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

All 39 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Whitman County | 22.7 |
| 2 | Okanogan County | 20.7 |
| 3 | Adams County | 19.6 |
| 4 | Wahkiakum County | 17.8 |
| 5 | Grant County | 15.9 |
| 6 | Yakima County | 15.5 |
| 7 | Grays Harbor County | 15.3 |
| 8 | Kittitas County | 14.4 |
| 8 | Pend Oreille County | 14.4 |
| 10 | Asotin County | 14.2 |
| 11 | Ferry County | 13.6 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 13.1 |
| 13 | Klickitat County | 12.9 |
| 14 | Whatcom County | 12.9 |
| 15 | Lincoln County | 12.5 |
| 16 | Mason County | 12.3 |
| 17 | Lewis County | 12.2 |
| 18 | Cowlitz County | 12.2 |
| 19 | Walla Walla County | 12.1 |
| 20 | Stevens County | 12 |
| 21 | Garfield County | 12 |
| 22 | Spokane County | 11.7 |
| 23 | Skagit County | 11.6 |
| 24 | San Juan County | 11.3 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 11.1 |
| 26 | Benton County | 11 |
| 27 | Clallam County | 10.6 |
| 28 | Pacific County | 10.4 |
| 29 | Thurston County | 9.6 |
| 30 | Columbia County | 9.3 |
| 31 | Pierce County | 8.8 |
| 32 | King County | 8.6 |
| 33 | Chelan County | 8.3 |
| 34 | Douglas County | 8.3 |
| 35 | Kitsap County | 8.2 |
| 36 | Skamania County | 8.1 |
| 37 | Snohomish County | 8 |
| 38 | Clark County | 8 |
| 39 | Island County | 7.7 |