Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Pennsylvania by County
Poverty: Persons below 150% of 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)
|
People (<150% Of Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | N/A | 18.9 | 2,380,128 | 23 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 20.2 | 65,652,285 | N/A |
| Chester County | Urban | 9.9 | 52,397 | 70 |
| Bucks County | Urban | 10.1 | 64,040 | 78 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 10.4 | 87,739 | 88 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 13.1 | 32,937 | 236 |
| Butler County | Urban | 13.2 | 25,259 | 245 |
| Adams County | Urban | 14.0 | 14,122 | 305 |
| York County | Urban | 14.7 | 66,302 | 373 |
| Lancaster County | Urban | 14.9 | 80,437 | 396 |
| Northampton County | Urban | 14.9 | 45,182 | 396 |
| Perry County | Urban | 15.4 | 7,010 | 465 |
| Washington County | Urban | 15.8 | 32,246 | 508 |
| Westmoreland County | Urban | 16.1 | 55,687 | 551 |
| Delaware County | Urban | 16.2 | 89,741 | 565 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 16.2 | 24,969 | 565 |
| Pike County | Rural | 16.3 | 9,650 | 581 |
| Montour County | Rural | 16.6 | 2,858 | 615 |
| Beaver County | Urban | 16.7 | 27,417 | 635 |
| Sullivan County | Rural | 16.9 | 949 | 665 |
| Union County | Rural | 16.9 | 5,737 | 665 |
| Allegheny County | Urban | 17.1 | 206,342 | 696 |
| Lebanon County | Urban | 17.4 | 24,307 | 742 |
| Wyoming County | Urban | 18.0 | 4,554 | 821 |
| Snyder County | Rural | 18.1 | 6,647 | 834 |
| Elk County | Rural | 18.3 | 5,564 | 862 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 18.5 | 30,469 | 895 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 18.7 | 2,705 | 927 |
| Berks County | Urban | 19.1 | 79,486 | 989 |
| Dauphin County | Urban | 19.1 | 54,025 | 989 |
| Greene County | Rural | 19.3 | 6,194 | 1,021 |
| Huntingdon County | Rural | 19.4 | 7,539 | 1,035 |
| Juniata County | Rural | 19.4 | 4,487 | 1,035 |
| Carbon County | Urban | 19.6 | 12,494 | 1,065 |
| Armstrong County | Urban | 20.0 | 12,873 | 1,121 |
| Lehigh County | Urban | 20.2 | 74,122 | 1,153 |
| Somerset County | Rural | 20.3 | 13,958 | 1,168 |
| Susquehanna County | Rural | 20.6 | 7,792 | 1,214 |
| Mercer County | Rural | 20.8 | 21,429 | 1,242 |
| Tioga County | Rural | 20.9 | 8,410 | 1,257 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 21.0 | 10,072 | 1,268 |
| Lycoming County | Urban | 21.2 | 22,754 | 1,307 |
| Lawrence County | Urban | 21.3 | 17,659 | 1,325 |
| Schuylkill County | Rural | 21.3 | 28,939 | 1,325 |
| Bedford County | Rural | 21.5 | 10,080 | 1,359 |
| Northumberland County | Rural | 21.7 | 18,927 | 1,383 |
| Warren County | Rural | 21.7 | 8,135 | 1,383 |
| Potter County | Rural | 21.8 | 3,502 | 1,399 |
| Blair County | Urban | 22.2 | 26,192 | 1,469 |
| Cambria County | Urban | 22.3 | 28,128 | 1,481 |
| Bradford County | Rural | 22.6 | 13,406 | 1,535 |
| Forest County | Rural | 22.6 | 995 | 1,535 |
| Lackawanna County | Urban | 22.7 | 47,176 | 1,554 |
| Clearfield County | Rural | 22.9 | 16,960 | 1,586 |
| Venango County | Rural | 23.1 | 11,339 | 1,629 |
| Indiana County | Rural | 23.4 | 18,222 | 1,672 |
| Centre County | Urban | 23.8 | 32,831 | 1,737 |
| McKean County | Rural | 23.8 | 8,923 | 1,737 |
| Clarion County | Rural | 24.2 | 8,689 | 1,792 |
| Clinton County | Rural | 24.3 | 8,772 | 1,812 |
| Luzerne County | Urban | 24.5 | 77,175 | 1,845 |
| Erie County | Urban | 24.6 | 63,047 | 1,862 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 24.9 | 10,768 | 1,896 |
| Crawford County | Rural | 25.1 | 19,837 | 1,917 |
| Columbia County | Rural | 25.3 | 15,471 | 1,949 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 25.8 | 31,721 | 2,020 |
| Mifflin County | Rural | 26.1 | 11,802 | 2,051 |
| Cameron County | Rural | 28.6 | 1,269 | 2,357 |
| Philadelphia County | Urban | 32.5 | 499,261 | 2,671 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.