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

Oglala Lakota County had the highest poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) of 3144 counties in 2023, at 52.8%. Morgan County had the lowest, at 1.7%. The median was 13.2% and the figure for the United States was 12.4%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest52.8Oglala Lakota County
Lowest1.7Morgan County
Median13.23144 counties
United States12.4History

Map of counties, 2023

%, 2023. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Oglala Lakota County: 52.8 %Oglala Lakota County52.8Todd County: 49 %Todd County49Mellette County: 46.2 %Mellette County46.2Corson County: 45.2 %Corson County45.2Dimmit County: 44.8 %Dimmit County44.8Sioux County: 42.7 %Sioux County42.7Ziebach County: 38.2 %Ziebach County38.2Wolfe County: 38.1 %Wolfe County38.1Holmes County: 38 %Holmes County38Jackson County: 37.5 %Jackson County37.5Zapata County: 37.4 %Zapata County37.4Knox County: 36.7 %Knox County36.7Madison Parish: 36.7 %Madison Parish36.7Presidio County: 36.3 %Presidio County36.3Zavala County: 36.3 %Zavala County36.3Coahoma County: 36.3 %Coahoma County36.3Greene County: 35.9 %Greene County35.9East Carroll Parish: 35.7 %East Carroll Parish35.7McKinley County: 35.7 %McKinley County35.7McCreary County: 35.1 %McCreary County35.1Claiborne Parish: 35 %Claiborne Parish35Concordia Parish: 34.8 %Concordia Parish34.8Cumberland County: 33.9 %Cumberland County33.9Tunica County: 33.8 %Tunica County33.8Bolivar County: 33.7 %Bolivar County33.7Radford city: 33.7 %Radford city33.7Starr County: 33.5 %Starr County33.5Quitman County: 33.5 %Quitman County33.5Magoffin County: 33.4 %Magoffin County33.4Calhoun County: 33.4 %Calhoun County33.4Terrell County: 33 %Terrell County33Tensas Parish: 32.8 %Tensas Parish32.8Buffalo County: 32.5 %Buffalo County32.5Lake County: 32.3 %Lake County32.3Dewey County: 32.3 %Dewey County32.3Bienville Parish: 32.1 %Bienville Parish32.1Leflore County: 32 %Leflore County32Bennett County: 31.9 %Bennett County31.9Sharkey County: 31.9 %Sharkey County31.9Clay County: 31.8 %Clay County31.8Oglala Lakota County: 52.8 %Oglala Lakota County52.8Todd County: 49 %Todd County49Mellette County: 46.2 %Mellette County46.2Corson County: 45.2 %Corson County45.2Dimmit County: 44.8 %Dimmit County44.8Sioux County: 42.7 %Sioux County42.7Ziebach County: 38.2 %Ziebach County38.2Wolfe County: 38.1 %Wolfe County38.1Holmes County: 38 %Holmes County38Jackson County: 37.5 %Jackson County37.5Zapata County: 37.4 %Zapata County37.4Knox County: 36.7 %Knox County36.7Madison Parish: 36.7 %Madison Parish36.7Presidio County: 36.3 %Presidio County36.3Zavala County: 36.3 %Zavala County36.3Coahoma County: 36.3 %Coahoma County36.3Greene County: 35.9 %Greene County35.9East Carroll Parish: 35.7 %East Carroll Parish35.7McKinley County: 35.7 %McKinley County35.7McCreary County: 35.1 %McCreary County35.1Claiborne Parish: 35 %Claiborne Parish35Concordia Parish: 34.8 %Concordia Parish34.8Cumberland County: 33.9 %Cumberland County33.9Tunica County: 33.8 %Tunica County33.8Bolivar County: 33.7 %Bolivar County33.7Radford city: 33.7 %Radford city33.7Starr County: 33.5 %Starr County33.5Quitman County: 33.5 %Quitman County33.5Magoffin County: 33.4 %Magoffin County33.4Calhoun County: 33.4 %Calhoun County33.4Terrell County: 33 %Terrell County33Tensas Parish: 32.8 %Tensas Parish32.8Buffalo County: 32.5 %Buffalo County32.5Lake County: 32.3 %Lake County32.3Dewey County: 32.3 %Dewey County32.3Bienville Parish: 32.1 %Bienville Parish32.1Leflore County: 32 %Leflore County32Bennett County: 31.9 %Bennett County31.9Sharkey County: 31.9 %Sharkey County31.9Clay County: 31.8 %Clay County31.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Oglala Lakota County52.8-3 pts
2Todd County49-3.2 pts
3Mellette County46.2-2.9 pts
4Corson County45.2+1.8 pts
5Dimmit County44.8+1.3 pts
6Sioux County42.7+3 pts
7Ziebach County38.2-3.1 pts
