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
#201	Tract 4005	Washtenaw, MI	65.5%
#202	Tract 2.01	Alachua, FL	65.4%
#203	Tract 305.02	Madison, MS	65.4%
#204	Tract 5128	Wayne, MI	65.2%
#205	Tract 283	Bronx, NY	65.2%
#206	Tract 111	Wichita, TX	65.2%
#207	Tract 2.01	Tompkins, NY	65.2%
#208	Tract 3	Tompkins, NY	65.2%
#209	Tract 3.02	Champaign, IL	65.1%
#210	Tract 26	Lucas, OH	65.1%
#211	Tract 6	Larimer, CO	65.1%
#212	Tract 16	Monroe, IN	65.0%
#213	Tract 16	Duval, FL	65.0%
#214	Tract 24.02	Jefferson, AL	65.0%
#215	Tract 4008	Washtenaw, MI	64.9%
#216	Tract 38	Jackson, MO	64.9%
#217	Tract 5308	Wayne, MI	64.9%
#218	Tract 301	Richmond city, VA	64.8%
#219	Tract 93	Hamilton, OH	64.8%
#220	Tract 9801.01	Washtenaw, MI	64.8%
#221	Tract 4022.01	Washtenaw, MI	64.8%
#222	Tract 12	Leon, FL	64.7%
#223	Tract 105.01	Yolo, CA	64.7%
#224	Tract 5781	Los Angeles, CA	64.7%
#225	Tract 18	Genesee, MI	64.7%
#226	Tract 109	Richland, SC	64.5%
#227	Tract 101.20	Shelby, TN	64.5%
#228	Tract 28	Pulaski, AR	64.4%
#229	Tract 11	Johnson, IA	64.4%
#230	Tract 112.05	Pickens, SC	64.3%
#231	Tract 4	Beaufort, SC	64.3%
#232	Tract 13.03	Brazos, TX	64.3%
#233	Tract 18.07	Doña Ana, NM	64.1%
#234	Tract 7	Jefferson, AL	64.1%
#235	Tract 28	El Paso, TX	64.0%
#236	Tract 113	Orangeburg, SC	64.0%
#237	Tract 59.02	Champaign, IL	64.0%
#238	Tract 53	Bronx, NY	63.9%
#239	Tract 2604	Cook, IL	63.8%
#240	Tract 214	Dauphin, PA	63.7%
#241	Tract 6	Lancaster, NE	63.7%
#242	Tract 27	Richmond, NY	63.7%
#243	Tract 20	Genesee, MI	63.6%
#244	Tract 113	Orange, NC	63.4%
#245	Tract 5401.02	Cook, IL	63.4%
#246	Tract 47.04	District of Columbia, DC	63.3%
#247	Tract 402	Allegheny, PA	63.3%
#248	Tract 14.01	Brazos, TX	63.3%
#249	Tract 1049.01	Hennepin, MN	63.3%
#250	Tract 10	Coconino, AZ	63.2%
#251	Tract 69.02	Knox, TN	63.1%
#252	Tract 3603.02	Marion, IN	63.1%
#253	Tract 9739.02	Athens, OH	63.1%
#254	Tract 103.01	Grand Forks, ND	63.0%
#255	Tract 30	El Paso, TX	63.0%
#256	Tract 104	Lucas, OH	63.0%
#257	Tract 120	Centre, PA	62.8%
#258	Tract 101.03	Monongalia, WV	62.8%
#259	Tract 509	Allegheny, PA	62.8%
#260	Tract 4.02	La Crosse, WI	62.7%
#261	Tract 21	El Paso, TX	62.7%
#262	Tract 154.02	Jackson, MO	62.7%
#263	Tract 1.06	McLean, IL	62.7%
#264	Tract 8204	Hampshire, MA	62.6%
#265	Tract 6.03	Lubbock, TX	62.6%
#266	Tract 10.03	DeKalb, IL	62.6%
#267	Tract 406.03	Lee, AL	62.6%
#268	Tract 105	Bibb, GA	62.5%
#269	Tract 104	Richmond, GA	62.5%
#270	Tract 2227	Los Angeles, CA	62.5%
#271	Tract 56.02	Onondaga, NY	62.5%
#272	Tract 115.05	Rockland, NY	62.4%
#273	Tract 503.03	Indian River, FL	62.4%
#274	Tract 6.02	Kern, CA	62.4%
#275	Tract 7	Ouachita Parish, LA	62.3%
#276	Tract 1087.01	Cuyahoga, OH	62.3%
#277	Tract 12	Franklin, OH	62.2%
#278	Tract 6.20	Orleans Parish, LA	62.2%
#279	Tract 29	Lucas, OH	62.1%
#280	Tract 16.04	Dane, WI	62.1%
#281	Tract 5.01	Pima, AZ	62.1%
#282	Tract 7	Montgomery, AL	62.0%
#283	Tract 101	Bibb, GA	62.0%
#284	Tract 8812	Capitol Planning Region, CT	61.9%
#285	Tract 6.05	Travis, TX	61.9%
#286	Tract 9604	Madison Parish, LA	61.8%
#287	Tract 301.01	Clarke, GA	61.8%
#288	Tract 87.01	Dallas, TX	61.8%
#289	Tract 105.02	Richland, SC	61.8%
#290	Tract 116	Shelby, TN	61.8%
#291	Tract 209	Oneida, NY	61.7%
#292	Tract 1984	Cuyahoga, OH	61.7%
#293	Tract 20.24	Brazos, TX	61.6%
#294	Tract 23.03	Black Hawk, IA	61.5%
#295	Tract 14.01	Broome, NY	61.5%
#296	Tract 34	Hinds, MS	61.5%
#297	Tract 101.05	Butler, OH	61.5%
#298	Tract 65	Monroe, NY	61.5%
#299	Tract 5	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	61.5%
#300	Tract 107	Ouachita Parish, LA	61.4%