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 |