US county poverty status by population

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Counts of individuals below poverty level and at or above poverty level, with total population for whom poverty status is determined, by US county, from the 2023 5-year American Community Survey. Normalize using Total Population for Poverty Status. This is a sample survey estimate, not a full count. Every value carries a margin of error (available separately).

At a glance

Records: 3,222
Geometry: Polygon
Area type: County
Location: United States
Country: United States
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Licence: Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105)
Year: 2023
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Columns (6)

Poverty status breakdown2 columns that together make up Total Population for Poverty Status

Column	Type	Statistics	Description
County Code	string	—	Standard geographic FIPS code identifying the county or equivalent area.
County Name	string	—	The name of the county and its corresponding state.
Total Population	integer	min 43 · max 9,848,406 · μ 104172.07	Total Population (B01003_001E), 2023 — the collection's standard population attribute for this geography, included on every statistics dataset. Where a selected attribute is itself a table total, prefer that one as the denominator for its own table: per-table disclosure control means totals from different tables can differ slightly.
Below Poverty LevelPoverty status breakdown	integer	min 3 · max 1,322,476 · μ 12951.79	The number of people whose income in the past 12 months was below the poverty level, among the population for whom poverty status is determined.
At or Above Poverty LevelPoverty status breakdown	integer	min 28 · max 8,370,951 · μ 88784.23	The number of people whose income in the past 12 months was at or above the poverty level, among the population for whom poverty status is determined.
Total Population for Poverty Status	integer	min 41 · max 9,693,427 · μ 101736.02	The total population for whom poverty status is determined in an area.

Data preview

County Code	County Name	Total Population	Below Poverty Level	At or Above Poverty Level	Total Population for Poverty Status
55069	Lincoln County, Wisconsin	28,403	2,925	24,965	27,890
19185	Wayne County, Iowa	6,518	961	5,438	6,399
04021	Pinal County, Arizona	449,219	46,664	382,557	429,221
37199	Yancey County, North Carolina	18,676	2,763	15,780	18,543
20167	Russell County, Kansas	6,717	1,004	5,537	6,541
05109	Pike County, Arkansas	10,182	1,871	8,061	9,932
05083	Logan County, Arkansas	21,240	3,009	17,871	20,880
48299	Llano County, Texas	22,011	2,542	19,181	21,723
31165	Sioux County, Nebraska	1,197	137	1,060	1,197
26099	Macomb County, Michigan	877,624	85,357	784,092	869,449

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