A Comparative Look at County Poverty Levels
The ten New York State counties with the greatest number of people living in poverty, from highest to
lowest, are: Kings, Bronx, Queens, New York, Erie, Monroe, Suffolk, Westchester, Nassau, and Onondaga.
The ten counties with the highest percentage of the population living in poverty, from highest to lowest,
are: Bronx, Kings, Montgomery, Tompkins, Chautauqua, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Broome, Oswego, and Allegany.
County | Number in Poverty | Rank by Number | Percent in Poverty | Rank by Percent |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | 34,570 | 14 | 11.87% | 41 |
Allegany | 7,047 | 44 | 16.88% | 10 |
Bronx | 392,172 | 2 | 28.01% | 1 |
Broome | 31,945 | 16 | 17.41% | 8 |
Cattaraugus | 12,324 | 29 | 16.5% | 12 |
Cayuga | 8,812 | 36 | 12.1% | 38 |
Chautauqua | 22,398 | 20 | 18.2% | 5 |
Chemung | 11,136 | 30 | 13.87% | 27 |
Chenango | 6,368 | 48 | 13.53% | 32 |
Clinton | 10,902 | 32 | 15% | 18 |
Columbia | 6,777 | 45 | 11.57% | 46 |
Cortland | 7,272 | 42 | 16.4% | 13 |
Delaware | 7,071 | 43 | 16.58% | 11 |
Dutchess | 25,065 | 18 | 9.04% | 56 |
Erie | 126,806 | 5 | 14.2% | 22 |
Essex | 3,435 | 59 | 9.87% | 53 |
Franklin | 7,981 | 39 | 17.78% | 7 |
Fulton | 7,814 | 40 | 14.9% | 19 |
Genesee | 6,189 | 49 | 10.87% | 49 |
Greene | 6,167 | 50 | 13.99% | 25 |
Hamilton | 443 | 62 | 9.89% | 52 |
Herkimer | 8,307 | 37 | 13.64% | 31 |
Jefferson | 14,897 | 26 | 14.02% | 24 |
Kings | 511,631 | 1 | 19.95% | 2 |
Lewis | 3,540 | 58 | 13.48% | 33 |
Livingston | 7,572 | 41 | 13.18% | 35 |
Madison | 6,459 | 47 | 9.78% | 54 |
Monroe | 103,406 | 6 | 14.39% | 21 |
Montgomery | 9,544 | 34 | 19.77% | 3 |
Nassau | 74,291 | 9 | 5.56% | 61 |
New York | 250,913 | 4 | 15.83% | 14 |
Niagara | 27,857 | 17 | 13.46% | 34 |
Oneida | 33,715 | 15 | 15.47% | 15 |
Onondaga | 62,610 | 10 | 14.11% | 23 |
Ontario | 9,193 | 35 | 8.66% | 58 |
Orange | 43,142 | 13 | 11.65% | 44 |
Orleans | 5,226 | 52 | 13.72% | 29 |
Oswego | 19,213 | 21 | 17% | 9 |
Otsego | 8,154 | 38 | 14.87% | 20 |
Putnam | 4,847 | 54 | 4.98% | 62 |
Queens | 276,447 | 3 | 12.23% | 36 |
Rensselaer | 17,963 | 22 | 11.71% | 42 |
Richmond | 54,621 | 11 | 11.65% | 43 |
Rockland | 44,404 | 12 | 13.87% | 26 |
Saratoga | 13,148 | 27 | 5.84% | 60 |
Schenectady | 17,271 | 24 | 11.45% | 47 |
Schoharie | 3,612 | 57 | 12.1% | 39 |
Schuyler | 2,717 | 61 | 15.4% | 16 |
Seneca | 3,825 | 56 | 12.17% | 37 |
St. Lawrence | 17,328 | 23 | 17.87% | 6 |
Steuben | 12,971 | 28 | 13.69% | 30 |
Suffolk | 100,133 | 7 | 6.87% | 59 |
Sullivan | 10,999 | 31 | 15.15% | 17 |
Tioga | 4,899 | 53 | 10.15% | 51 |
Tompkins | 16,838 | 25 | 18.89% | 4 |
Ulster | 23,571 | 19 | 13.79% | 28 |
Warren | 5,997 | 51 | 9.47% | 55 |
Washington | 6,578 | 46 | 11.3% | 48 |
Wayne | 10,371 | 33 | 11.62% | 45 |
Westchester | 83,603 | 8 | 8.84% | 57 |
Wyoming | 3,933 | 55 | 10.47% | 50 |
Yates | 2,837 | 60 | 11.91% | 40 |