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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 501 to 550.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
501St. John the Baptist ParishLA105,0394,01679.7%
502Deaf Smith CountyTX94,1103,26979.5%
503Ford CountyKS157,8366,23379.5%
504Tippah CountyMS83,6232,87879.4%
505Uvalde CountyTX125,3714,26679.4%
506Yell CountyAR123,9453,13179.4%
507Crawford CountyPA269,1567,26579.3%
508Screven CountyGA32,0661,63979.3%
509Franklin CountyMS41,14790879.2%
510Glynn CountyGA1813,91111,01779.2%
511Kings CountyNY582291,697230,61579.1%
512Montgomery CountyAR51,13890079.1%
513Prince George's CountyMD199132,693104,92179.1%
514Chickasaw CountyMS82,7092,14179.0%
515Falls CountyTX82,3581,86279.0%
516Sevier CountyAR73,0132,37979.0%
517Adams CountyWA175,3244,19278.9%
518Marshall CountyOK62,9502,32878.9%
519Linn CountyOR4817,91613,07578.8%
520Forrest CountyMS2010,8578,54578.7%
521Drew CountyAR82,8742,25978.6%
522Floyd CountyKY145,3474,19578.6%
523Maverick CountyTX2413,82010,81678.3%
524Colusa CountyCA214,7323,70078.2%
525Radford cityVA53,3211,26777.9%
526Lawrence CountyMS51,6741,30377.8%
527Scott CountyMO215,9994,66777.8%
528Appomattox CountyVA42,4211,88177.7%
529Delaware CountyOK196,2464,84977.6%
530Hamilton CountyFL51,6181,23177.5%
531Manassas cityVA107,9966,20077.5%
532Susquehanna CountyPA155,7284,43677.5%
533Wayne CountyKY83,0582,36477.5%
534Imperial CountyCA7236,51328,27177.4%
535Dallas CountyTX731459,645342,64677.3%
536Franklin ParishLA62,4541,89777.3%
537Polk CountyGA117,7455,98877.3%
538Tulare CountyCA192101,49478,43277.3%
539Grant CountyOR91,80564977.2%
540Yakima CountyWA11352,14540,14577.2%
541Jefferson CountyAR218,5206,57377.1%
542Gallatin CountyKY41,4261,09877.0%
543Long CountyGA54,7243,63677.0%
544Rapides ParishLA4621,48116,54477.0%
545Adair CountyOK174,1523,19076.9%
546Queens CountyNY392268,205206,14676.9%
547Chattooga CountyGA83,9173,01076.8%
548Benton CountyMO92,4751,89976.7%
549DeKalb CountyGA154102,96078,87576.6%
550McCurtain CountyOK296,3704,88076.6%

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49 states
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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