Data / Rankings / Child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure) / Counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure)

Adair County had the highest child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure) of 77 counties in 2017, at 37.5%. Canadian County had the lowest, at 9.3%. The median was 23.7% and the figure for Oklahoma was 21.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest37.5Adair County
Lowest9.3Canadian County
Median23.777 counties
Oklahoma21.3History

Map of counties, 2017

Adair County: 37.5 %Alfalfa County: 19.5 %Atoka County: 28.4 %Beaver County: 16.6 %Beckham County: 22.3 %Blaine County: 26.1 %Bryan County: 24.3 %Caddo County: 28.5 %Canadian County: 9.3 %Carter County: 22.7 %Cherokee County: 27.5 %Choctaw County: 37.1 %Cimarron County: 27.3 %Cleveland County: 12.7 %Coal County: 31.2 %Comanche County: 23.8 %Cotton County: 23.7 %Craig County: 25.7 %Creek County: 25 %Custer County: 19.2 %Delaware County: 28.3 %Dewey County: 18.2 %Ellis County: 19.6 %Garfield County: 19.8 %Garvin County: 23.2 %Grady County: 17.2 %Grant County: 18.5 %Greer County: 31 %Harmon County: 34.8 %Harper County: 17.6 %Haskell County: 28.8 %Hughes County: 31.8 %Jackson County: 23.7 %Jefferson County: 32.7 %Johnston County: 26.1 %Kay County: 23.9 %Kingfisher County: 13.6 %Kiowa County: 35.4 %Latimer County: 25 %Le Flore County: 31.4 %Lincoln County: 22.6 %Logan County: 14.9 %Love County: 20 %McClain County: 14.1 %McCurtain County: 34.4 %McIntosh County: 31.4 %Major County: 17.3 %Marshall County: 23.1 %Mayes County: 24.3 %Murray County: 19.6 %Muskogee County: 35.8 %Noble County: 17.1 %Nowata County: 24.9 %Okfuskee County: 30 %Oklahoma County: 22.8 %Okmulgee County: 22.6 %Osage County: 24.5 %Ottawa County: 28.2 %Pawnee County: 25.3 %Payne County: 19 %Pittsburg County: 23.6 %Pontotoc County: 21 %Pottawatomie County: 19.5 %Pushmataha County: 31.1 %Roger Mills County: 23.3 %Rogers County: 12.8 %Seminole County: 30 %Sequoyah County: 29.1 %Stephens County: 22 %Texas County: 23.7 %Tillman County: 31.2 %Tulsa County: 19.7 %Wagoner County: 13 %Washington County: 19.9 %Washita County: 23.9 %Woods County: 17.7 %Woodward County: 18.4 %
  • Under 18
  • 18 to 20
  • 20 to 24
  • 24 to 26
  • 26 to 31
  • 31 and over
%, 2017. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Adair County: 37.5 %Adair County37.5Choctaw County: 37.1 %Choctaw County37.1Muskogee County: 35.8 %Muskogee County35.8Kiowa County: 35.4 %Kiowa County35.4Harmon County: 34.8 %Harmon County34.8McCurtain County: 34.4 %McCurtain County34.4Jefferson County: 32.7 %Jefferson County32.7Hughes County: 31.8 %Hughes County31.8Le Flore County: 31.4 %Le Flore County31.4McIntosh County: 31.4 %McIntosh County31.4Coal County: 31.2 %Coal County31.2Tillman County: 31.2 %Tillman County31.2Pushmataha County: 31.1 %Pushmataha County31.1Greer County: 31 %Greer County31Okfuskee County: 30 %Okfuskee County30Seminole County: 30 %Seminole County30Sequoyah County: 29.1 %Sequoyah County29.1Haskell County: 28.8 %Haskell County28.8Caddo County: 28.5 %Caddo County28.5Atoka County: 28.4 %Atoka County28.4Delaware County: 28.3 %Delaware County28.3Ottawa County: 28.2 %Ottawa County28.2Cherokee County: 27.5 %Cherokee County27.5Cimarron County: 27.3 %Cimarron County27.3Blaine County: 26.1 %Blaine County26.1Johnston County: 26.1 %Johnston County26.1Craig County: 25.7 %Craig County25.7Pawnee County: 25.3 %Pawnee County25.3Creek County: 25 %Creek County25Latimer County: 25 %Latimer County25Nowata County: 24.9 %Nowata County24.9Osage County: 24.5 %Osage County24.5Bryan County: 24.3 %Bryan County24.3Mayes County: 24.3 %Mayes County24.3Kay County: 23.9 %Kay County23.9Washita County: 23.9 %Washita County23.9Comanche County: 23.8 %Comanche County23.8Cotton County: 23.7 %Cotton County23.7Jackson County: 23.7 %Jackson County23.7Texas County: 23.7 %Texas County23.7Adair County: 37.5 %Adair County37.5Choctaw County: 37.1 %Choctaw County37.1Muskogee County: 35.8 %Muskogee County35.8Kiowa County: 35.4 %Kiowa County35.4Harmon County: 34.8 %Harmon County34.8McCurtain County: 34.4 %McCurtain County34.4Jefferson County: 32.7 %Jefferson County32.7Hughes County: 31.8 %Hughes County31.8Le Flore County: 31.4 %Le Flore County31.4McIntosh County: 31.4 %McIntosh County31.4Coal County: 31.2 %Coal County31.2Tillman County: 31.2 %Tillman County31.2Pushmataha County: 31.1 %Pushmataha County31.1Greer County: 31 %Greer County31Okfuskee County: 30 %Okfuskee County30Seminole County: 30 %Seminole County30Sequoyah County: 29.1 %Sequoyah County29.1Haskell County: 28.8 %Haskell County28.8Caddo County: 28.5 %Caddo County28.5Atoka County: 28.4 %Atoka County28.4Delaware County: 28.3 %Delaware County28.3Ottawa County: 28.2 %Ottawa County28.2Cherokee County: 27.5 %Cherokee County27.5Cimarron County: 27.3 %Cimarron County27.3Blaine County: 26.1 %Blaine County26.1Johnston County: 26.1 %Johnston County26.1Craig County: 25.7 %Craig County25.7Pawnee County: 25.3 %Pawnee County25.3Creek County: 25 %Creek County25Latimer County: 25 %Latimer County25Nowata County: 24.9 %Nowata County24.9Osage County: 24.5 %Osage County24.5Bryan County: 24.3 %Bryan County24.3Mayes County: 24.3 %Mayes County24.3Kay County: 23.9 %Kay County23.9Washita County: 23.9 %Washita County23.9Comanche County: 23.8 %Comanche County23.8Cotton County: 23.7 %Cotton County23.7Jackson County: 23.7 %Jackson County23.7Texas County: 23.7 %Texas County23.7
