Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Pennsylvania by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County![]() |
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ![]() |
Value (Percent)![]() |
Families (Below Poverty)![]() |
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) ![]() |
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Pennsylvania | N/A | 8.1 | 264,862 | 27 of 52 |
United States | N/A | 8.7 | 7,176,933 | N/A |
Chester County | Urban | 3.7 | 5,289 | 133 |
Bucks County | Urban | 4.1 | 7,215 | 191 |
Montgomery County | Urban | 4.2 | 9,450 | 215 |
Elk County | Rural | 4.8 | 393 | 332 |
Franklin County | Urban | 4.9 | 2,084 | 358 |
Butler County | Urban | 5.0 | 2,566 | 384 |
Cumberland County | Urban | 5.1 | 3,369 | 412 |
Snyder County | Rural | 5.2 | 511 | 435 |
Union County | Rural | 5.2 | 493 | 435 |
Adams County | Urban | 5.4 | 1,519 | 476 |
Lancaster County | Urban | 5.6 | 8,133 | 533 |
Montour County | Rural | 5.6 | 275 | 533 |
Centre County | Urban | 5.7 | 1,864 | 561 |
Washington County | Urban | 5.8 | 3,206 | 589 |
Northampton County | Urban | 5.9 | 4,835 | 609 |
York County | Urban | 5.9 | 7,260 | 609 |
Perry County | Urban | 6.3 | 793 | 721 |
Pike County | Rural | 6.3 | 1,030 | 721 |
Westmoreland County | Urban | 6.3 | 6,095 | 721 |
Sullivan County | Rural | 6.6 | 104 | 807 |
Beaver County | Urban | 6.9 | 3,108 | 890 |
Clarion County | Rural | 7.0 | 667 | 929 |
Juniata County | Rural | 7.0 | 433 | 929 |
Susquehanna County | Rural | 7.0 | 728 | 929 |
Allegheny County | Urban | 7.1 | 21,632 | 964 |
Armstrong County | Urban | 7.1 | 1,309 | 964 |
Somerset County | Rural | 7.3 | 1,369 | 1,022 |
Warren County | Rural | 7.3 | 754 | 1,022 |
Bedford County | Rural | 7.4 | 951 | 1,055 |
Delaware County | Urban | 7.4 | 10,510 | 1,055 |
Indiana County | Rural | 7.4 | 1,424 | 1,055 |
Lawrence County | Urban | 7.4 | 1,682 | 1,055 |
Potter County | Rural | 7.5 | 332 | 1,082 |
Lebanon County | Urban | 7.6 | 2,889 | 1,110 |
Wyoming County | Urban | 7.6 | 526 | 1,110 |
Schuylkill County | Rural | 8.0 | 2,927 | 1,231 |
Lehigh County | Urban | 8.2 | 7,990 | 1,292 |
Berks County | Urban | 8.3 | 8,900 | 1,320 |
Tioga County | Rural | 8.3 | 935 | 1,320 |
Carbon County | Urban | 8.4 | 1,424 | 1,362 |
Lycoming County | Urban | 8.4 | 2,446 | 1,362 |
Venango County | Rural | 8.4 | 1,161 | 1,362 |
Blair County | Urban | 8.5 | 2,660 | 1,400 |
Huntingdon County | Rural | 8.5 | 914 | 1,400 |
Northumberland County | Rural | 8.6 | 2,029 | 1,424 |
Monroe County | Rural | 8.7 | 3,732 | 1,453 |
Cambria County | Urban | 8.9 | 2,948 | 1,520 |
Fulton County | Rural | 8.9 | 369 | 1,520 |
Crawford County | Rural | 9.0 | 1,954 | 1,551 |
Dauphin County | Urban | 9.2 | 6,718 | 1,613 |
Wayne County | Rural | 9.3 | 1,241 | 1,646 |
Bradford County | Rural | 9.5 | 1,477 | 1,694 |
Mercer County | Rural | 9.5 | 2,771 | 1,694 |
Columbia County | Rural | 9.6 | 1,520 | 1,726 |
Clinton County | Rural | 9.7 | 943 | 1,757 |
Greene County | Rural | 10.1 | 963 | 1,830 |
McKean County | Rural | 10.1 | 1,025 | 1,830 |
Clearfield County | Rural | 10.3 | 2,106 | 1,873 |
Erie County | Urban | 10.7 | 7,052 | 1,959 |
Lackawanna County | Urban | 10.7 | 5,761 | 1,959 |
Jefferson County | Rural | 11.3 | 1,304 | 2,101 |
Luzerne County | Urban | 11.3 | 9,284 | 2,101 |
Mifflin County | Rural | 11.3 | 1,408 | 2,101 |
Fayette County | Urban | 12.3 | 4,128 | 2,288 |
Forest County | Rural | 12.6 | 134 | 2,341 |
Cameron County | Rural | 13.0 | 173 | 2,410 |
Philadelphia County | Urban | 17.5 | 61,667 | 2,882 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 11:27 pm.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 11:27 pm.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.