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US counties by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

Oglala Lakota County had the highest poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) of 3144 counties in 2024, at 57.6%. Morgan County had the lowest, at 1.4%. The median was 13.2% and the figure for the United States was 12.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest57.6Oglala Lakota County
Lowest1.4Morgan County
Median13.23144 counties
United States12.5History

Top 40 counties, 2024

Oglala Lakota County: 57.6 %Oglala Lakota County57.6Todd County: 48.4 %Todd County48.4Corson County: 44.3 %Corson County44.3Sioux County: 43.3 %Sioux County43.3Jackson County: 42.4 %Jackson County42.4Mellette County: 41.7 %Mellette County41.7Dimmit County: 41.1 %Dimmit County41.1Greene County: 40.1 %Greene County40.1Lee County: 39.4 %Lee County39.4McCreary County: 38.9 %McCreary County38.9Zapata County: 38.4 %Zapata County38.4Magoffin County: 38.2 %Magoffin County38.2Wolfe County: 37.7 %Wolfe County37.7Knox County: 36.9 %Knox County36.9Holmes County: 36.4 %Holmes County36.4Owsley County: 36.2 %Owsley County36.2Coahoma County: 35.5 %Coahoma County35.5East Carroll Parish: 35.2 %East Carroll Parish35.2Madison Parish: 34.5 %Madison Parish34.5Tensas Parish: 34.4 %Tensas Parish34.4McDowell County: 34.2 %McDowell County34.2Zavala County: 33.9 %Zavala County33.9Buffalo County: 33.9 %Buffalo County33.9Starr County: 33.5 %Starr County33.5Ziebach County: 33.5 %Ziebach County33.5Bullock County: 33.3 %Bullock County33.3Duval County: 33.3 %Duval County33.3Terrell County: 33.3 %Terrell County33.3McKinley County: 33.2 %McKinley County33.2Martin County: 33.2 %Martin County33.2Socorro County: 33.2 %Socorro County33.2Breathitt County: 33.1 %Breathitt County33.1Dewey County: 33 %Dewey County33Calhoun County: 32.9 %Calhoun County32.9Wheeler County: 32.7 %Wheeler County32.7Bolivar County: 32.6 %Bolivar County32.6Jefferson County: 32.5 %Jefferson County32.5St. Helena Parish: 32.4 %St. Helena Parish32.4Kusilvak Census Area: 32.4 %Kusilvak Census Area32.4Mingo County: 32.4 %Mingo County32.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Oglala Lakota County57.6+4.8 pts
2Todd County48.4-0.6 pts
3Corson County44.3-1 pts
4Sioux County43.3+0.5 pts
5Jackson County42.4+4.9 pts
6Mellette County41.7-4.4 pts
7Dimmit County41.1-3.7 pts
8Greene County40.1+4.2 pts
9Lee County39.4+11.7 pts
10McCreary County38.9+3.7 pts
11Zapata County38.4+1 pts
12Magoffin County38.2+4.8 pts
13Wolfe County37.7-0.4 pts
14Knox County36.9+0.2 pts
15Holmes County36.4-1.6 pts
16Owsley County36.2+11.3 pts
17Coahoma County35.5-0.8 pts
18East Carroll Parish35.2-0.5 pts
19Madison Parish34.5-2.2 pts
20Tensas Parish34.4+1.6 pts
21McDowell County34.2+3.2 pts
22Zavala County33.9-2.4 pts
23Buffalo County33.9+1.4 pts
24Starr County33.50 pts
25Ziebach County33.5-4.7 pts
26Bullock County33.3+7.6 pts
26Duval County33.3+4.2 pts
26Terrell County33.3+0.3 pts
29McKinley County33.2-2.4 pts
30Martin County33.2+4 pts
31Socorro County33.2+4.2 pts
32Breathitt County33.1+5 pts
33Dewey County33+0.7 pts
34Calhoun County32.9-0.5 pts
35Wheeler County32.7+11.2 pts
36Bolivar County32.6-1.1 pts
37Jefferson County32.5+4 pts
38St. Helena Parish32.4+2.4 pts
39Kusilvak Census Area32.4+1.2 pts
40Mingo County32.4+2.5 pts
41Clay County32.4+0.6 pts
42Hancock County32.3+0.8 pts
43Lake County32.2-0.1 pts
44Taylor County32.1+2.7 pts
45Presidio County32-4.3 pts
46Claiborne Parish32-3 pts
47Edwards County31.9+6.6 pts
48Concordia Parish31.8-3 pts
49Leflore County31.5-0.4 pts
50Jim Hogg County31.40 pts
51Perry County31.4+0.1 pts
52Lincoln Parish31.2+0.5 pts
