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Poverty Rate in Oklahoma, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Oklahoma, ranked. The highest is Okfuskee County at 25.8% and the lowest is Cimarron County at 7.4%.

Oklahoma: 15.3% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Oklahoma: 17.0%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Okfuskee County25.8%
2Choctaw County23.2%
3Jefferson County23.1%
4Johnston County22.9%
5Kiowa County22.9%
6Harmon County22.7%
7Payne County22.6%
8Beckham County21.7%
9Seminole County21.7%
10Adair County21.5%
11McCurtain County21.2%
12McIntosh County21.1%
13Tillman County21.0%
14Ottawa County20.9%
15Coal County20.8%
16Haskell County20.8%
17Latimer County20.7%
18Pushmataha County20.7%
19Cotton County20.5%
20Hughes County20.2%
21Sequoyah County20.2%
22Woods County19.9%
23Le Flore County19.4%
24Muskogee County19.1%
25Craig County19.0%
26Delaware County19.0%
27Caddo County18.3%
28Cherokee County18.2%
29Pawnee County18.2%
30Comanche County18.1%
31Okmulgee County18.0%
32Stephens County18.0%
33Pittsburg County17.7%
34Grant County17.5%
35Blaine County17.4%
36Atoka County17.3%
37Lincoln County17.3%
38Nowata County17.2%
39Garvin County17.0%
40Greer County16.9%
41Bryan County16.6%
42Alfalfa County16.5%
43Custer County16.4%
44Carter County16.2%
45Jackson County16.2%
46Mayes County16.2%
47Marshall County16.1%
48Washington County16.1%
49Kay County16.0%
50Oklahoma County16.0%
51Pottawatomie County15.9%
52Texas County15.7%
53Love County15.0%
54Roger Mills County14.7%
55Tulsa County14.7%
56Creek County14.5%
57Dewey County14.1%
58Washita County14.1%
59Woodward County14.0%
60Beaver County13.3%
61Harper County13.1%
62Osage County13.1%
63Ellis County13.0%
64Cleveland County12.9%
65Noble County12.9%
66Kingfisher County12.8%
67Murray County12.7%
68Pontotoc County12.6%
69Garfield County12.5%
70Grady County12.2%
71Logan County11.6%
72Major County11.0%
73Wagoner County9.2%
74Rogers County8.9%
75McClain County8.5%
76Canadian County8.0%
77Cimarron County7.4%

Small populations produce wide margins: Cimarron County is 7.4% with a margin of error of ±4.2%. 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.

Oklahoma ranks 10th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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