Highest People Below The Poverty Rate In The United States By County

Annual income below the poverty line

Rank County People Below The Poverty Rate
1 Shannon County, South Dakota 53.5%
2 Todd County, South Dakota 48.4%
3 Hudspeth County, Texas 44.7%
4 Ziebach County, South Dakota 43.5%
5 Holmes County, Mississippi 43.2%
6 Clay County, Georgia 43.1%
7 Jefferson County, Mississippi 42.8%
8 Sioux County, North Dakota 42.3%
9 Willacy County, Texas 42.3%
10 Wolfe County, Kentucky 42.1%
11 Humphreys County, Mississippi 42.0%
12 East Carroll Parish, Louisiana 40.8%
13 Buffalo County, South Dakota 40.8%
14 Leflore County, Mississippi 40.4%
15 Allendale County, South Carolina 40.2%
16 Issaquena County, Mississippi 40.0%
17 Brooks County, Texas 39.6%
18 Owsley County, Kentucky 39.3%
19 Echols County, Georgia 39.0%
20 Zavala County, Texas 39.0%
21 Corson County, South Dakota 38.8%
22 Sumter County, Alabama 38.0%
23 Claiborne County, Mississippi 37.9%
24 Martin County, Kentucky 37.6%
25 Coahoma County, Mississippi 37.2%
26 Wilcox County, Alabama 36.7%
27 Rolette County, North Dakota 36.7%
28 Zapata County, Texas 36.7%
29 Clay County, Kentucky 36.5%
30 Knox County, Kentucky 36.4%
31 Quitman County, Mississippi 36.3%
32 Benson County, North Dakota 36.3%
33 Starr County, Texas 36.3%
34 Sharkey County, Mississippi 36.2%
35 Noxubee County, Mississippi 36.1%
36 Madison County, Idaho 36.0%
37 Washington County, Mississippi 36.0%
38 Baker County, Georgia 35.9%
39 Calhoun County, Georgia 35.8%
40 Jackson County, Kentucky 35.6%
41 Bennett County, South Dakota 35.5%
42 Hidalgo County, Texas 35.3%
43 Cameron County, Texas 34.9%
44 Dallas County, Alabama 34.7%
45 Apache County, Arizona 34.7%
46 Clarke County, Georgia 34.6%
47 Bolivar County, Mississippi 34.6%
48 Mellette County, South Dakota 34.2%
49 Oktibbeha County, Mississippi 34.1%
50 Radford city, Virginia 33.9%
51 Dillon County, South Carolina 33.6%
52 McDowell County, West Virginia 33.3%
53 Dimmit County, Texas 33.0%
54 Telfair County, Georgia 32.9%
55 Madison Parish, Louisiana 32.8%
56 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 32.8%
57 Williamsburg County, South Carolina 32.8%
58 Chicot County, Arkansas 32.5%
59 Bell County, Kentucky 32.5%
60 Tensas Parish, Louisiana 32.4%
61 Culberson County, Texas 32.3%
62 Yazoo County, Mississippi 32.2%
63 Guadalupe County, New Mexico 32.2%
64 Elliott County, Kentucky 31.9%
65 Hancock County, Tennessee 31.9%
66 Harrisonburg city, Virginia 31.8%
67 Sunflower County, Mississippi 31.8%
68 Jackson County, South Dakota 31.8%
69 Greene County, Alabama 31.7%
70 Robertson County, Kentucky 31.7%
71 Phillips County, Arkansas 31.6%
72 Lewis County, Kentucky 31.6%
73 Atkinson County, Georgia 31.5%
74 Lee County, Kentucky 31.5%
75 Adams County, Mississippi 31.5%
76 Athens County, Ohio 31.5%
77 Maverick County, Texas 31.5%
78 Concordia Parish, Louisiana 31.4%
79 Isabella County, Michigan 31.4%
80 Lake County, Tennessee 31.4%
81 Harlan County, Kentucky 31.1%
82 Terrell County, Georgia 30.9%
83 McCreary County, Kentucky 30.9%
84 Luna County, New Mexico 30.8%
85 Coleman County, Texas 30.8%
86 McKinley County, New Mexico 30.7%
87 Taliaferro County, Georgia 30.6%
88 Robeson County, North Carolina 30.6%
89 Harmon County, Oklahoma 30.6%
90 Bamberg County, South Carolina 30.6%
91 Grundy County, Tennessee 30.6%
92 Webb County, Texas 30.6%
93 Bulloch County, Georgia 30.5%
94 Pemiscot County, Missouri 30.5%
95 Jenkins County, Georgia 30.4%
96 Dewey County, South Dakota 30.3%
97 Whitman County, Washington 30.3%
98 Magoffin County, Kentucky 30.1%
99 Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska 30.0%
100 Breathitt County, Kentucky 30.0%

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