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, Franklin, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Allegany, and Broome.
| County | Number in Poverty | Rank by Number | Percent in Poverty | Rank by Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 34,919 | 15 | 11.97% | 42 |
| Allegany | 7,146 | 42 | 17.02% | 9 |
| Bronx | 407,528 | 2 | 29.05% | 1 |
| Broome | 31,349 | 16 | 16.99% | 10 |
| Cattaraugus | 12,411 | 29 | 16.52% | 12 |
| Cayuga | 8,563 | 37 | 11.69% | 45 |
| Chautauqua | 23,241 | 20 | 18.73% | 5 |
| Chemung | 11,996 | 30 | 14.82% | 19 |
| Chenango | 6,796 | 47 | 14.3% | 26 |
| Clinton | 11,182 | 31 | 15.31% | 18 |
| Columbia | 7,039 | 44 | 11.9% | 43 |
| Cortland | 6,884 | 46 | 15.46% | 16 |
| Delaware | 7,000 | 45 | 16.23% | 13 |
| Dutchess | 25,335 | 18 | 9.13% | 57 |
| Erie | 129,903 | 5 | 14.54% | 24 |
| Essex | 3,323 | 59 | 9.47% | 55 |
| Franklin | 8,195 | 39 | 18.2% | 6 |
| Fulton | 8,119 | 40 | 15.46% | 15 |
| Genesee | 6,501 | 50 | 11.36% | 48 |
| Greene | 5,921 | 51 | 13.32% | 35 |
| Hamilton | 315 | 62 | 6.94% | 59 |
| Herkimer | 8,951 | 36 | 14.58% | 23 |
| Jefferson | 15,365 | 26 | 14.24% | 28 |
| Kings | 544,622 | 1 | 21.14% | 2 |
| Lewis | 3,712 | 58 | 14.07% | 29 |
| Livingston | 7,850 | 41 | 13.62% | 33 |
| Madison | 6,549 | 49 | 9.9% | 53 |
| Monroe | 106,115 | 6 | 14.74% | 20 |
| Montgomery | 9,649 | 35 | 19.93% | 3 |
| Nassau | 76,461 | 9 | 5.72% | 61 |
| New York | 263,413 | 4 | 16.61% | 11 |
| Niagara | 27,967 | 17 | 13.45% | 34 |
| Oneida | 35,271 | 14 | 16.14% | 14 |
| Onondaga | 65,143 | 10 | 14.63% | 22 |
| Ontario | 10,203 | 33 | 9.61% | 54 |
| Orange | 43,543 | 13 | 11.82% | 44 |
| Orleans | 5,499 | 52 | 14.31% | 25 |
| Oswego | 20,392 | 21 | 17.94% | 7 |
| Otsego | 8,467 | 38 | 15.36% | 17 |
| Putnam | 5,191 | 53 | 5.32% | 62 |
| Queens | 295,165 | 3 | 12.99% | 37 |
| Rensselaer | 18,459 | 22 | 12.01% | 41 |
| Richmond | 60,026 | 11 | 12.82% | 38 |
| Rockland | 45,613 | 12 | 14.29% | 27 |
| Saratoga | 13,797 | 27 | 6.17% | 60 |
| Schenectady | 17,200 | 25 | 11.4% | 47 |
| Schoharie | 3,945 | 56 | 13.18% | 36 |
| Schuyler | 2,444 | 61 | 13.87% | 32 |
| Seneca | 3,924 | 57 | 12.42% | 39 |
| St. Lawrence | 17,248 | 24 | 17.69% | 8 |
| Steuben | 13,308 | 28 | 13.98% | 30 |
| Suffolk | 103,887 | 7 | 7.12% | 58 |
| Sullivan | 10,646 | 32 | 14.66% | 21 |
| Tioga | 5,091 | 54 | 10.48% | 52 |
| Tompkins | 17,500 | 23 | 19.61% | 4 |
| Ulster | 23,840 | 19 | 13.91% | 31 |
| Warren | 6,656 | 48 | 10.49% | 51 |
| Washington | 7,055 | 43 | 12.05% | 40 |
| Wayne | 10,127 | 34 | 11.3% | 49 |
| Westchester | 87,214 | 8 | 9.22% | 56 |
| Wyoming | 4,092 | 55 | 10.94% | 50 |
| Yates | 2,719 | 60 | 11.42% | 46 |