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
#301	Tract 9205.01	Anson, NC	61.4%
#302	Tract 4008	Cook, IL	61.4%
#303	Tract 16	Calcasieu Parish, LA	61.4%
#304	Tract 220	Bronx, NY	61.4%
#305	Tract 5225	Wayne, MI	61.4%
#306	Tract 35.01	Jefferson, KY	61.4%
#307	Tract 26	Winnebago, IL	61.3%
#308	Tract 11.01	Benton, OR	61.2%
#309	Tract 109.02	San Luis Obispo, CA	61.2%
#310	Tract 2	Calcasieu Parish, LA	61.2%
#311	Tract 6018	Camden, NJ	61.2%
#312	Tract 8140	Mahoning, OH	61.2%
#313	Tract 7316.02	Worcester, MA	61.1%
#314	Tract 15.04	Washoe, NV	61.1%
#315	Tract 210.01	Hidalgo, TX	61.1%
#316	Tract 55	Monroe, NY	61.1%
#317	Tract 253	Caddo Parish, LA	61.1%
#318	Tract 3	Muscogee, GA	61.1%
#319	Tract 15	Ouachita Parish, LA	61.1%
#320	Tract 28	Orleans Parish, LA	61.0%
#321	Tract 238.02	Caddo Parish, LA	60.9%
#322	Tract 8011.01	Hampden, MA	60.9%
#323	Tract 19	Shelby, TN	60.9%
#324	Tract 5401.01	Cook, IL	60.9%
#325	Tract 8	Lycoming, PA	60.8%
#326	Tract 1048.01	Hennepin, MN	60.8%
#327	Tract 10.02	Brazos, TX	60.8%
#328	Tract 5053	Summit, OH	60.8%
#329	Tract 22	Orleans Parish, LA	60.8%
#330	Tract 1702	Baltimore city, MD	60.8%
#331	Tract 1208.02	Cuyahoga, OH	60.7%
#332	Tract 53.05	King, WA	60.7%
#333	Tract 15	Atlantic, NJ	60.7%
#334	Tract 11	Saginaw, MI	60.6%
#335	Tract 5352	Wayne, MI	60.6%
#336	Tract 119	Lake, IN	60.6%
#337	Tract 18	Jefferson, KY	60.6%
#338	Tract 117.01	Richland, SC	60.5%
#339	Tract 3	Vigo, IN	60.5%
#340	Tract 147.01	Bronx, NY	60.4%
#341	Tract 23	Bronx, NY	60.3%
#342	Tract 43	Norfolk city, VA	60.3%
#343	Tract 29.36	Santa Barbara, CA	60.2%
#344	Tract 15	Nueces, TX	60.2%
#345	Tract 108.24	Hillsborough, FL	60.1%
#346	Tract 973	Lorain, OH	60.1%
#347	Tract 352	Kings, NY	60.1%
#348	Tract 4	Washington, MS	60.1%
#349	Tract 5598	Wayne, MI	60.1%
#350	Tract 1101	St. Louis city, MO	60.1%
#351	Tract 5	Whitman, WA	60.0%
#352	Tract 1208.01	Cuyahoga, OH	60.0%
#353	Tract 31	Pulaski, AR	59.9%
#354	Tract 406.06	Lee, AL	59.9%
#355	Tract 140.13	Hillsborough, FL	59.9%
#356	Tract 121.08	Rockland, NY	59.9%
#357	Tract 9400.10	Navajo, AZ	59.8%
#358	Tract 1238	Cuyahoga, OH	59.8%
#359	Tract 6.08	Travis, TX	59.8%
#360	Tract 9.02	Fresno, CA	59.8%
#361	Tract 71.04	Erie, NY	59.8%
#362	Tract 9206.01	Watauga, NC	59.8%
#363	Tract 9	Lafayette Parish, LA	59.7%
#364	Tract 3128	Harris, TX	59.7%
#365	Tract 6.06	Travis, TX	59.7%
#366	Tract 68	Hamilton, OH	59.7%
#367	Tract 22	Berrien, MI	59.6%
#368	Tract 4003	Washtenaw, MI	59.5%
#369	Tract 8012	Hampden, MA	59.5%
#370	Tract 7.15	Bernalillo, NM	59.4%
#371	Tract 5189	Wayne, MI	59.3%
#372	Tract 3	Etowah, AL	59.3%
#373	Tract 9	Madison, TN	59.3%
#374	Tract 13.01	Kern, CA	59.3%
#375	Tract 50	Jefferson, KY	59.2%
#376	Tract 4227	Alameda, CA	59.2%
#377	Tract 6	Lauderdale, MS	59.2%
#378	Tract 31	Richland, OH	59.2%
#379	Tract 56.22	Mecklenburg, NC	59.2%
#380	Tract 38.01	Lane, OR	59.1%
#381	Tract 3.01	Douglas, KS	59.1%
#382	Tract 30	Muscogee, GA	59.1%
#383	Tract 7	Florence, SC	59.1%
#384	Tract 129	Rapides Parish, LA	59.1%
#385	Tract 6711	Cook, IL	59.1%
#386	Tract 28	Kent, MI	59.1%
#387	Tract 7	Etowah, AL	59.1%
#388	Tract 11.21	Franklin, OH	59.0%
#389	Tract 112.03	Miami-Dade, FL	59.0%
#390	Tract 806.01	Suffolk, MA	59.0%
#391	Tract 9609	Lincoln Parish, LA	59.0%
#392	Tract 105.03	Payne, OK	58.9%
#393	Tract 206	Lake, IN	58.9%
#394	Tract 7246	Galveston, TX	58.9%
#395	Tract 59.01	Jefferson, KY	58.9%
#396	Tract 33	Hamilton, OH	58.9%
#397	Tract 103	Payne, OK	58.8%
#398	Tract 5.02	Butte, CA	58.8%
#399	Tract 105	Bowie, TX	58.8%
#400	Tract 11	Ouachita Parish, LA	58.8%