Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Pennsylvania by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | N/A | 11.7 | 1,475,496 | 25 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,735,661 | N/A |
| Chester County | Urban | 6.0 | 31,893 | 106 |
| Bucks County | Urban | 6.1 | 38,944 | 112 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 6.5 | 55,064 | 150 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 7.5 | 19,066 | 271 |
| Perry County | Urban | 8.0 | 3,650 | 352 |
| Butler County | Urban | 8.1 | 15,637 | 370 |
| Adams County | Urban | 8.2 | 8,336 | 388 |
| Lancaster County | Urban | 8.2 | 44,440 | 388 |
| York County | Urban | 8.4 | 37,988 | 429 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 8.5 | 13,153 | 452 |
| Elk County | Rural | 8.7 | 2,625 | 495 |
| Montour County | Rural | 8.8 | 1,526 | 518 |
| Northampton County | Urban | 8.8 | 26,729 | 518 |
| Union County | Rural | 9.0 | 3,025 | 563 |
| Snyder County | Rural | 9.4 | 3,439 | 658 |
| Washington County | Urban | 9.6 | 19,665 | 692 |
| Juniata County | Rural | 9.7 | 2,239 | 707 |
| Pike County | Rural | 9.8 | 5,888 | 735 |
| Beaver County | Urban | 9.9 | 16,198 | 763 |
| Lebanon County | Urban | 10.1 | 14,171 | 803 |
| Delaware County | Urban | 10.2 | 56,672 | 825 |
| Westmoreland County | Urban | 10.3 | 35,494 | 849 |
| Huntingdon County | Rural | 10.6 | 4,111 | 912 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 10.7 | 17,564 | 941 |
| Warren County | Rural | 10.8 | 4,025 | 958 |
| Somerset County | Rural | 11.0 | 7,531 | 994 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 11.2 | 1,612 | 1,049 |
| Susquehanna County | Rural | 11.4 | 4,315 | 1,105 |
| Allegheny County | Urban | 11.5 | 138,617 | 1,125 |
| Wyoming County | Urban | 11.5 | 2,899 | 1,125 |
| Bedford County | Rural | 11.6 | 5,429 | 1,145 |
| Lehigh County | Urban | 11.6 | 42,770 | 1,145 |
| Sullivan County | Rural | 11.6 | 657 | 1,145 |
| Tioga County | Rural | 11.7 | 4,681 | 1,176 |
| Armstrong County | Urban | 11.8 | 7,543 | 1,206 |
| Forest County | Rural | 11.9 | 512 | 1,238 |
| Lawrence County | Urban | 11.9 | 9,813 | 1,238 |
| Blair County | Urban | 12.0 | 14,128 | 1,261 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 12.1 | 5,824 | 1,287 |
| Berks County | Urban | 12.2 | 51,396 | 1,308 |
| Carbon County | Urban | 12.3 | 7,903 | 1,339 |
| Bradford County | Rural | 12.6 | 7,479 | 1,405 |
| Northumberland County | Rural | 12.6 | 10,939 | 1,405 |
| Lycoming County | Urban | 12.8 | 13,821 | 1,459 |
| Schuylkill County | Rural | 12.8 | 17,389 | 1,459 |
| Dauphin County | Urban | 12.9 | 36,661 | 1,481 |
| Potter County | Rural | 13.0 | 2,074 | 1,514 |
| Clarion County | Rural | 13.1 | 4,681 | 1,534 |
| Mercer County | Rural | 13.2 | 13,486 | 1,564 |
| Venango County | Rural | 13.2 | 6,418 | 1,564 |
| Cameron County | Rural | 13.5 | 594 | 1,630 |
| Greene County | Rural | 13.5 | 4,286 | 1,630 |
| Columbia County | Rural | 13.7 | 8,432 | 1,671 |
| McKean County | Rural | 13.7 | 5,070 | 1,671 |
| Indiana County | Rural | 14.0 | 10,879 | 1,744 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 14.1 | 6,081 | 1,768 |
| Cambria County | Urban | 14.2 | 17,830 | 1,789 |
| Crawford County | Rural | 14.3 | 11,229 | 1,806 |
| Lackawanna County | Urban | 14.4 | 29,906 | 1,824 |
| Clearfield County | Rural | 14.6 | 10,797 | 1,859 |
| Clinton County | Rural | 14.8 | 5,334 | 1,905 |
| Erie County | Urban | 15.0 | 38,291 | 1,938 |
| Luzerne County | Urban | 15.3 | 48,510 | 1,987 |
| Mifflin County | Rural | 16.2 | 7,360 | 2,147 |
| Centre County | Urban | 16.3 | 22,319 | 2,168 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 16.8 | 20,489 | 2,255 |
| Philadelphia County | Urban | 21.4 | 327,969 | 2,782 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 6:12 pm.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.