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

All 62 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/new-york-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bronx County | 27.8 |
| 2 | Kings County | 19.1 |
| 3 | Cattaraugus County | 19.1 |
| 4 | Broome County | 18.5 |
| 5 | Franklin County | 18.3 |
| 6 | Chautauqua County | 17.4 |
| 7 | St. Lawrence County | 16.9 |
| 8 | New York County | 16.5 |
| 9 | Tompkins County | 16.4 |
| 10 | Oswego County | 16.3 |
| 11 | Chemung County | 16.3 |
| 12 | Rockland County | 16.3 |
| 13 | Allegany County | 16.2 |
| 14 | Sullivan County | 15.9 |
| 15 | Oneida County | 15.5 |
| 16 | Schuyler County | 14.8 |
| 17 | Ulster County | 14.6 |
| 18 | Montgomery County | 14.6 |
| 19 | Delaware County | 14.4 |
| 20 | Erie County | 13.9 |
| 21 | Onondaga County | 13.8 |
| 22 | Steuben County | 13.8 |
| 23 | Clinton County | 13.7 |
| 24 | Jefferson County | 13.7 |
| 25 | Monroe County | 13.7 |
| 26 | Niagara County | 13.5 |
| 27 | Cayuga County | 13.5 |
| 28 | Seneca County | 13.5 |
| 29 | Herkimer County | 13.4 |
| 30 | Tioga County | 13.4 |
| 31 | Schenectady County | 13.3 |
| 32 | Fulton County | 13.1 |
| 33 | Albany County | 13 |
| 34 | Queens County | 12.9 |
| 35 | Cortland County | 12.8 |
| 36 | Orleans County | 12.8 |
| 37 | Yates County | 12.7 |
| 38 | Orange County | 12.6 |
| 39 | Otsego County | 12.5 |
| 40 | Lewis County | 12.3 |
| 41 | Columbia County | 12.1 |
| 42 | Rensselaer County | 11.8 |
| 43 | Chenango County | 11.8 |
| 44 | Schoharie County | 11.7 |
| 45 | Richmond County | 11.5 |
| 46 | Wayne County | 11.4 |
| 47 | Essex County | 11.2 |
| 48 | Wyoming County | 11.1 |
| 49 | Livingston County | 11.1 |
| 50 | Washington County | 10.7 |
| 51 | Genesee County | 10.6 |
| 52 | Hamilton County | 10.6 |
| 53 | Warren County | 10.5 |
| 54 | Madison County | 10 |
| 55 | Greene County | 9.9 |
| 56 | Ontario County | 9 |
| 56 | Westchester County | 9 |
| 58 | Dutchess County | 8.4 |
| 59 | Putnam County | 7.1 |
| 60 | Saratoga County | 7.1 |
| 61 | Suffolk County | 6.4 |
| 62 | Nassau County | 5.4 |