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Metro Areas by Child Poverty Rate

Child poverty measures the share of children under 18 living in poverty — a leading indicator of long-term educational and economic outcomes.

All 935 metro areas ranked by Child Poverty Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Metro Areas Child Poverty Rate ↑
701 ZIP Code 33060 19.9%
702 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area 20.0%
703 Scottsboro, AL Micro Area 20.0%
704 ZIP Code 33620 20.0%
705 LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area 20.0%
706 ZIP Code 14820 20.0%
707 Visalia, CA Metro Area 20.1%
708 Gainesville, TX Micro Area 20.1%
709 ZIP Code 21780 20.1%
710 Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area 20.3%
711 ZIP Code 38220 20.3%
712 Goldsboro, NC Metro Area 20.3%
713 Lawton, OK Metro Area 20.4%
714 Kingsland, GA Micro Area 20.4%
715 Palestine, TX Micro Area 20.4%
716 Newport, OR Micro Area 20.4%
717 ZIP Code 38620 20.5%
718 Mount Pleasant, MI Micro Area 20.6%
719 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area 20.7%
720 ZIP Code 13660 20.7%
721 ZIP Code 40060 20.7%
722 Troy, AL Micro Area 20.8%
723 Milledgeville, GA Micro Area 20.8%
724 Danville, IL Micro Area 20.8%
725 Peru, IN Micro Area 20.8%
726 Ottumwa, IA Micro Area 20.8%
727 Greenwood, SC Micro Area 20.8%
728 ZIP Code 41540 20.8%
729 Merced, CA Metro Area 20.8%
730 Gallipolis, OH Micro Area 20.9%
731 Alexander City, AL Micro Area 20.9%
732 ZIP Code 29620 21.0%
733 Enterprise, AL Micro Area 21.0%
734 Rome, GA Metro Area 21.0%
735 Shelbyville, TN Micro Area 21.0%
736 Madisonville, KY Micro Area 21.1%
737 ZIP Code 33860 21.1%
738 ZIP Code 32460 21.2%
739 New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area 21.2%
740 ZIP Code 43460 21.2%
741 Florence, SC Metro Area 21.2%
742 Carbondale, IL Micro Area 21.3%
743 ZIP Code 32340 21.3%
744 ZIP Code 29720 21.4%
745 Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area 21.4%
746 Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area 21.4%
747 ZIP Code 12180 21.5%
748 Hobbs, NM Micro Area 21.5%
749 Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area 21.5%
750 Lawrenceburg, TN Micro Area 21.6%
751 Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area 21.7%
752 Vidalia, GA Micro Area 21.7%
753 ZIP Code 35980 21.7%
754 ZIP Code 43420 21.8%
755 El Paso, TX Metro Area 21.8%
756 ZIP Code 15860 21.8%
757 ZIP Code 23420 21.9%
758 Martinsville, VA Micro Area 21.9%
759 McAlester, OK Micro Area 22.1%
760 ZIP Code 36420 22.1%
761 ZIP Code 38340 22.1%
762 Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area 22.2%
763 Homosassa Springs, FL Metro Area 22.2%
764 ZIP Code 42420 22.2%
765 Sanford, NC Micro Area 22.2%
766 Danville, VA Micro Area 22.3%
767 Cambridge, OH Micro Area 22.4%
768 Somerset, KY Micro Area 22.5%
769 ZIP Code 32820 22.5%
770 El Centro, CA Metro Area 22.6%
771 Jackson, TN Metro Area 22.6%
772 Muskogee, OK Micro Area 22.7%
773 Coshocton, OH Micro Area 22.7%
774 Richmond, IN Micro Area 22.8%
775 ZIP Code 36020 22.8%
776 Alexandria, LA Metro Area 22.8%
777 North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area 22.8%
778 Lewistown, PA Micro Area 22.9%
779 ZIP Code 34420 23.1%
780 ZIP Code 29180 23.1%
781 Las Vegas, NM Micro Area 23.1%
782 ZIP Code 18460 23.1%
783 Okeechobee, FL Micro Area 23.2%
784 Vernon, TX Micro Area 23.2%
785 Russellville, AL Micro Area 23.2%
786 Paris, TN Micro Area 23.3%
787 ZIP Code 28660 23.3%
788 ZIP Code 13820 23.3%
789 ZIP Code 15260 23.4%
790 Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area 23.4%
791 Martin, TN Micro Area 23.5%
792 Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area 23.6%
793 Columbus, MS Micro Area 23.6%
794 Saginaw, MI Metro Area 23.7%
795 Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area 23.7%
796 Clovis, NM Micro Area 23.7%
797 ZIP Code 39540 23.8%
798 ZIP Code 32180 23.8%
799 Kennett, MO Micro Area 23.8%
800 Batesville, AR Micro Area 23.8%