Patterns of Economic Hardship in the U.S.

Poverty Rate By County, 2019

Top 10 Most Impoverished Counties Nationwide

Ziebach County, SD: 47.7%

Todd County, SD: 43.4%

Madison Parish, LA: 41.1%

Corson County, SD: 40.3%

Ogala Lakota County, SD: 40.1%

Crowley County, CO: 40%

Buffalo County, SD: 39.8%

East Carroll Parish, LA: 38.4%

Coahoma County, MS: 38.2%

Tallahatchie County, MS: 37.9%

Map authored by Kenny Stancil

This map uses a geoJson file produced by joining data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program with U.S. county polygons.

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