Rank |
County |
People Below The Poverty Rate |
1 |
Shannon County, South Dakota
|
53.5%
|
2 |
Todd County, South Dakota
|
48.4%
|
3 |
Hudspeth County, Texas
|
44.7%
|
4 |
Ziebach County, South Dakota
|
43.5%
|
5 |
Holmes County, Mississippi
|
43.2%
|
6 |
Clay County, Georgia
|
43.1%
|
7 |
Jefferson County, Mississippi
|
42.8%
|
8 |
Sioux County, North Dakota
|
42.3%
|
9 |
Willacy County, Texas
|
42.3%
|
10 |
Wolfe County, Kentucky
|
42.1%
|
11 |
Humphreys County, Mississippi
|
42.0%
|
12 |
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
|
40.8%
|
13 |
Buffalo County, South Dakota
|
40.8%
|
14 |
Leflore County, Mississippi
|
40.4%
|
15 |
Allendale County, South Carolina
|
40.2%
|
16 |
Issaquena County, Mississippi
|
40.0%
|
17 |
Brooks County, Texas
|
39.6%
|
18 |
Owsley County, Kentucky
|
39.3%
|
19 |
Echols County, Georgia
|
39.0%
|
20 |
Zavala County, Texas
|
39.0%
|
21 |
Corson County, South Dakota
|
38.8%
|
22 |
Sumter County, Alabama
|
38.0%
|
23 |
Claiborne County, Mississippi
|
37.9%
|
24 |
Martin County, Kentucky
|
37.6%
|
25 |
Coahoma County, Mississippi
|
37.2%
|
26 |
Wilcox County, Alabama
|
36.7%
|
27 |
Rolette County, North Dakota
|
36.7%
|
28 |
Zapata County, Texas
|
36.7%
|
29 |
Clay County, Kentucky
|
36.5%
|
30 |
Knox County, Kentucky
|
36.4%
|
31 |
Quitman County, Mississippi
|
36.3%
|
32 |
Benson County, North Dakota
|
36.3%
|
33 |
Starr County, Texas
|
36.3%
|
34 |
Sharkey County, Mississippi
|
36.2%
|
35 |
Noxubee County, Mississippi
|
36.1%
|
36 |
Madison County, Idaho
|
36.0%
|
37 |
Washington County, Mississippi
|
36.0%
|
38 |
Baker County, Georgia
|
35.9%
|
39 |
Calhoun County, Georgia
|
35.8%
|
40 |
Jackson County, Kentucky
|
35.6%
|
41 |
Bennett County, South Dakota
|
35.5%
|
42 |
Hidalgo County, Texas
|
35.3%
|
43 |
Cameron County, Texas
|
34.9%
|
44 |
Dallas County, Alabama
|
34.7%
|
45 |
Apache County, Arizona
|
34.7%
|
46 |
Clarke County, Georgia
|
34.6%
|
47 |
Bolivar County, Mississippi
|
34.6%
|
48 |
Mellette County, South Dakota
|
34.2%
|
49 |
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
|
34.1%
|
50 |
Radford city, Virginia
|
33.9%
|
51 |
Dillon County, South Carolina
|
33.6%
|
52 |
McDowell County, West Virginia
|
33.3%
|
53 |
Dimmit County, Texas
|
33.0%
|
54 |
Telfair County, Georgia
|
32.9%
|
55 |
Madison Parish, Louisiana
|
32.8%
|
56 |
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
|
32.8%
|
57 |
Williamsburg County, South Carolina
|
32.8%
|
58 |
Chicot County, Arkansas
|
32.5%
|
59 |
Bell County, Kentucky
|
32.5%
|
60 |
Tensas Parish, Louisiana
|
32.4%
|
61 |
Culberson County, Texas
|
32.3%
|
62 |
Yazoo County, Mississippi
|
32.2%
|
63 |
Guadalupe County, New Mexico
|
32.2%
|
64 |
Elliott County, Kentucky
|
31.9%
|
65 |
Hancock County, Tennessee
|
31.9%
|
66 |
Harrisonburg city, Virginia
|
31.8%
|
67 |
Sunflower County, Mississippi
|
31.8%
|
68 |
Jackson County, South Dakota
|
31.8%
|
69 |
Greene County, Alabama
|
31.7%
|
70 |
Robertson County, Kentucky
|
31.7%
|
71 |
Phillips County, Arkansas
|
31.6%
|
72 |
Lewis County, Kentucky
|
31.6%
|
73 |
Atkinson County, Georgia
|
31.5%
|
74 |
Lee County, Kentucky
|
31.5%
|
75 |
Adams County, Mississippi
|
31.5%
|
76 |
Athens County, Ohio
|
31.5%
|
77 |
Maverick County, Texas
|
31.5%
|
78 |
Concordia Parish, Louisiana
|
31.4%
|
79 |
Isabella County, Michigan
|
31.4%
|
80 |
Lake County, Tennessee
|
31.4%
|
81 |
Harlan County, Kentucky
|
31.1%
|
82 |
Terrell County, Georgia
|
30.9%
|
83 |
McCreary County, Kentucky
|
30.9%
|
84 |
Luna County, New Mexico
|
30.8%
|
85 |
Coleman County, Texas
|
30.8%
|
86 |
McKinley County, New Mexico
|
30.7%
|
87 |
Taliaferro County, Georgia
|
30.6%
|
88 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
30.6%
|
89 |
Harmon County, Oklahoma
|
30.6%
|
90 |
Bamberg County, South Carolina
|
30.6%
|
91 |
Grundy County, Tennessee
|
30.6%
|
92 |
Webb County, Texas
|
30.6%
|
93 |
Bulloch County, Georgia
|
30.5%
|
94 |
Pemiscot County, Missouri
|
30.5%
|
95 |
Jenkins County, Georgia
|
30.4%
|
96 |
Dewey County, South Dakota
|
30.3%
|
97 |
Whitman County, Washington
|
30.3%
|
98 |
Magoffin County, Kentucky
|
30.1%
|
99 |
Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska
|
30.0%
|
100 |
Breathitt County, Kentucky
|
30.0%
|