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The highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

2,526 counties

US 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 56.7%. Showing ranks 451 to 500.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
451Yadkin CountyNC145,1744,30283.1%
452Union CountyGA53,0152,49982.9%
453Whitfield CountyGA3319,57016,20082.8%
454Webb CountyTX9163,71752,41282.7%
455Jim Wells CountyTX167,3026,03382.6%
456Alleghany CountyVA41,7191,41982.5%
457Tillamook CountyOR123,2202,65682.5%
458Zavala CountyTX82,1741,79382.5%
459Columbia CountyAR93,4722,85782.3%
460McCreary CountyKY52,6682,19682.3%
461Amherst CountyVA93,9003,20682.2%
462Franklin CountyNC1911,6148,70782.2%
463Frio CountyTX72,7922,29482.2%
464McIntosh CountyOK112,7792,28382.2%
465Caddo CountyOK294,8974,02082.1%
466Choctaw CountyOK121,9891,63282.1%
467Macon CountyAL61,9071,56682.1%
468Lincoln CountyMT142,3911,94082.0%
469Manassas Park cityVA43,3922,77781.9%
470Winchester cityVA85,2354,28281.8%
471Douglas CountyOR4913,41710,57081.6%
472Macon CountyNC124,4693,64781.6%
473Stokes CountyNC195,7584,70181.6%
474Floyd CountyVA51,6661,35481.3%
475Neshoba CountyMS105,1854,21081.2%
476Wolfe CountyKY71,07286981.1%
477Madera CountyCA7632,25126,06880.9%
478Wythe CountyVA123,7343,02280.9%
479Caroline CountyVA54,6003,71780.8%
480Willacy CountyTX133,8893,13780.7%
481Merced CountyCA10759,45647,89980.6%
482Yalobusha CountyMS41,3641,10080.6%
483Carson CityNV105,0724,08280.5%
484Seminole CountyOK274,5713,68180.5%
485Terry CountyTX72,0861,67980.5%
486Charles Mix CountySD141,9661,54380.4%
487Hughes CountyOK132,0681,66380.4%
488Liberty CountyTX4027,59922,15380.3%
489Miller CountyAR166,2174,99480.3%
490Patrick CountyVA72,2761,82880.3%
491Bee CountyTX125,0974,08880.2%
492Tillman CountyOK81,18995480.2%
493Okeechobee CountyFL126,2064,92180.1%
494Perry CountyAL31,19095380.1%
495St. Landry ParishLA3411,7319,37279.9%
496Williams CountyOH144,96481379.9%
497Bell CountyKY134,1353,30079.8%
498Alamance CountyNC4125,73718,06779.7%
499Concordia ParishLA113,3962,70679.7%
500Lowndes CountyGA2019,81215,31079.7%

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Alaska 17Alabama 65Arkansas 68Arizona 8California 55Colorado 41Connecticut 9Florida 65Georgia 137Hawaii 4Iowa 90Idaho 35Illinois 89Indiana 91Kansas 61Kentucky 110Louisiana 60Maryland 24Maine 16Michigan 73Minnesota 80Missouri 101Mississippi 73Montana 29North Carolina 98North Dakota 19Nebraska 47New Hampshire 10New Jersey 21New Mexico 26Nevada 11New York 61Ohio 78Oklahoma 66Oregon 32Pennsylvania 63Puerto Rico 72Rhode Island 5South Carolina 13South Dakota 31Tennessee 2Texas 196Utah 25Virginia 107US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 12Washington 37Wisconsin 70Wyoming 21

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