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Adair County37.5-0.6 pts
2Choctaw County37.1+0.4 pts
3Muskogee County35.8+5.9 pts
4Kiowa County35.4+3.1 pts
5Harmon County34.8-1.2 pts
6McCurtain County34.4-2.6 pts
7Jefferson County32.7+2.8 pts
8Hughes County31.8-1.8 pts
9Le Flore County31.4+3 pts
9McIntosh County31.4-2.7 pts
11Coal County31.2+2.3 pts
11Tillman County31.2-1.1 pts
13Pushmataha County31.1-2.8 pts
14Greer County31+0.7 pts
15Okfuskee County30+0.3 pts
15Seminole County30-2.9 pts
17Sequoyah County29.1-2 pts
18Haskell County28.8-1.3 pts
19Caddo County28.5+0.5 pts
20Atoka County28.4-1.5 pts
21Delaware County28.3+0.3 pts
22Ottawa County28.2+1.1 pts
23Cherokee County27.5-3.2 pts
24Cimarron County27.3-5.8 pts
25Blaine County26.1-0.5 pts
25Johnston County26.1-3.4 pts
27Craig County25.7+1.9 pts
28Pawnee County25.3+3.4 pts
29Creek County25+3.4 pts
29Latimer County25-3.7 pts
31Nowata County24.9-1.2 pts
32Osage County24.5+2.8 pts
33Bryan County24.3-0.1 pts
33Mayes County24.3-0.5 pts
35Kay County23.9+1 pts
35Washita County23.9+0.3 pts
37Comanche County23.8+0.4 pts
38Cotton County23.7+0.8 pts
38Jackson County23.7-4.2 pts
38Texas County23.7+4.5 pts
41Pittsburg County23.6+3.4 pts
42Roger Mills County23.3+4 pts
43Garvin County23.2-1 pts
44Marshall County23.1-1.8 pts
45Oklahoma County22.8-1.5 pts
46Carter County22.7+0.1 pts
47Lincoln County22.6-0.6 pts
47Okmulgee County22.6-5.7 pts
49Beckham County22.3+1.5 pts
50Stephens County22-3.4 pts
51Pontotoc County21+0.4 pts
52Love County20-1.6 pts
53Washington County19.9-0.9 pts
54Garfield County19.8-1.7 pts
55Tulsa County19.7-3.8 pts
56Ellis County19.6+1.3 pts
56Murray County19.6+1.7 pts
58Alfalfa County19.5+0.4 pts
58Pottawatomie County19.5-5.3 pts
60Custer County19.2-1.1 pts
61Payne County19+0.1 pts
62Grant County18.5-1.1 pts
63Woodward County18.4+0.8 pts
64Dewey County18.2-0.5 pts
65Woods County17.7+0.5 pts
66Harper County17.6+2.9 pts
67Major County17.3+1.1 pts
68Grady County17.2+0.1 pts
69Noble County17.1-0.3 pts
70Beaver County16.6+0.9 pts
71Logan County14.9-4.9 pts
72McClain County14.1-0.9 pts
73Kingfisher County13.6-0.6 pts
74Wagoner County13-2.6 pts
75Rogers County12.80 pts
76Cleveland County12.7+0.2 pts
77Canadian County9.3-1.3 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.

A model-based single-year estimate; the national figure is the one-year American Community Survey estimate. The Census Bureau advises comparing years from 2006 on only. Absolute thresholds set by the US government, so not comparable with the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate. The rate for all ages is poverty_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt

MLA 9

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties, Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/oklahoma-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/oklahoma-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties, Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/oklahoma-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_oklahoma_by_2017,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties: Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2017}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/oklahoma-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties: Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2017
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/27
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/oklahoma-counties?period=2017
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/oklahoma-counties?period=2017.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2017/2017-state-and-county/est17all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Oklahoma by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"child_poverty_rate","level":"province","within":"Oklahoma","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=child_poverty_rate&level=province&within=Oklahoma&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure)?

Adair County, with 37.5% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure)?

Canadian County, with 9.3% in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure): other rankings

Counties in Oklahoma: more rankings