Highest poverty rate in Ohio

Ohio counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

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

Among counties, Scioto County leads at 22.4%.

Among cities & places, Cynthiana leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Scioto County	22.4%
2	Athens County	22.1%
3	Meigs County	22.0%
4	Adams County	20.3%
5	Pike County	19.9%
6	Coshocton County	18.8%
7	Mahoning County	18.3%
8	Ashtabula County	18.3%
9	Hardin County	18.2%
10	Lucas County	17.8%
11	Jackson County	17.7%
12	Lawrence County	17.5%
13	Brown County	17.4%
14	Hocking County	17.1%
15	Jefferson County	16.9%
16	Ross County	16.8%
17	Trumbull County	16.8%
18	Vinton County	16.7%
19	Cuyahoga County	16.2%
20	Fayette County	16.0%
21	Guernsey County	15.8%
22	Muskingum County	15.6%
23	Clark County	15.6%
24	Marion County	15.3%
25	Monroe County	15.1%
26	Montgomery County	14.9%
27	Hamilton County	14.9%
28	Gallia County	14.8%
29	Clinton County	14.8%
30	Perry County	14.7%
31	Harrison County	14.6%
32	Franklin County	14.5%
33	Highland County	14.4%
34	Morgan County	14.3%
35	Belmont County	14.3%
36	Richland County	13.9%
37	Columbiana County	13.9%
38	Ashland County	13.8%
39	Sandusky County	13.2%
40	Crawford County	13.2%
41	Allen County	13.1%
42	Tuscarawas County	13.0%
43	Washington County	12.9%
44	Lorain County	12.8%
45	Stark County	12.7%
46	Summit County	12.6%
47	Erie County	12.5%
48	Carroll County	12.5%
49	Pickaway County	12.1%
50	Wood County	12.0%
51	Huron County	12.0%
52	Williams County	11.9%
53	Seneca County	11.9%
54	Butler County	11.7%
55	Noble County	11.7%
56	Portage County	11.4%
57	Logan County	11.3%
58	Preble County	11.2%
59	Darke County	11.2%
60	Shelby County	11.1%
61	Knox County	11.0%
62	Morrow County	10.9%
63	Hancock County	10.3%
64	Licking County	10.1%
65	Defiance County	10.0%
66	Greene County	9.8%
67	Madison County	9.7%
68	Paulding County	9.6%
69	Van Wert County	9.5%
70	Clermont County	8.8%
71	Holmes County	8.8%
72	Wayne County	8.7%
73	Fulton County	8.7%
74	Miami County	8.6%
75	Henry County	8.4%
76	Ottawa County	8.4%
77	Champaign County	8.2%
78	Fairfield County	8.2%
79	Lake County	8.2%
80	Wyandot County	7.5%
81	Auglaize County	7.5%
82	Putnam County	7.1%
83	Mercer County	6.1%
84	Medina County	6.1%
85	Geauga County	5.8%
86	Warren County	5.4%
87	Union County	5.1%
88	Delaware County	5.0%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Cynthiana	100.0%
2	Octa	73.5%
3	Rendville	65.6%
4	Centerville (Thurman)	63.4%
5	Madison Place	57.9%
6	Cherry Fork	57.1%
7	New Bloomington	56.6%
8	Lincoln Heights	56.5%
9	Rockbridge	53.6%
10	Matamoras (New Matamoras)	51.8%
11	New Springfield	49.3%
12	Coalton	47.0%
13	Brecon	46.7%
14	Derby	46.0%
15	Connorville	45.7%
16	Corning	45.5%
17	Oxford	45.5%
18	Morgandale	45.2%
19	South Mount Vernon	45.2%
20	New Haven	45.0%
21	East Cleveland	44.3%
22	Nellie	44.0%
23	Friendship	42.2%
24	Petersburg	41.6%
25	Athens	41.6%
26	New Marshfield	40.4%
27	Union City	39.9%
28	Jeffersonville	39.7%
29	Holloway	39.6%
30	Haydenville	39.4%
31	Rio Grande	39.4%
32	Urbancrest	39.4%
33	Peebles	39.2%
34	Pomeroy	38.5%
35	Highland Holiday	38.4%
36	East Fultonham	38.0%
37	Raymond	37.9%
38	Plainville	37.8%
39	West Elkton	37.7%
40	Pottery Addition	37.6%
41	Gilboa	37.6%
42	Portsmouth	37.5%
43	Patterson	37.4%
44	Alger	37.3%
45	West Union	37.3%
46	Milledgeville	37.2%
47	Cloverdale	37.0%
48	Trinway	36.8%
49	Bolton	36.7%
50	Manchester	36.5%
51	Scio	36.4%
52	Youngstown	36.2%
53	Stony Prairie	35.9%
54	Higginsport	35.4%
55	Moscow	35.2%
56	Rocky Fork Point	35.1%
57	Addyston	34.5%
58	Mowrystown	34.5%
59	Chatfield	34.4%
60	Newcomerstown	34.4%
61	Wolfhurst	34.2%
62	Neville	33.8%
63	Port William	33.6%
64	Sardinia	33.6%
65	Bellaire	33.5%
66	Pancoastburg	33.3%
67	Georgetown	33.3%
68	Warren	32.9%
69	Aberdeen	32.7%
70	Crooksville	32.5%
71	Bowerston	31.8%
72	Castalia	31.7%
73	Ashtabula	31.6%
74	New Haven	31.2%
75	Lower Salem	31.2%
76	Mount Orab	30.9%
77	Wellsville	30.8%
78	Cleveland	30.8%
79	Crystal Lakes	30.8%
80	West Lafayette	30.6%
81	Crown City	30.5%
82	Campbell	30.4%
83	McArthur	30.3%
84	Windham	30.3%
85	Owensville	30.2%
86	Fresno	30.2%
87	Lyons	30.0%
88	Woodsfield	30.0%
89	Cambridge	29.9%
90	Bowling Green	29.7%
91	New Boston	29.7%
92	Bainbridge	29.7%
93	Rome	29.7%
94	Clarksburg	29.7%
95	Felicity	29.7%
96	Kunkle	29.7%
97	Darbyville	29.6%
98	Chauncey	29.5%
99	Dexter City	29.5%
100	East Liverpool	29.3%

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