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Poverty Rate in Massachusetts, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Massachusetts, ranked. The highest is Hampden County at 16.3% and the lowest is Nantucket County at 3.2%.

Massachusetts: 10.0% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Massachusetts: 9.4%

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Small populations produce wide margins: Nantucket County is 3.2% with a margin of error of ±1.6%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Massachusetts ranks 44th of 52 states for poverty rate.

Poverty Rate in other states

Other statistics for Massachusetts by county