Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Pennsylvania by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | N/A | 11.8 | 1,482,439 | 25 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,521,584 | N/A |
| Bucks County | Urban | 5.6 | 35,830 | 82 |
| Chester County | Urban | 6.0 | 31,170 | 104 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 6.3 | 52,365 | 129 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 7.7 | 19,199 | 335 |
| Butler County | Urban | 7.9 | 14,930 | 351 |
| Adams County | Urban | 7.9 | 7,909 | 358 |
| Perry County | Urban | 8.2 | 3,712 | 407 |
| Lancaster County | Urban | 8.2 | 44,195 | 409 |
| Snyder County | Rural | 8.4 | 3,101 | 449 |
| York County | Urban | 8.6 | 38,540 | 482 |
| Montour County | Rural | 8.7 | 1,510 | 503 |
| Juniata County | Rural | 9.0 | 2,082 | 556 |
| Elk County | Rural | 9.0 | 2,733 | 559 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 9.0 | 13,857 | 563 |
| Northampton County | Urban | 9.2 | 27,768 | 600 |
| Washington County | Urban | 9.5 | 19,392 | 666 |
| Delaware County | Urban | 9.7 | 53,557 | 706 |
| Westmoreland County | Urban | 9.7 | 33,778 | 723 |
| Pike County | Rural | 10.0 | 5,854 | 780 |
| Armstrong County | Urban | 10.4 | 6,725 | 849 |
| Beaver County | Urban | 10.4 | 17,201 | 868 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 10.7 | 1,550 | 914 |
| Bedford County | Rural | 10.8 | 5,071 | 930 |
| Union County | Rural | 10.8 | 3,731 | 936 |
| Somerset County | Rural | 10.8 | 7,513 | 944 |
| Lebanon County | Urban | 10.9 | 15,214 | 962 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 11.0 | 5,272 | 989 |
| Allegheny County | Urban | 11.1 | 134,587 | 1,013 |
| Susquehanna County | Rural | 11.2 | 4,254 | 1,029 |
| Wyoming County | Urban | 11.2 | 2,850 | 1,044 |
| Huntingdon County | Rural | 11.3 | 4,419 | 1,060 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 11.3 | 18,713 | 1,066 |
| Warren County | Rural | 11.6 | 4,389 | 1,134 |
| Carbon County | Urban | 11.8 | 7,551 | 1,190 |
| Berks County | Urban | 11.8 | 49,115 | 1,195 |
| Lehigh County | Urban | 11.9 | 43,587 | 1,231 |
| Tioga County | Rural | 12.2 | 4,926 | 1,275 |
| Dauphin County | Urban | 12.2 | 34,256 | 1,280 |
| Sullivan County | Rural | 12.2 | 689 | 1,292 |
| Potter County | Rural | 12.2 | 1,975 | 1,293 |
| Schuylkill County | Rural | 12.3 | 16,822 | 1,330 |
| Lawrence County | Urban | 12.3 | 10,322 | 1,332 |
| Northumberland County | Rural | 12.4 | 10,872 | 1,345 |
| Lycoming County | Urban | 12.5 | 13,417 | 1,367 |
| Crawford County | Rural | 12.7 | 10,204 | 1,415 |
| Greene County | Rural | 12.9 | 4,208 | 1,450 |
| Indiana County | Rural | 13.0 | 10,100 | 1,473 |
| Lackawanna County | Urban | 13.0 | 27,010 | 1,477 |
| Bradford County | Rural | 13.1 | 7,809 | 1,504 |
| Clinton County | Rural | 13.1 | 4,771 | 1,508 |
| Blair County | Urban | 13.2 | 15,739 | 1,520 |
| Venango County | Rural | 13.4 | 6,619 | 1,562 |
| Mercer County | Rural | 13.5 | 14,013 | 1,601 |
| Clarion County | Rural | 13.7 | 4,942 | 1,640 |
| Clearfield County | Rural | 13.7 | 10,274 | 1,659 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 14.1 | 6,133 | 1,726 |
| McKean County | Rural | 14.1 | 5,343 | 1,736 |
| Cambria County | Urban | 14.4 | 18,240 | 1,783 |
| Luzerne County | Urban | 14.9 | 46,812 | 1,894 |
| Cameron County | Rural | 15.0 | 674 | 1,907 |
| Columbia County | Rural | 15.3 | 9,313 | 1,969 |
| Erie County | Urban | 15.4 | 39,662 | 1,986 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 16.2 | 20,090 | 2,136 |
| Mifflin County | Rural | 16.7 | 7,571 | 2,230 |
| Centre County | Urban | 17.0 | 23,717 | 2,300 |
| Forest County | Rural | 19.2 | 881 | 2,560 |
| Philadelphia County | Urban | 22.7 | 351,811 | 2,859 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/16/2025 6:27 am.
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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/16/2025 6:27 am.
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.