53Glacier County31.1+0.9 pts
54Galax city31.1+7.7 pts
54Tunica County31.1-2.7 pts
56Dallas County31+2 pts
57Sharkey County30.9-1 pts
58Yazoo County30.8-0.6 pts
59Claiborne County30.7+3.5 pts
60Hancock County30.6-0.9 pts
61Apache County30.5-0.7 pts
62Roosevelt County30.4-0.2 pts
63Leslie County30.3+3 pts
64Swisher County30.1+0.6 pts
65Randolph County30+3.2 pts
66Marion County30+2.7 pts
67Lowndes County30+0.4 pts
68Bennett County29.9-2 pts
69Caldwell Parish29.8+4.4 pts
70Quitman County29.6-3.8 pts
71Pemiscot County29.6+2.2 pts
72Union Parish29.4+0.8 pts
73Phillips County29.4+0.6 pts
74Morehouse Parish29.3-1.4 pts
75Bienville Parish29.3-2.9 pts
76Sunflower County28.9-1 pts
77Lee County28.8+1.2 pts
78Bell County28.8+1.7 pts
79Jefferson Davis County28.7+3.7 pts
80Radford city28.7-5 pts
81Luna County28.6+2.4 pts
82Marlboro County28.5+2.4 pts
83St. Francis County28.5+0.6 pts
84Cibola County28.4+0.8 pts
85Bent County28.4-3.3 pts
86Faulk County28.4+2.8 pts
87Desha County28.3-0.6 pts
88Wilcox County28.2-0.8 pts
89Allendale County28.2+1.7 pts
90Kleberg County28.1-0.8 pts
91Floyd County28.1+1.4 pts
92Gadsden County27.9+0.3 pts
93Conecuh County27.9+0.2 pts
94Avoyelles Parish27.8+0.5 pts
95Bronx County27.8+0.9 pts
96Cochran County27.8+0.4 pts
97Dillon County27.7-1.6 pts
98Amite County27.7+0.6 pts
99Metcalfe County27.5+1.9 pts
100Wilkinson County27.5-0.7 pts
101Harlan County27.4+0.1 pts
102Lee County27.4-1.5 pts
103Robeson County27.2-1.5 pts
104San Augustine County27.1-0.3 pts
105Pike County27.1-0.4 pts
106Quay County27.1+1.7 pts
107Adams County27-1.2 pts
107Humphreys County27+0.6 pts
109Menifee County26.9-1.2 pts
110Winston County26.9-3.6 pts
111Perry County26.8+1.3 pts
112St. Landry Parish26.8+2.8 pts
113Hidalgo County26.7-0.5 pts
114Sumter County26.5-1.6 pts
115Washington County26.5-2.4 pts
116Clay County26.4+1.5 pts
116Stewart County26.4-1.4 pts
118Whitley County26.3+1.3 pts
119Noxubee County26.3+0.8 pts
120Lauderdale County26.3+1.3 pts
121Norton city26.3+0.6 pts
122Baker County26.3-3.1 pts
123Lanier County26.2-1.6 pts
124Clinch County26.1+3.2 pts
125Clarke County26.1+0.2 pts
126Okfuskee County25.8-1.6 pts
127Scotland County25.8-0.8 pts
128Liberty County25.8+0.3 pts
129Red River Parish25.8-3.6 pts
130Wayne County25.7+0.6 pts
131Harrisonburg city25.7+0.1 pts
132Emanuel County25.7+1 pts
133Covington city25.7+2.1 pts
134Rockcastle County25.6+1.3 pts
135Bethel Census Area25.6+1.6 pts
136Benson County25.6+3.4 pts
137Oktibbeha County25.5-3 pts
138Guadalupe County25.5+2.4 pts
139Watauga County25.5+0.8 pts
140Brooks County25.4+0.1 pts
141Franklin County25.4+2.2 pts
141Natchitoches Parish25.4+1.3 pts
143Hardee County25.3+1.1 pts
144Bath County25.3+1.8 pts
145Talbot County25.2+3.6 pts
146Buchanan County25.2+1.3 pts
146Richmond County25.20 pts
148Montgomery County25.2-0.4 pts
149Ben Hill County25.2-0.6 pts
150Elliott County25.1-2 pts
151Macon County25.1-0.4 pts
152Dougherty County25-1.4 pts
153Barnwell County25-3.5 pts
154Acadia Parish25+0.6 pts
154Lee County25+1.7 pts
154Pulaski County25-1.1 pts
157Atkinson County25-0.1 pts
158Eureka County24.9+2.8 pts
159Cameron County24.8+0.4 pts
159Kemper County24.8+0.2 pts
161Cumberland County24.8-9.1 pts
162Ripley County24.8+5.1 pts
163Catron County24.8+3.6 pts
164Wayne County24.8+0.4 pts
165Bibb County24.7-0.1 pts
166Navajo County24.70 pts
167Newton County24.7+2.7 pts
168Jim Wells County24.7+1.4 pts
169Danville city24.7-0.3 pts
170Baca County24.6+0.5 pts
170Tallahatchie County24.6-1.8 pts
172Grenada County24.6+2.3 pts
173Hale County24.6+0.7 pts
174Miller County24.6+3.5 pts
175Madison County24.5-2.4 pts
176Bacon County24.5+3.6 pts
177Rosebud County24.5+2.9 pts
178San Miguel County24.4+2.4 pts
