# Counties in Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Philadelphia County | 21.4 |
| 2 | Fayette County | 16.8 |
| 3 | Centre County | 16.3 |
| 4 | Mifflin County | 16.2 |
| 5 | Luzerne County | 15.3 |
| 6 | Erie County | 15 |
| 7 | Clinton County | 14.8 |
| 8 | Clearfield County | 14.6 |
| 9 | Lackawanna County | 14.4 |
| 10 | Crawford County | 14.3 |
| 11 | Cambria County | 14.2 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 14.2 |
| 13 | Indiana County | 14 |
| 14 | Columbia County | 13.7 |
| 15 | McKean County | 13.7 |
| 16 | Greene County | 13.5 |
| 17 | Cameron County | 13.5 |
| 18 | Mercer County | 13.2 |
| 19 | Venango County | 13.2 |
| 20 | Clarion County | 13.1 |
| 21 | Potter County | 13 |
| 22 | Dauphin County | 12.9 |
| 23 | Lycoming County | 12.8 |
| 24 | Schuylkill County | 12.8 |
| 25 | Bradford County | 12.7 |
| 26 | Northumberland County | 12.6 |
| 27 | Carbon County | 12.3 |
| 28 | Berks County | 12.2 |
| 29 | Wayne County | 12.1 |
| 30 | Blair County | 12 |
| 31 | Forest County | 11.9 |
| 32 | Lawrence County | 11.9 |
| 33 | Armstrong County | 11.8 |
| 34 | Tioga County | 11.7 |
| 35 | Sullivan County | 11.6 |
| 36 | Lehigh County | 11.6 |
| 37 | Bedford County | 11.6 |
| 38 | Allegheny County | 11.5 |
| 38 | Wyoming County | 11.5 |
| 40 | Susquehanna County | 11.4 |
| 41 | Fulton County | 11.2 |
| 42 | Somerset County | 11 |
| 43 | Warren County | 10.8 |
| 44 | Monroe County | 10.7 |
| 45 | Huntingdon County | 10.6 |
| 46 | Westmoreland County | 10.3 |
| 47 | Delaware County | 10.2 |
| 48 | Lebanon County | 10.1 |
| 49 | Beaver County | 9.9 |
| 50 | Pike County | 9.8 |
| 51 | Juniata County | 9.7 |
| 52 | Washington County | 9.6 |
| 53 | Snyder County | 9.4 |
| 54 | Union County | 9 |
| 55 | Montour County | 8.8 |
| 56 | Northampton County | 8.8 |
| 57 | Elk County | 8.7 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 8.5 |
| 59 | York County | 8.4 |
| 60 | Adams County | 8.2 |
| 60 | Lancaster County | 8.2 |
| 62 | Butler County | 8.2 |
| 63 | Perry County | 8 |
| 64 | Cumberland County | 7.5 |
| 65 | Montgomery County | 6.5 |
| 66 | Bucks County | 6.1 |
| 67 | Chester County | 6 |