8Wolfe County38.1+1.3 pts
9Holmes County38+3 pts
10Jackson County37.5-0.9 pts
11Zapata County37.4+0.3 pts
12Knox County36.7+2.7 pts
13Madison Parish36.7-1.4 pts
14Presidio County36.3-3.7 pts
14Zavala County36.3+5.3 pts
16Coahoma County36.3-0.7 pts
17Greene County35.9+3 pts
18East Carroll Parish35.7-4.6 pts
19McKinley County35.7+2.1 pts
20McCreary County35.1+1.5 pts
21Claiborne Parish35+2.4 pts
22Concordia Parish34.8+0.9 pts
23Cumberland County33.9+5.6 pts
24Tunica County33.8+2.4 pts
25Bolivar County33.7+1.9 pts
26Radford city33.7-0.1 pts
27Starr County33.50 pts
28Quitman County33.5+3.3 pts
29Magoffin County33.4+2.9 pts
30Calhoun County33.4-0.3 pts
31Terrell County33+3.2 pts
32Tensas Parish32.8-2.2 pts
33Buffalo County32.5-4 pts
34Lake County32.3+4.4 pts
35Dewey County32.3+1.4 pts
36Bienville Parish32.1+1.1 pts
37Leflore County32-0.3 pts
38Bennett County31.9+2.3 pts
39Sharkey County31.9+4.9 pts
40Clay County31.8+0.5 pts
41Kalawao County31.7+16.8 pts
42Bent County31.7+4.6 pts
43Hancock County31.5+4 pts
44Hancock County31.5-0.9 pts
45Jim Hogg County31.4+2.4 pts
46Yazoo County31.4+2.2 pts
47Perry County31.2-1.6 pts
48Apache County31.2-1.3 pts
48Kusilvak Census Area31.2-3 pts
50Jeff Davis County31.2+6.6 pts
51Telfair County31-0.3 pts
52McDowell County30.9-2.3 pts
53Morehouse Parish30.7+1.9 pts
54Lincoln Parish30.7+1 pts
55Brooks County30.7-2.6 pts
56Roosevelt County30.6-0.9 pts
57Winston County30.4+4.4 pts
58Glacier County30.3+0.9 pts
59St. Helena Parish30+2.5 pts
60Sunflower County29.9+1.2 pts
61Mingo County29.9+1.2 pts
62Lowndes County29.6+4.1 pts
63Swisher County29.5-0.1 pts
64Baker County29.4+6.3 pts
65Red River Parish29.4+4.6 pts
65Taylor County29.4+0.4 pts
67Dillon County29.2-2.4 pts
67Martin County29.2+5.7 pts
69Duval County29+7.5 pts
69Wilcox County29+2.3 pts
71Dallas County29+1.9 pts
72Socorro County29-1.6 pts
73Desha County28.9+1.7 pts
74Lee County28.9-2.5 pts
75Kleberg County28.8-1.7 pts
76Washington County28.8-0.5 pts
77Robeson County28.8+1.6 pts
78Phillips County28.7-1.7 pts
79Union Parish28.6+1.8 pts
80Oktibbeha County28.6+0.1 pts
81Barnwell County28.5+3.2 pts
81Nevada County28.5+0.7 pts
83Jefferson County28.5-3.3 pts
84Adams County28.2+1 pts
85Wilkinson County28.2+6.7 pts
86Breathitt County28.2-0.3 pts
86Menifee County28.2+1.3 pts
88Sumter County28.1-2.3 pts
89Catahoula Parish28.1+3.4 pts
90St. Francis County27.8-0.3 pts
91Stewart County27.8+5.9 pts
92Lanier County27.7-4.4 pts
92Lee County27.7+0.1 pts
94Gadsden County27.7+2.1 pts
95Conecuh County27.6+9.2 pts
96Cibola County27.6+0.4 pts
97Lee County27.6+1.6 pts
98Pike County27.5-3.2 pts
99San Augustine County27.5+0.2 pts
100Robertson County27.4+5.4 pts
101Okfuskee County27.4+0.7 pts
102Pecos County27.4+4.4 pts
103Avoyelles Parish27.4-0.6 pts
103Pemiscot County27.4-1.9 pts
105Hamilton County27.4+0.9 pts
106Cochran County27.3+1.5 pts
107Marion County27.3-0.1 pts
108Leslie County27.3-6.3 pts
109Harlan County27.2-2.8 pts
110Lafayette County27.2+5.6 pts
111Hidalgo County27.2-0.5 pts
112Claiborne County27.2-3.3 pts
113Elliott County27.2+2.5 pts
114Bell County27.1+0.8 pts
115Amite County27-0 pts
116Bronx County270 pts
117Webster Parish26.9-0.8 pts
118Madison County26.8-3.3 pts
119Randolph County26.8-1.3 pts
120Letcher County26.8-2.3 pts
121Jeff Davis County26.6+4 pts
122Floyd County26.6-2.7 pts
123Scotland County26.6+0.4 pts
124Allendale County26.5-0.7 pts
125Tallahatchie County26.5+0.8 pts
126Dougherty County26.4+0.1 pts
126Webster County26.4-1.4 pts
128Humphreys County26.4-5.7 pts
129Collingsworth County26.2+3.8 pts
130Marlboro County26.2-1.7 pts
131Luna County26.1+2.8 pts
131Pulaski County26.1+1.1 pts
133Knott County25.9-1.8 pts
134Clarke County25.9-0.8 pts
135Pickett County25.8+4.8 pts
136Ben Hill County25.7-0.8 pts
136Norton city25.7-3.4 pts
138Fulton County25.7-1.7 pts
139Metcalfe County25.7+1.7 pts
140Bullock County25.7-2.3 pts
141Franklin Parish25.6-0.4 pts
