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
#501	Tract 5	Jefferson, AL	56.4%
#502	Tract 17.46	Orleans Parish, LA	56.4%
#503	Tract 9507.01	Bolivar, MS	56.4%
#504	Tract 103	Lenoir, NC	56.4%
#505	Tract 9340	Trumbull, OH	56.4%
#506	Tract 41	Norfolk city, VA	56.4%
#507	Tract 9830	Westchester, NY	56.4%
#508	Tract 9505	Yazoo, MS	56.4%
#509	Tract 5.02	Cass, ND	56.4%
#510	Tract 1	Erie, PA	56.4%
#511	Tract 8006	Mahoning, OH	56.3%
#512	Tract 132.02	Bibb, GA	56.3%
#513	Tract 15.10	Kalamazoo, MI	56.3%
#514	Tract 68.01	Fulton, GA	56.3%
#515	Tract 1047	Oklahoma, OK	56.2%
#516	Tract 9614.01	St. Landry Parish, LA	56.2%
#517	Tract 235	Bell, TX	56.2%
#518	Tract 39	Montgomery, OH	56.2%
#519	Tract 10.02	DeKalb, IL	56.2%
#520	Tract 4	Calcasieu Parish, LA	56.2%
#521	Tract 41	Chittenden, VT	56.2%
#522	Tract 509.02	Porter, IN	56.1%
#523	Tract 404.02	Hale, AL	56.1%
#524	Tract 9301	Knox, KY	56.1%
#525	Tract 1216.14	Tarrant, TX	56.1%
#526	Tract 8103	Mahoning, OH	56.1%
#527	Tract 5036	Wayne, MI	56.1%
#528	Tract 5307.01	Harris, TX	56.1%
#529	Tract 1203	Terrell, GA	56.1%
#530	Tract 8.02	Forsyth, NC	56.1%
#531	Tract 465.01	Riverside, CA	56.0%
#532	Tract 89	Milwaukee, WI	56.0%
#533	Tract 5081	Wayne, MI	56.0%
#534	Tract 167.06	Dallas, TX	56.0%
#535	Tract 9503.03	Madison, ID	56.0%
#536	Tract 30	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	56.0%
#537	Tract 14.02	Leon, FL	56.0%
#538	Tract 13.02	Kern, CA	55.9%
#539	Tract 29	Genesee, MI	55.9%
#540	Tract 50.01	Bronx, NY	55.9%
#541	Tract 409	Allegheny, PA	55.9%
#542	Tract 107.03	Yolo, CA	55.9%
#543	Tract 2653.06	Los Angeles, CA	55.9%
#544	Tract 28.02	Fulton, GA	55.9%
#545	Tract 3602	Cook, IL	55.9%
#546	Tract 23	Sangamon, IL	55.9%
#547	Tract 20	El Paso, TX	55.9%
#548	Tract 3124	Harris, TX	55.9%
#549	Tract 9502	Leflore, MS	55.8%
#550	Tract 309	Iberia Parish, LA	55.8%
#551	Tract 1.02	Greene, MO	55.8%
#552	Tract 4228	Alameda, CA	55.7%
#553	Tract 245.01	Ottawa, MI	55.7%
#554	Tract 23	Mecklenburg, NC	55.7%
#555	Tract 112	Clinton, MI	55.7%
#556	Tract 82.30	Franklin, OH	55.7%
#557	Tract 117.02	Jackson, IL	55.6%
#558	Tract 148	Milwaukee, WI	55.6%
#559	Tract 119.02	Tuscaloosa, AL	55.6%
#560	Tract 2	Saginaw, MI	55.6%
#561	Tract 2012.01	Cleveland, OK	55.6%
#562	Tract 19	McLennan, TX	55.5%
#563	Tract 3504	Cook, IL	55.5%
#564	Tract 2426	Los Angeles, CA	55.5%
#565	Tract 2	Cumberland, NC	55.5%
#566	Tract 68.04	District of Columbia, DC	55.4%
#567	Tract 9706	Richmond, NC	55.4%
#568	Tract 38.02	Hennepin, MN	55.4%
#569	Tract 19	Lancaster, NE	55.3%
#570	Tract 5071	Wayne, MI	55.3%
#571	Tract 12	Winnebago, IL	55.3%
#572	Tract 1199	Cuyahoga, OH	55.3%
#573	Tract 1862	Milwaukee, WI	55.3%
#574	Tract 5012	Wayne, MI	55.3%
#575	Tract 106.02	Richmond, GA	55.2%
#576	Tract 5501.01	Harris, TX	55.2%
#577	Tract 8024	Mahoning, OH	55.2%
#578	Tract 4.02	Mobile, AL	55.2%
#579	Tract 11.03	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	55.1%
#580	Tract 203.05	Lamar, MS	55.1%
#581	Tract 600	Greene, AL	55.1%
#582	Tract 4.02	Pima, AZ	55.1%
#583	Tract 88.02	Philadelphia, PA	55.1%
#584	Tract 7017	Stark, OH	55.0%
#585	Tract 26	Hamilton, OH	55.0%
#586	Tract 9401	Todd, SD	55.0%
#587	Tract 70.04	Jefferson, TX	55.0%
#588	Tract 51	Peoria, IL	55.0%
#589	Tract 1861	Milwaukee, WI	54.9%
#590	Tract 74.03	District of Columbia, DC	54.9%
#591	Tract 67	Bronx, NY	54.9%
#592	Tract 78.08	Fulton, GA	54.8%
#593	Tract 202	Richmond city, VA	54.8%
#594	Tract 1081	St. Louis city, MO	54.8%
#595	Tract 308	Russell, AL	54.8%
#596	Tract 8137	Mahoning, OH	54.8%
#597	Tract 19	Genesee, MI	54.7%
#598	Tract 2	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	54.6%
#599	Tract 6703	Cook, IL	54.6%
#600	Tract 39	Essex, NJ	54.6%