Michigan: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

73 counties

Michigan counties ranked by the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 53.9%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	Oceana County	MI	10	2,852	2,022	70.9%
2	Roscommon County	MI	8	2,617	1,828	69.9%
3	Cheboygan County	MI	10	2,643	1,796	68.0%
4	Manistee County	MI	13	6,511	4,371	67.1%
5	Wayne County	MI	543	259,786	170,943	65.8%
6	Ogemaw County	MI	5	1,972	1,289	65.4%
7	Iosco County	MI	10	3,497	2,284	65.3%
8	Clare County	MI	13	3,785	2,452	64.8%
9	Gratiot County	MI	24	5,245	3,339	63.7%
10	Newaygo County	MI	21	6,782	4,290	63.3%
11	Wexford County	MI	14	8,553	5,352	62.6%
12	Alpena County	MI	10	3,598	2,218	61.6%
13	Osceola County	MI	13	3,573	2,202	61.6%
14	Genesee County	MI	150	58,534	35,543	60.7%
15	Gogebic County	MI	6	1,524	908	59.6%
16	Iron County	MI	3	1,241	735	59.2%
17	Saginaw County	MI	73	25,621	15,176	59.2%
18	Muskegon County	MI	68	25,245	14,824	58.7%
19	Branch County	MI	16	6,546	3,803	58.1%
20	Presque Isle County	MI	8	1,172	681	58.1%
21	Hillsdale County	MI	22	5,067	2,939	58.0%
22	Arenac County	MI	6	1,896	1,087	57.3%
23	Sanilac County	MI	19	5,377	3,069	57.1%
24	Montcalm County	MI	29	11,168	6,343	56.8%
25	Menominee County	MI	16	3,979	2,243	56.5%
26	Missaukee County	MI	6	2,223	1,251	56.3%
27	Calhoun County	MI	55	18,982	10,629	56.0%
28	Kalkaska County	MI	7	1,728	958	55.4%
29	St. Joseph County	MI	31	9,517	5,243	55.1%
30	Benzie County	MI	7	1,493	819	54.9%
31	Bay County	MI	34	12,525	6,859	54.8%
32	Berrien County	MI	74	21,027	11,492	54.7%
33	Otsego County	MI	8	3,337	1,826	54.7%
34	Mackinac County	MI	9	1,091	588	54.3%
35	Chippewa County	MI	19	4,835	2,618	54.2%
36	Mecosta County	MI	17	5,219	2,818	54.0%
37	Cass County	MI	23	6,258	3,375	53.9%
38	Tuscola County	MI	25	6,459	3,466	53.7%
39	Crawford County	MI	5	1,659	888	53.5%
40	Antrim County	MI	13	2,700	1,443	53.4%
41	Jackson County	MI	62	21,681	11,576	53.4%
42	Mason County	MI	12	3,846	2,048	53.3%
43	Van Buren County	MI	44	14,850	7,768	52.3%
44	Gladwin County	MI	7	2,529	1,318	52.1%
45	Macomb County	MI	226	115,743	59,962	51.8%
46	Ionia County	MI	28	10,506	5,432	51.7%
47	Ingham County	MI	93	37,914	18,592	49.0%
48	Delta County	MI	14	4,382	2,076	47.4%
49	Kent County	MI	230	97,253	46,093	47.4%
50	Isabella County	MI	19	6,493	3,032	46.7%

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