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Demographic Data Report for Pennsylvania by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Pennsylvania N/A 11.8 1,480,981 25 of 52
Philadelphia County Urban 22.0 338,466 2,821
Allegheny County Urban 11.2 135,306 1,065
Delaware County Urban 10.2 56,407 830
Montgomery County Urban 6.5 54,662 142
Berks County Urban 11.7 48,747 1,180
Luzerne County Urban 15.4 48,562 2,022
Lancaster County Urban 8.7 47,050 501
Lehigh County Urban 11.9 43,403 1,235
Erie County Urban 15.4 39,543 2,022
Bucks County Urban 6.1 38,691 101
York County Urban 8.6 38,560 484
Dauphin County Urban 12.3 34,738 1,323
Westmoreland County Urban 10.0 34,698 772
Chester County Urban 5.9 31,305 94
Lackawanna County Urban 14.0 29,224 1,728
Northampton County Urban 8.8 26,577 530
Centre County Urban 16.9 23,282 2,255
Fayette County Urban 17.4 21,411 2,337
Cumberland County Urban 7.8 19,473 319
Washington County Urban 9.4 19,123 645
Monroe County Rural 11.3 18,566 1,088
Cambria County Urban 14.2 17,864 1,779
Schuylkill County Rural 12.5 17,055 1,373
Beaver County Urban 10.1 16,575 807
Blair County Urban 13.0 15,388 1,503
Butler County Urban 8.0 15,175 357
Lebanon County Urban 10.6 14,793 923
Lycoming County Urban 12.5 13,456 1,373
Mercer County Rural 12.8 13,135 1,452
Franklin County Urban 7.8 11,995 319
Northumberland County Rural 12.2 10,671 1,290
Clearfield County Rural 13.8 10,219 1,681
Crawford County Rural 12.8 10,152 1,452
Indiana County Rural 12.8 9,985 1,452
Lawrence County Urban 11.6 9,628 1,154
Columbia County Rural 15.7 9,592 2,066
Adams County Urban 8.4 8,439 434
Bradford County Rural 13.4 7,968 1,600
Somerset County Rural 11.2 7,702 1,065
Carbon County Urban 12.0 7,697 1,249
Armstrong County Urban 11.3 7,258 1,088
Mifflin County Rural 16.0 7,255 2,114
Jefferson County Rural 15.3 6,594 1,995
Venango County Rural 12.8 6,290 1,452
Wayne County Rural 12.2 5,845 1,290
Pike County Rural 9.3 5,482 621
Bedford County Rural 11.0 5,151 1,010
McKean County Rural 13.7 5,137 1,663
Clinton County Rural 14.2 5,114 1,779
Clarion County Rural 13.9 4,996 1,708
Tioga County Rural 11.8 4,766 1,213
Huntingdon County Rural 11.0 4,293 1,010
Warren County Rural 11.4 4,271 1,109
Susquehanna County Rural 10.9 4,146 992
Greene County Rural 12.5 4,017 1,373
Perry County Urban 8.0 3,651 357
Union County Rural 9.7 3,290 708
Snyder County Rural 8.6 3,143 484
Wyoming County Urban 11.4 2,871 1,109
Elk County Rural 9.1 2,756 581
Juniata County Rural 10.0 2,310 772
Potter County Rural 11.7 1,881 1,180
Fulton County Rural 11.7 1,694 1,180
Montour County Rural 8.8 1,509 530
Cameron County Rural 16.0 712 2,114
Forest County Rural 14.7 646 1,887
Sullivan County Rural 11.0 620 1,010
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:06 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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