Highest poverty rate in Connecticut

Connecticut counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Connecticut by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among cities & places, Fairfield University leads at 91.7%.

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Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Fairfield University	91.7%
2	Storrs	42.0%
3	West Cornwall	39.3%
4	Topstone	36.2%
5	Gales Ferry	34.9%
6	Falls Village	34.7%
7	Canaan	34.5%
8	Pleasant Valley	32.1%
9	Taylor Corners	30.1%
10	Willimantic	26.8%
11	Hartford	25.5%
12	Danielson	25.4%
13	Cornwall Bridge	25.1%
14	New Haven	25.0%
15	Plainfield Village	24.8%
16	New Preston	24.0%
17	Rockville	23.9%
18	Waterbury	23.9%
19	Oxoboxo River	23.4%
20	Bridgeport	22.5%
21	New London	21.0%
22	Groton	19.5%
23	Chester Center	18.8%
24	New Britain	18.6%
25	Winsted	18.4%
26	Blue Hills	17.4%
27	South Windham	16.8%
28	Thompsonville	16.3%
29	Jewett City	16.0%
30	Lakeville	15.4%
31	Woodbury Center	15.2%
32	Norwich	14.9%
33	Manchester	14.8%
34	East Hartford	14.7%
35	Branford Center	14.7%
36	Poquonock Bridge	14.3%
37	Meriden	14.2%
38	Watertown	13.8%
39	Torrington	13.6%
40	Coventry Lake	13.3%
41	Tariffville	13.2%
42	Bantam	12.7%
43	Clinton	12.5%
44	West Haven	12.5%
45	Noroton Heights	12.5%
46	Cornwall	12.3%
47	Middletown	12.2%
48	Long Hill	12.0%
49	Putnam	11.9%
50	North Grosvenor Dale	11.3%
51	Pawcatuck	11.1%
52	Danbury	11.1%
53	Groton Long Point	10.8%
54	Norwalk	10.1%
55	Stafford Springs	10.1%
56	Terryville	10.0%
57	Baltic	10.0%
58	Broad Brook	9.8%
59	Mechanicsville	9.6%
60	Windsor Locks	9.6%
61	Lake Bungee	9.5%
62	Stamford	9.5%
63	Derby	9.3%
64	West Mountain	9.1%
65	Wallingford Center	9.0%
66	Stratford Downtown	8.9%
67	Greenwich	8.9%
68	Ansonia	8.6%
69	Wauregan	8.5%
70	Lordship	8.4%
71	Oronoque	8.4%
72	Bristol	8.4%
73	New Milford	8.3%
74	Moosup	8.2%
75	East Haven	8.0%
76	Colchester	7.8%
77	Suffield Depot	7.8%
78	Tashua	7.8%
79	Tokeneke	7.7%
80	Durham	7.6%
81	Plantsville	7.5%
82	Trumbull Center	7.3%
83	Glenville	7.3%
84	Noroton	7.3%
85	Portland	7.2%
86	Stonington	7.2%
87	Newington	7.2%
88	Deep River Center	7.1%
89	Indian Field	7.0%
90	Compo	6.7%
91	Waterford	6.7%
92	Sherwood Manor	6.6%
93	Collinsville	6.6%
94	Westbrook Center	6.4%
95	Norfolk	6.4%
96	Kensington	6.3%
97	Brooklyn	6.3%
98	Hazardville	6.1%
99	Sandy Hook	6.1%
100	Naugatuck	6.1%

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