A Comparative Look at County Poverty Levels
The ten New York State 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, Tompkins, Montgomery, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Chautauqua, Oswego, New York, and Broome.
| County | Number in Poverty | Rank by Number | Percent in Poverty | Rank by Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 36,325 | 15 | 12.41% | 43 |
| Allegany | 6,992 | 46 | 16.51% | 13 |
| Bronx | 422,197 | 2 | 29.73% | 1 |
| Broome | 31,795 | 16 | 17.1% | 10 |
| Cattaraugus | 12,777 | 30 | 16.9% | 11 |
| Cayuga | 8,599 | 39 | 11.64% | 48 |
| Chautauqua | 23,101 | 19 | 18.49% | 7 |
| Chemung | 12,934 | 29 | 15.81% | 19 |
| Chenango | 6,973 | 47 | 14.54% | 29 |
| Clinton | 11,518 | 32 | 15.71% | 20 |
| Columbia | 6,806 | 48 | 11.41% | 50 |
| Cortland | 6,573 | 49 | 14.7% | 27 |
| Delaware | 7,187 | 45 | 16.49% | 14 |
| Dutchess | 25,353 | 18 | 9.09% | 57 |
| Erie | 133,648 | 5 | 14.89% | 24 |
| Essex | 3,170 | 59 | 8.9% | 58 |
| Franklin | 8,793 | 38 | 19.38% | 5 |
| Fulton | 8,461 | 41 | 16.03% | 16 |
| Genesee | 7,362 | 44 | 12.76% | 40 |
| Greene | 5,550 | 52 | 12.43% | 42 |
| Hamilton | 446 | 62 | 9.68% | 55 |
| Herkimer | 9,201 | 36 | 14.9% | 23 |
| Jefferson | 16,189 | 26 | 14.76% | 26 |
| Kings | 570,731 | 1 | 21.85% | 2 |
| Lewis | 3,765 | 57 | 14.21% | 32 |
| Livingston | 8,497 | 40 | 14.6% | 28 |
| Madison | 7,397 | 43 | 11.11% | 52 |
| Monroe | 107,481 | 6 | 14.84% | 25 |
| Montgomery | 9,486 | 35 | 19.59% | 4 |
| Nassau | 78,657 | 9 | 5.85% | 61 |
| New York | 277,483 | 4 | 17.27% | 9 |
| Niagara | 28,070 | 17 | 13.44% | 35 |
| Oneida | 36,487 | 14 | 16.6% | 12 |
| Onondaga | 67,057 | 10 | 14.94% | 22 |
| Ontario | 10,343 | 34 | 9.75% | 54 |
| Orange | 45,108 | 13 | 12.24% | 45 |
| Orleans | 6,169 | 51 | 15.88% | 18 |
| Oswego | 20,978 | 21 | 18.33% | 8 |
| Otsego | 8,966 | 37 | 16.11% | 15 |
| Putnam | 4,719 | 54 | 4.81% | 62 |
| Queens | 317,142 | 3 | 13.71% | 34 |
| Rensselaer | 19,322 | 22 | 12.55% | 41 |
| Richmond | 60,735 | 11 | 12.92% | 38 |
| Rockland | 45,563 | 12 | 14.22% | 31 |
| Saratoga | 14,681 | 27 | 6.6% | 60 |
| Schenectady | 18,684 | 24 | 12.35% | 44 |
| Schoharie | 4,186 | 56 | 13.87% | 33 |
| Schuyler | 2,706 | 61 | 15.29% | 21 |
| Seneca | 3,752 | 58 | 11.81% | 46 |
| St. Lawrence | 19,142 | 23 | 19.37% | 6 |
| Steuben | 13,922 | 28 | 14.53% | 30 |
| Suffolk | 105,522 | 7 | 7.19% | 59 |
| Sullivan | 11,583 | 31 | 15.88% | 17 |
| Tioga | 5,453 | 53 | 11.15% | 51 |
| Tompkins | 18,411 | 25 | 20.36% | 3 |
| Ulster | 22,682 | 20 | 13.16% | 36 |
| Warren | 6,328 | 50 | 9.93% | 53 |
| Washington | 7,556 | 42 | 12.82% | 39 |
| Wayne | 10,541 | 33 | 11.7% | 47 |
| Westchester | 89,829 | 8 | 9.44% | 56 |
| Wyoming | 4,267 | 55 | 11.42% | 49 |
| Yates | 3,120 | 60 | 13.09% | 37 |