Highest poverty rate in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

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

Among counties, Philadelphia County leads at 22.0%.

Among cities & places, Buffington leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Philadelphia County	22.0%
2	Fayette County	17.4%
3	Centre County	16.9%
4	Mifflin County	16.0%
5	Cameron County	16.0%
6	Columbia County	15.7%
7	Luzerne County	15.4%
8	Erie County	15.4%
9	Jefferson County	15.3%
10	Forest County	14.7%
11	Clinton County	14.2%
12	Cambria County	14.2%
13	Lackawanna County	14.0%
14	Clarion County	13.9%
15	Clearfield County	13.8%
16	McKean County	13.7%
17	Bradford County	13.4%
18	Blair County	13.0%
19	Crawford County	12.8%
20	Venango County	12.8%
21	Indiana County	12.8%
22	Mercer County	12.8%
23	Greene County	12.5%
24	Schuylkill County	12.5%
25	Lycoming County	12.5%
26	Dauphin County	12.3%
27	Northumberland County	12.2%
28	Wayne County	12.2%
29	Carbon County	12.0%
30	Lehigh County	11.9%
31	Tioga County	11.8%
32	Potter County	11.7%
33	Fulton County	11.7%
34	Berks County	11.7%
35	Lawrence County	11.6%
36	Warren County	11.4%
37	Wyoming County	11.4%
38	Armstrong County	11.3%
39	Monroe County	11.3%
40	Allegheny County	11.2%
41	Somerset County	11.2%
42	Huntingdon County	11.0%
43	Sullivan County	11.0%
44	Bedford County	11.0%
45	Susquehanna County	10.9%
46	Lebanon County	10.6%
47	Delaware County	10.2%
48	Beaver County	10.1%
49	Westmoreland County	10.0%
50	Juniata County	10.0%
51	Union County	9.7%
52	Washington County	9.4%
53	Pike County	9.3%
54	Elk County	9.1%
55	Montour County	8.8%
56	Northampton County	8.8%
57	Lancaster County	8.7%
58	Snyder County	8.6%
59	York County	8.6%
60	Adams County	8.4%
61	Perry County	8.0%
62	Butler County	8.0%
63	Franklin County	7.8%
64	Cumberland County	7.8%
65	Montgomery County	6.5%
66	Bucks County	6.1%
67	Chester County	5.9%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Buffington	100.0%
2	Leamersville	100.0%
3	Millerstown	100.0%
4	Naomi	100.0%
5	Slippery Rock University	100.0%
6	Vail	100.0%
7	Kutztown University	92.8%
8	DeSales University	83.3%
9	Aaronsburg	75.2%
10	Hublersburg	73.9%
11	Farmington	72.2%
12	Cotton Town	71.4%
13	Lenkerville	67.0%
14	Bethel	64.8%
15	Klahr	62.5%
16	Glen Richey	61.1%
17	Beavertown	57.1%
18	St. Clair	56.8%
19	Burnt Cabins	55.6%
20	Sheppton	54.4%
21	Iola	54.3%
22	Nemacolin	53.8%
23	Arnold City	52.6%
24	Cedar Crest	52.4%
25	East Altoona	50.6%
26	Cove Forge	50.4%
27	Frankstown	50.0%
28	Vicksburg	50.0%
29	Harmonsburg	49.4%
30	Geneva	49.2%
31	Fountain Springs	48.0%
32	Witmer	47.8%
33	Rainsburg	47.8%
34	St. Vincent College	46.9%
35	Hunterstown	46.9%
36	Blaine Hill	46.9%
37	Rehrersburg	46.8%
38	Rockdale Acres	46.6%
39	Pardeesville	45.9%
40	Kirkwood	45.7%
41	Elrama	45.1%
42	East Side	44.7%
43	Commodore	44.6%
44	Washingtonville	44.3%
45	Midland	43.5%
46	Buckhorn	43.3%
47	Stevens	43.1%
48	Wattsburg	43.1%
49	Coalmont	42.1%
50	Herminie	42.0%
51	Hawk Run	41.9%
52	Mainville	41.8%
53	Franklin Forge	41.7%
54	Waller	41.4%
55	Loretto	41.2%
56	Woodbury	40.3%
57	Briar Creek	40.2%
58	Lattimer	39.6%
59	Marion Center	39.5%
60	New Kingstown	39.4%
61	Sickles Corner	39.4%
62	West Decatur	39.2%
63	State College	39.1%
64	Ashley	38.2%
65	Masontown	38.0%
66	Wilburton Number Two	37.8%
67	Albrightsville	37.5%
68	Smithton	37.4%
69	White Mills	36.9%
70	Brownsville	36.7%
71	Stony Creek Mills	36.6%
72	Burnside	36.5%
73	Braddock	36.0%
74	Northern Cambria	35.8%
75	Forestville	35.7%
76	Spring Drive Mobile Home Park	35.7%
77	Tharptown (Uniontown)	35.3%
78	Polk	35.0%
79	Dale	34.8%
80	Laurel Run	34.8%
81	Mount Union	34.7%
82	Mahanoy City	34.2%
83	Gardners	34.2%
84	North Towanda	34.2%
85	North Vandergrift	33.8%
86	New Lebanon	33.3%
87	Renovo	33.2%
88	Wheatland	33.1%
89	McKees Rocks	33.1%
90	McKeesport	32.9%
91	Rankin	32.6%
92	Lewistown	32.5%
93	Shenandoah	32.4%
94	Gratz	32.1%
95	Bulger	31.7%
96	Darby	31.5%
97	East Uniontown	31.4%
98	Johnstown	31.2%
99	Donora	31.2%
100	Hazen	31.1%

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