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
#701	Tract 27.30	Franklin, OH	53.0%
#702	Tract 2	Jefferson, OH	53.0%
#703	Tract 145	Bronx, NY	53.0%
#704	Tract 101	Wichita, TX	52.9%
#705	Tract 141	Milwaukee, WI	52.9%
#706	Tract 205.13	Hidalgo, TX	52.9%
#707	Tract 108.04	Dallas, TX	52.9%
#708	Tract 54	Essex, NJ	52.9%
#709	Tract 5090	Summit, OH	52.9%
#710	Tract 6.01	Natchitoches Parish, LA	52.8%
#711	Tract 9.20	Franklin, OH	52.8%
#712	Tract 8008	Hampden, MA	52.8%
#713	Tract 30	St. Joseph, IN	52.8%
#714	Tract 56.13	Montgomery, AL	52.8%
#715	Tract 14.03	Dougherty, GA	52.8%
#716	Tract 1980	Cuyahoga, OH	52.8%
#717	Tract 9	Forrest, MS	52.8%
#718	Tract 245.01	Hidalgo, TX	52.7%
#719	Tract 403.09	Clayton, GA	52.7%
#720	Tract 1.01	Milwaukee, WI	52.7%
#721	Tract 102.04	Monongalia, WV	52.7%
#722	Tract 4.02	Muskegon, MI	52.7%
#723	Tract 22	Jackson, MO	52.7%
#724	Tract 9403.02	Navajo, AZ	52.7%
#725	Tract 6	Lawrence, PA	52.7%
#726	Tract 109	Cabell, WV	52.7%
#727	Tract 10	Delaware, IN	52.7%
#728	Tract 1031	Clinton, NY	52.6%
#729	Tract 114.05	Jackson, MO	52.6%
#730	Tract 4	Fayette, KY	52.6%
#731	Tract 234.44	DeKalb, GA	52.5%
#732	Tract 2.01	Concordia Parish, LA	52.5%
#733	Tract 28.01	Duval, FL	52.5%
#734	Tract 51	Franklin, OH	52.5%
#735	Tract 52	Monroe, NY	52.5%
#736	Tract 11	Washington, MS	52.5%
#737	Tract 2912	Cook, IL	52.4%
#738	Tract 4408	Cook, IL	52.4%
#739	Tract 232	New York, NY	52.4%
#740	Tract 12	Milwaukee, WI	52.4%
#741	Tract 150.08	Orange, NY	52.4%
#742	Tract 20.01	Bronx, NY	52.4%
#743	Tract 82.02	Palm Beach, FL	52.4%
#744	Tract 5.01	Walworth, WI	52.4%
#745	Tract 8355	Cook, IL	52.4%
#746	Tract 5309	Wayne, MI	52.4%
#747	Tract 9602.04	Lumpkin, GA	52.3%
#748	Tract 177.01	Philadelphia, PA	52.3%
#749	Tract 4335.07	Harris, TX	52.3%
#750	Tract 1123.01	Cuyahoga, OH	52.3%
#751	Tract 230	Kings, NY	52.3%
#752	Tract 54.10	Miami-Dade, FL	52.3%
#753	Tract 6.02	Whitman, WA	52.3%
#754	Tract 6	Cabell, WV	52.3%
#755	Tract 105.14	Richmond, GA	52.2%
#756	Tract 57	Jackson, MO	52.2%
#757	Tract 63.03	Kern, CA	52.2%
#758	Tract 1073.02	Oklahoma, OK	52.2%
#759	Tract 9806	Washtenaw, MI	52.2%
#760	Tract 1	Cambria, PA	52.2%
#761	Tract 3318	Harris, TX	52.2%
#762	Tract 1105	Bexar, TX	52.1%
#763	Tract 5320.03	Harris, TX	52.1%
#764	Tract 59	Ouachita Parish, LA	52.1%
#765	Tract 203	Colbert, AL	52.1%
#766	Tract 9	Richland, SC	52.1%
#767	Tract 132.03	Cameron, TX	52.1%
#768	Tract 139.01	Cameron, TX	52.1%
#769	Tract 4327.05	Harris, TX	52.1%
#770	Tract 9405	Graham, AZ	52.1%
#771	Tract 7320.01	Worcester, MA	52.1%
#772	Tract 166	Philadelphia, PA	52.0%
#773	Tract 104	Bradley, TN	52.0%
#774	Tract 169	Bronx, NY	52.0%
#775	Tract 211.07	Hawaii, HI	52.0%
#776	Tract 287	Pinellas, FL	52.0%
#777	Tract 9543	Tangipahoa Parish, LA	52.0%
#778	Tract 9502.04	Starr, TX	51.9%
#779	Tract 6	Weld, CO	51.9%
#780	Tract 113.01	Lowndes, GA	51.9%
#781	Tract 805	Baltimore city, MD	51.9%
#782	Tract 108.11	Hays, TX	51.9%
#783	Tract 462.09	Bronx, NY	51.9%
#784	Tract 1073.05	Oklahoma, OK	51.9%
#785	Tract 9206	Breathitt, KY	51.8%
#786	Tract 10	Alachua, FL	51.8%
#787	Tract 53.07	King, WA	51.8%
#788	Tract 110	Rapides Parish, LA	51.8%
#789	Tract 5457	Wayne, MI	51.7%
#790	Tract 202	Niagara, NY	51.7%
#791	Tract 49	Lucas, OH	51.7%
#792	Tract 24	Muscogee, GA	51.7%
#793	Tract 9	Kanawha, WV	51.7%
#794	Tract 11	Nueces, TX	51.7%
#795	Tract 3	Boone, MO	51.6%
#796	Tract 188.01	Philadelphia, PA	51.6%
#797	Tract 9305.01	Knox, KY	51.6%
#798	Tract 1043.01	Tarrant, TX	51.6%
#799	Tract 11	Winnebago, IL	51.6%
#800	Tract 93.04	Dallas, TX	51.6%