# Counties in Florida by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 67 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/florida-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gadsden County | 27.9 |
| 2 | Hardee County | 25.3 |
| 3 | DeSoto County | 24.1 |
| 4 | Putnam County | 23.4 |
| 5 | Hendry County | 22.5 |
| 6 | Alachua County | 21.2 |
| 7 | Madison County | 21 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 21 |
| 9 | Dixie County | 20.9 |
| 10 | Calhoun County | 20.8 |
| 11 | Hamilton County | 20.1 |
| 12 | Union County | 19.5 |
| 13 | Jackson County | 19.5 |
| 14 | Leon County | 18.7 |
| 15 | Okeechobee County | 18 |
| 16 | Liberty County | 17.6 |
| 17 | Lafayette County | 17.5 |
| 18 | Levy County | 17.4 |
| 19 | Taylor County | 17.3 |
| 20 | Washington County | 17.3 |
| 21 | Glades County | 17.2 |
| 22 | Bradford County | 16.8 |
| 23 | Columbia County | 16.7 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 16.5 |
| 25 | Citrus County | 15.6 |
| 26 | Highlands County | 15.3 |
| 27 | Suwannee County | 15 |
| 28 | Miami-Dade County | 14.7 |
| 29 | Escambia County | 14.7 |
| 30 | Polk County | 14.5 |
| 31 | Marion County | 14.4 |
| 32 | Duval County | 14.2 |
| 33 | Holmes County | 14 |
| 34 | Orange County | 13 |
| 35 | Osceola County | 12.8 |
| 36 | Hillsborough County | 12.7 |
| 37 | Gulf County | 12.5 |
| 37 | Walton County | 12.5 |
| 39 | St. Lucie County | 12.3 |
| 40 | Broward County | 12.2 |
| 41 | Lee County | 12 |
| 42 | Bay County | 11.9 |
| 43 | Baker County | 11.8 |
| 43 | Volusia County | 11.8 |
| 45 | Hernando County | 11.7 |
| 46 | Pinellas County | 11.5 |
| 47 | Gilchrist County | 11.5 |
| 48 | Palm Beach County | 11.3 |
| 49 | Martin County | 11.3 |
| 50 | Pasco County | 11.1 |
| 51 | Indian River County | 11.1 |
| 52 | Collier County | 10.7 |
| 53 | Monroe County | 10.7 |
| 54 | Flagler County | 10.3 |
| 55 | Brevard County | 10.2 |
| 56 | Manatee County | 9.8 |
| 57 | Sumter County | 9.7 |
| 58 | Nassau County | 9.7 |
| 59 | Okaloosa County | 9.3 |
| 60 | Clay County | 9.2 |
| 61 | Seminole County | 9 |
| 62 | Charlotte County | 9 |
| 63 | Lake County | 8.9 |
| 64 | Santa Rosa County | 8.8 |
| 65 | Sarasota County | 8.6 |
| 66 | Wakulla County | 6.7 |
| 67 | St. Johns County | 6.5 |