179Pike County24.4-0.7 pts
180Letcher County24.4-2.4 pts
181Rolette County24.3-0.8 pts
182Macon County24.3+2.2 pts
182Washington Parish24.3+0.1 pts
184Bamberg County24.3+2.7 pts
185Chaves County24.3+2 pts
186Catahoula Parish24.3-3.8 pts
187Brazos County24.3+0.4 pts
188Evangeline Parish24.3+1.3 pts
188Winn Parish24.3+2.2 pts
190Johnson County24.2+6.7 pts
191Rowan County24.2-0.3 pts
191Throckmorton County24.2+10.2 pts
193Clay County24.2+2.5 pts
194Telfair County24.1-6.9 pts
195Franklin Parish24.1-1.6 pts
196Washington County24.1-0.6 pts
197DeSoto County24.1+1 pts
198Richland Parish24.1+0.5 pts
198Woodruff County24.1+1.3 pts
200Charles Mix County24+1.2 pts
200Worth County24+3.9 pts
202Willacy County24-0.7 pts
203Montgomery County24+0.2 pts
204Pickett County23.9-1.9 pts
205Jeff Davis County23.9-7.3 pts
206Summers County23.8+4.6 pts
207Bath County23.8+2.7 pts
208Miller County23.8-0.3 pts
209Sumter County23.8+1.1 pts
210Sabine Parish23.7+1 pts
211King County23.7+8.4 pts
212Lawrence County23.7-0.2 pts
212Lyman County23.7-0.9 pts
214Early County23.6+2.6 pts
215Oregon County23.6+1.6 pts
216Chickasaw County23.6-0.5 pts
217Martinsville city23.5+1.7 pts
218Mitchell County23.4-2.1 pts
219Putnam County23.4-0.4 pts
220Tattnall County23.4+0.6 pts
221Crisp County23.3-0.8 pts
222Panola County23.3-0.8 pts
222Williamsburg County23.3-0.3 pts
224Knott County23.3-2.6 pts
224Pike County23.3-0.1 pts
226Webster County23.3+1.1 pts
227Choctaw County23.2+1.2 pts
228Ouachita Parish23.2-0.9 pts
229Lincoln County23.2+2.5 pts
230Coffee County23.2+3.4 pts
231Carroll County23.1+4.2 pts
231Jefferson County23.1+0.3 pts
231Webster Parish23.1-3.7 pts
234Russell County23.1-0.3 pts
235Neshoba County23.1-2 pts
236Hidalgo County23.1+2.6 pts
236San Juan County23.1-0.1 pts
238Allen Parish23.1+2.6 pts
238Scott County23.1-1.8 pts
240Marshall County23+0.3 pts
241Searcy County23-1.5 pts
242Wheatland County23-0.7 pts
243Bulloch County23+0.5 pts
244McIntosh County23+0.6 pts
245Copiah County230 pts
246St. Bernard Parish23+0.4 pts
247Kiowa County22.9-2.1 pts
248Hertford County22.9+1.5 pts
249Johnston County22.9+1 pts
250Crawford County22.9-0.9 pts

Showing the top 250 of 3144. The Excel download has every row.

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About this ranking

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.

The headline single-year rate for states and counties is poverty_rate (SAIPE). Poverty status is not determined for people in institutions, military group quarters or college dormitories, or for unrelated children under 15. Absolute thresholds set by the US government, so not comparable with the EU at_risk_of_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. 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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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 (US counties by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat

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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, US counties by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/us-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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. US counties by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/us-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, US counties by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/us-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate)?

Oglala Lakota County, with 57.6% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate)?

Morgan County, with 1.4% in 2024.

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