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
#401	Tract 80.01	Palm Beach, FL	58.8%
#402	Tract 126	Centre, PA	58.7%
#403	Tract 1266	St. Louis city, MO	58.7%
#404	Tract 103.02	Grand Forks, ND	58.7%
#405	Tract 48	Lucas, OH	58.6%
#406	Tract 12	Broome, NY	58.6%
#407	Tract 9.01	Doña Ana, NM	58.6%
#408	Tract 7	Chemung, NY	58.6%
#409	Tract 127	Bibb, GA	58.6%
#410	Tract 2	McLennan, TX	58.6%
#411	Tract 1.06	Washoe, NV	58.5%
#412	Tract 139	Guilford, NC	58.5%
#413	Tract 65	Sedgwick, KS	58.5%
#414	Tract 2.02	Tompkins, NY	58.4%
#415	Tract 252	Caddo Parish, LA	58.4%
#416	Tract 1072.01	Maricopa, AZ	58.4%
#417	Tract 201	Richmond city, VA	58.3%
#418	Tract 110	Ouachita Parish, LA	58.3%
#419	Tract 16	Comanche, OK	58.3%
#420	Tract 9503	Yazoo, MS	58.2%
#421	Tract 41	Ingham, MI	58.2%
#422	Tract 5	Story, IA	58.2%
#423	Tract 7	Winnebago, WI	58.2%
#424	Tract 18	Fayette, KY	58.1%
#425	Tract 165.10	Orange, FL	58.1%
#426	Tract 1508	Bexar, TX	58.1%
#427	Tract 4	McLean, IL	58.0%
#428	Tract 972.05	Queens, NY	58.0%
#429	Tract 377	Philadelphia, PA	58.0%
#430	Tract 18	Wayne, NC	58.0%
#431	Tract 7	Lauderdale, MS	57.9%
#432	Tract 39	Onondaga, NY	57.9%
#433	Tract 5459	Wayne, MI	57.9%
#434	Tract 3690	Middlesex, MA	57.8%
#435	Tract 6.01	Whitman, WA	57.8%
#436	Tract 1503	Cuyahoga, OH	57.8%
#437	Tract 101.22	Shelby, TN	57.8%
#438	Tract 4.02	Ouachita Parish, LA	57.8%
#439	Tract 120.02	Tuscaloosa, AL	57.7%
#440	Tract 9610	Lincoln Parish, LA	57.7%
#441	Tract 112	Tuscaloosa, AL	57.7%
#442	Tract 4.02	Clarke, GA	57.7%
#443	Tract 30	Lucas, OH	57.5%
#444	Tract 13	Broome, NY	57.5%
#445	Tract 9504.01	Oktibbeha, MS	57.5%
#446	Tract 9503.01	Madison, ID	57.5%
#447	Tract 100.09	Bibb, AL	57.5%
#448	Tract 1204	Cuyahoga, OH	57.5%
#449	Tract 5736	Wayne, MI	57.5%
#450	Tract 1033	Cuyahoga, OH	57.4%
#451	Tract 5.01	Brazos, TX	57.4%
#452	Tract 210.02	Schenectady, NY	57.4%
#453	Tract 6.01	Anchorage Municipality, AK	57.4%
#454	Tract 220.25	Shelby, TN	57.4%
#455	Tract 13.02	Franklin, OH	57.4%
#456	Tract 27.04	Erie, NY	57.3%
#457	Tract 2.02	Concordia Parish, LA	57.3%
#458	Tract 126.08	Guilford, NC	57.3%
#459	Tract 5074	Wayne, MI	57.3%
#460	Tract 126.10	Boulder, CO	57.2%
#461	Tract 10	Duval, FL	57.2%
#462	Tract 2705	Cook, IL	57.2%
#463	Tract 16	Peoria, IL	57.2%
#464	Tract 54.01	Tippecanoe, IN	57.2%
#465	Tract 25	Hamilton, OH	57.1%
#466	Tract 25	Berks, PA	57.1%
#467	Tract 2226.01	Harris, TX	57.1%
#468	Tract 8.06	Alachua, FL	57.1%
#469	Tract 19	El Paso, TX	57.1%
#470	Tract 1017	Tarrant, TX	57.1%
#471	Tract 6	Ohio, WV	57.1%
#472	Tract 6	Charlottesville city, VA	57.0%
#473	Tract 111	Jackson, IL	56.9%
#474	Tract 24.01	Harrison, MS	56.9%
#475	Tract 3.03	Lubbock, TX	56.9%
#476	Tract 101	Warren, KY	56.9%
#477	Tract 8339	Cook, IL	56.9%
#478	Tract 197	Bronx, NY	56.8%
#479	Tract 17	Richland, OH	56.8%
#480	Tract 10	Lehigh, PA	56.8%
#481	Tract 3406	Cook, IL	56.7%
#482	Tract 18	Lancaster, NE	56.7%
#483	Tract 9504.01	Evangeline Parish, LA	56.7%
#484	Tract 1.02	Pitt, NC	56.7%
#485	Tract 16	Allen, IN	56.7%
#486	Tract 5028	St. Clair, IL	56.7%
#487	Tract 3	Calcasieu Parish, LA	56.7%
#488	Tract 113	Bossier Parish, LA	56.6%
#489	Tract 1504	Clarke, GA	56.6%
#490	Tract 1421	Oakland, MI	56.6%
#491	Tract 112.02	Pickens, SC	56.6%
#492	Tract 27	Mobile, AL	56.6%
#493	Tract 9576.02	Crawford, KS	56.6%
#494	Tract 12	Hinds, MS	56.6%
#495	Tract 1172.01	Cuyahoga, OH	56.6%
#496	Tract 14	Muscogee, GA	56.5%
#497	Tract 206	Miller, AR	56.5%
#498	Tract 1304.02	Bexar, TX	56.5%
#499	Tract 7.02	Isabella, MI	56.5%
#500	Tract 4703	Lee, AR	56.5%