Highest poverty rate in Washington

Washington counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

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

Among counties, Whitman County leads at 23.7%.

Among cities & places, Boyds leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Whitman County	23.7%
2	Adams County	20.5%
3	Okanogan County	18.5%
4	Wahkiakum County	15.7%
5	Ferry County	15.6%
6	Yakima County	15.4%
7	Grant County	15.0%
8	Asotin County	14.9%
9	Kittitas County	14.3%
10	Grays Harbor County	14.1%
11	Klickitat County	13.7%
12	Pend Oreille County	13.6%
13	Franklin County	13.0%
14	Cowlitz County	13.0%
15	Lewis County	13.0%
16	Stevens County	12.9%
17	Whatcom County	12.7%
18	Mason County	12.6%
19	Jefferson County	12.6%
20	Spokane County	12.2%
21	Walla Walla County	11.7%
22	Skagit County	11.6%
23	Pacific County	11.6%
24	Benton County	11.1%
25	Garfield County	10.8%
26	Clallam County	10.8%
27	San Juan County	10.5%
28	Lincoln County	10.4%
29	Thurston County	9.7%
30	Columbia County	9.0%
31	Chelan County	9.0%
32	Pierce County	8.9%
33	Clark County	8.4%
34	King County	8.4%
35	Kitsap County	8.3%
36	Skamania County	8.3%
37	Douglas County	7.9%
38	Snohomish County	7.9%
39	Island County	7.0%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Boyds	100.0%
2	Mineral	100.0%
3	Wallula	68.5%
4	Orient	63.8%
5	Lyle	59.2%
6	Lamont	48.7%
7	Mesa	47.1%
8	Buena	43.6%
9	Humptulips	42.8%
10	White Swan	39.7%
11	Qui-nai-elt Village	38.6%
12	Danville	38.5%
13	Cusick	37.6%
14	Riverside	36.3%
15	Latah	36.2%
16	Wishram	35.2%
17	Skamokawa Valley	35.0%
18	Cheney	34.6%
19	Oyehut	34.4%
20	Marcus	33.5%
21	Queets	33.3%
22	Neilton	33.1%
23	Taholah	32.3%
24	Pullman	32.1%
25	South Cle Elum	32.0%
26	East Cathlamet	30.7%
27	Conconully	30.7%
28	Grand Coulee	30.5%
29	Bucoda	30.4%
30	Outlook	30.2%
31	Elma	30.0%
32	Glacier	29.8%
33	Soap Lake	29.5%
34	Vader	29.4%
35	Boulevard Park	29.3%
36	Oroville	29.2%
37	Krupp	28.6%
38	Royal City	28.2%
39	Goldendale	28.0%
40	South Bend	27.7%
41	Wilbur	27.6%
42	Moses Lake North	27.2%
43	Brewster	27.1%
44	Tieton	26.9%
45	Anderson Island	26.8%
46	Newport	26.4%
47	Granger	26.0%
48	Mabton	25.9%
49	Pataha	25.9%
50	Mattawa	25.4%
51	Keller	24.6%
52	Tampico	24.3%
53	Mossyrock	24.3%
54	Ocosta	24.0%
55	Othello	23.8%
56	Cowiche	23.4%
57	Shelton	23.3%
58	Nespelem	23.2%
59	Forks	23.1%
60	Pateros	23.0%
61	Trout Lake	22.7%
62	Malden	22.5%
63	Aberdeen	22.2%
64	Canyon Creek	22.1%
65	Omak	22.0%
66	LaCrosse	22.0%
67	Wapato	22.0%
68	Dollars Corner	22.0%
69	Airway Heights	21.9%
70	Springdale	21.4%
71	Port Gamble Tribal Community	21.2%
72	Ellensburg	21.0%
73	Peaceful Valley	20.8%
74	Grays River	20.5%
75	Colville	20.2%
76	Prosser	20.2%
77	Rosalia	20.2%
78	Republic	20.1%
79	Starbuck	20.0%
80	Centralia	19.9%
81	Washtucna	19.8%
82	Deer Park	19.7%
83	Hamilton	19.7%
84	West Clarkston-Highland	19.7%
85	Lakeview	19.6%
86	West Pasco	19.5%
87	Harrington	19.5%
88	Kelso	19.5%
89	Thorp	19.4%
90	Moclips	19.3%
91	Clarkston	19.3%
92	Nisqually Indian Community	19.3%
93	Skokomish	19.2%
94	Startup	19.2%
95	Grandview	19.0%
96	Warden	19.0%
97	Carlsborg	18.9%
98	Longbranch	18.4%
99	Rockport	18.3%
100	Bellingham	18.3%

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