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Poverty Rate
United States: 12.5% Source ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates Provenance US federal agency · primary Agency U.S. Census Bureau Years 2024 Unit per cent Geography County (3,222 published) Counted among Population with poverty status determined Highest Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico, 63.6% Lowest Morgan County, Utah, 1.4% Share of people living below the federal poverty line.
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Highest counties
County Poverty Rate Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico 63.6% Adjuntas Municipio, Puerto Rico 60.9% Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico 59.1% Las Marías Municipio, Puerto Rico 57.8% Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota 57.6% Lares Municipio, Puerto Rico 55.4% Maunabo Municipio, Puerto Rico 54.6% Ciales Municipio, Puerto Rico 54.3% Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico 53.3% Maricao Municipio, Puerto Rico 52.9% Comerío Municipio, Puerto Rico 52.8% Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico 52.6%
Lowest counties
County Poverty Rate Morgan County, Utah 1.4% Stanton County, Kansas 1.5% Nantucket County, Massachusetts 3.2% Los Alamos County, New Mexico 3.5% Rich County, Utah 3.8% Douglas County, Colorado 3.8% Calvert County, Maryland 3.9% Falls Church city, Virginia 4.0% Rockwall County, Texas 4.0% Hunterdon County, New Jersey 4.0% Hinsdale County, Colorado 4.1% Loudoun County, Virginia 4.2%
Small populations produce wide margins: Morgan County, Utah is 1.4% with a margin of error of ±0.8%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.
Counted among: Population with poverty status determined