142Montgomery County25.6+1.4 pts
143Harrisonburg city25.6-1.6 pts
144Noxubee County25.6+2.4 pts
145Faulk County25.6+1.7 pts
146Mitchell County25.5-3.2 pts
146Perry County25.5+1.7 pts
148Macon County25.5-0.7 pts
149Liberty County25.5-0.7 pts
150Quay County25.4+0.5 pts
151Caldwell Parish25.4+0.5 pts
152Brooks County25.4-1.2 pts
153Edwards County25.3+1.9 pts
154Richmond County25.2+2.2 pts
155Halifax County25.2+1.3 pts
156Wayne County25.10 pts
157Neshoba County25.1-2.9 pts
158Rolette County25.1+0.2 pts
159Lauderdale County25.1+0.2 pts
160Pike County25.1+1.2 pts
160Whitley County25.1+1.6 pts
162Atkinson County25-2.5 pts
163Kiowa County25+1.9 pts
164Jefferson Davis County25+1.9 pts
165Treutlen County25-3.2 pts
166Bledsoe County25-1 pts
166Danville city25-0.3 pts
168Sierra County24.9-0.3 pts
169Clay County24.9+0.3 pts
170Scott County24.9-0.8 pts
171Owsley County24.9-4 pts
172Bibb County24.8-0.2 pts
172Decatur County24.8+0.5 pts
174Clay County24.8+1.8 pts
175Emanuel County24.7+3.4 pts
176Navajo County24.7-0.8 pts
176Washington County24.7+3.1 pts
178Watauga County24.7-0.2 pts
179Kemper County24.6+2.6 pts
180Willacy County24.6-2 pts
181Lyman County24.6-0.5 pts
182Charlotte County24.6+4.3 pts
183Rowan County24.5-0.1 pts
184Searcy County24.5-2.1 pts
185Casey County24.4-1.7 pts
186Cameron County24.4-0.9 pts
187Acadia Parish24.4+0.7 pts
187Chicot County24.4-3.1 pts
189Rockcastle County24.4+0.8 pts
190Jackson Parish24.3-1.9 pts
191Wayne County24.3-1.1 pts
192Hardee County24.3-4.2 pts
193Washington Parish24.2+0.6 pts
194Panola County24.1+3.7 pts
195Natchitoches Parish24.1-1.8 pts
196Crisp County24.1+0.5 pts
197Baca County24.1+1 pts
197Miller County24.1-0.4 pts
199Chickasaw County24.1-2.6 pts
200Ouachita Parish24+0.6 pts
201Bethel Census Area24-1.2 pts
202St. Landry Parish24-3.5 pts
203Buchanan County23.9-1.3 pts
204Prairie County23.9+1.7 pts
205Hale County23.9-1.1 pts
206Colquitt County23.9-0.5 pts
207Brazos County23.9-0.4 pts
207Payne County23.9-0.4 pts
207Putnam County23.9+1 pts
210Orangeburg County23.9-1.1 pts
211Lawrence County23.8+1.3 pts
212Crawford County23.8+1.9 pts
213Appling County23.8-1.5 pts
214Hopewell city23.8+2.5 pts
215Montgomery County23.8-1.1 pts
216Whitman County23.7-0.2 pts
217Wheatland County23.7+1 pts
218Pushmataha County23.7+2 pts
219Big Horn County23.6-2.1 pts
219Otero County23.6-0.4 pts
219Williamsburg County23.6+0.1 pts
222Jenkins County23.6-4.3 pts
222Sequatchie County23.6+1.3 pts
224Covington city23.6+6.7 pts
225Shelby County23.5+0.3 pts
226Richland Parish23.5-0.5 pts
227Bath County23.5+0.3 pts
228Russell County23.4+1.8 pts
229Pike County23.4-0.2 pts
230Galax city23.4+1 pts
231Johnson County23.4+2 pts
232Lee County23.3-4.5 pts
233Franklin County23.3-0.5 pts
234Jim Wells County23.2+0.6 pts
235San Juan County23.2-1.3 pts
236Beckham County23.2+1.2 pts
237Isabella County23.2-0.4 pts
238Wilcox County23.1+0.1 pts
239DeSoto County23.1-3.3 pts
240Clay County23.1-2.7 pts
241Guadalupe County23+2.4 pts
242Jackson County23+0.4 pts
242Mississippi County23-0.6 pts
244Copiah County23-0.5 pts
245Evangeline Parish23-4.8 pts
246Fleming County22.9+1.9 pts
247Cotton County22.9+1.1 pts
248Clinch County22.9-9.6 pts
249Pondera County22.9+1.3 pts
249Wayne County22.9+0.8 pts

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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.

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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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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), 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b17001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/us-counties?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Oglala Lakota County, with 52.8% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Morgan County, with 1.7% in 2023.

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