	Tract 5521	Wayne, MI	42.3%