Highest poverty rate in New York

New York counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

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

Among counties, Bronx County leads at 26.9%.

Among cities & places, Nazareth College leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Bronx County	26.9%
2	Broome County	18.9%
3	Kings County	18.9%
4	Cattaraugus County	17.6%
5	St. Lawrence County	17.4%
6	Chautauqua County	17.0%
7	Allegany County	16.8%
8	Franklin County	16.5%
9	Oswego County	16.5%
10	New York County	15.8%
11	Chemung County	15.8%
12	Rockland County	15.6%
13	Tompkins County	15.3%
14	Sullivan County	15.2%
15	Schuyler County	15.1%
16	Delaware County	14.9%
17	Montgomery County	14.7%
18	Oneida County	14.6%
19	Fulton County	14.5%
20	Ulster County	14.3%
21	Yates County	14.1%
22	Otsego County	14.1%
23	Erie County	14.0%
24	Onondaga County	13.9%
25	Clinton County	13.8%
26	Cayuga County	13.8%
27	Steuben County	13.7%
28	Jefferson County	13.4%
29	Seneca County	13.3%
30	Herkimer County	13.3%
31	Monroe County	13.1%
32	Orleans County	13.0%
33	Niagara County	13.0%
34	Orange County	13.0%
35	Albany County	12.9%
36	Cortland County	12.8%
37	Schenectady County	12.5%
38	Queens County	12.2%
39	Lewis County	12.2%
40	Tioga County	12.2%
41	Chenango County	12.2%
42	Essex County	11.8%
43	Rensselaer County	11.8%
44	Livingston County	11.6%
45	Columbia County	11.4%
46	Wayne County	11.3%
47	Greene County	11.0%
48	Richmond County	10.9%
49	Washington County	10.8%
50	Schoharie County	10.8%
51	Wyoming County	10.6%
52	Genesee County	10.6%
53	Hamilton County	10.0%
54	Madison County	9.7%
55	Ontario County	9.2%
56	Warren County	9.1%
57	Westchester County	8.9%
58	Dutchess County	8.3%
59	Saratoga County	6.7%
60	Putnam County	6.5%
61	Suffolk County	6.4%
62	Nassau County	5.3%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Nazareth College	100.0%
2	Fallsburg	84.9%
3	Wadsworth	71.9%
4	Parc	68.9%
5	Gilgo	64.6%
6	Kaser	61.3%
7	New Square	60.8%
8	Henderson	59.6%
9	Bloomingburg	58.3%
10	Phoenicia	52.0%
11	Chazy	49.1%
12	Loch Sheldrake	49.0%
13	SUNY Oswego	47.9%
14	Pottersville	46.9%
15	Monsey	46.5%
16	Altona	44.7%
17	Rifton	44.6%
18	Rochester Institute of Technology	44.2%
19	Yorkshire	42.4%
20	University at Buffalo	40.9%
21	La Fargeville	40.3%
22	Kiryas Joel	40.2%
23	Kysorville	39.5%
24	Glen Park	39.4%
25	South Ilion	39.4%
26	South Blooming Grove	39.3%
27	Romulus	36.5%
28	Westport	36.4%
29	New Paltz	36.4%
30	Westernville	35.3%
31	Sunset Bay	35.2%
32	Bridgewater	34.7%
33	South Fallsburg	34.3%
34	Geneseo	33.9%
35	Sand Ridge	33.8%
36	Worcester	33.6%
37	Quogue	32.9%
38	Binghamton	32.9%
39	Alfred	32.7%
40	Walton	32.3%
41	Great Bend	31.8%
42	Spencer	31.7%
43	Prattsville	31.3%
44	Spring Valley	31.2%
45	Tivoli	31.1%
46	Port Henry	30.6%
47	Whitehall	30.5%
48	Dover Plains	30.5%
49	Little Valley	30.4%
50	Lime Lake	30.4%
51	Springwater	30.4%
52	Pine Valley	30.1%
53	Hunt	29.6%
54	Syracuse	29.6%
55	Monticello	29.5%
56	Endicott	29.5%
57	South Dayton	29.5%
58	Richfield Springs	29.4%
59	Whitney Point	28.9%
60	Wingdale	28.7%
61	Star Lake	28.6%
62	Lacona	28.5%
63	Unadilla	28.4%
64	Ithaca	28.4%
65	Little Falls	28.4%
66	Gouverneur	28.4%
67	Mount Vision	28.1%
68	Barker	28.0%
69	Elmira Heights	28.0%
70	Deposit	27.8%
71	Sharon Springs	27.7%
72	Natural Bridge	27.6%
73	Utica	27.6%
74	Buffalo	27.4%
75	Chautauqua	27.3%
76	Newburgh	27.1%
77	Elmira	26.9%
78	Potsdam	26.7%
79	Rochester	26.6%
80	Philadelphia	26.5%
81	Brocton	26.5%
82	Owego	26.4%
83	Hankins	26.3%
84	Granville	26.2%
85	Laurens	26.1%
86	Riverside	26.0%
87	Hailesboro	26.0%
88	Hammond	26.0%
89	Viola	25.9%
90	Limestone	25.7%
91	Smallwood	25.7%
92	Dundee	25.6%
93	East Kingston	25.6%
94	Friendship	25.5%
95	St. Johnsville	25.5%
96	Vassar College	25.4%
97	Cohoes	25.3%
98	Edmeston	25.2%
99	Dunkirk	24.9%
100	Scio	24.8%

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