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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 601 to 650.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
601Conecuh CountyAL71,3441,00674.9%
602Floyd CountyGA2515,38311,52774.9%
603Hardee CountyFL94,5473,40774.9%
604Sequoyah CountyOK257,4525,57874.9%
605Atoka CountyOK102,3041,72374.8%
606Carroll CountyAR103,8622,88974.8%
607Iberville ParishLA94,5893,43174.8%
608Multnomah CountyOR16781,09658,29974.8%
609Okmulgee CountyOK236,0974,56174.8%
610Coal CountyOK61,08080774.7%
611St. Mary ParishLA237,7655,80274.7%
612West Carroll ParishLA31,4831,10874.7%
613Mendocino CountyCA6312,7389,47774.6%
614Cooper CountyMO142,4251,41474.5%
615Shannon CountyMO81,6871,25674.5%
616El Paso CountyTX246165,404122,90874.4%
617Winston CountyMS62,4131,44174.4%
618Iberia ParishLA2110,1117,51674.3%
619Erie CountyPA6735,73826,50174.2%
620Lawrence CountyAR93,2932,44374.2%
621Perry CountyMS61,4331,06374.2%
622Walthall CountyMS51,69896774.2%
623Craven CountyNC2712,5269,00174.1%
624Monroe CountyPA2920,75212,34074.1%
625Chatham CountyNC2410,3747,09174.0%
626Houston CountyGA3830,93922,88374.0%
627Kings CountyCA6328,74221,24974.0%
628Knox CountyKY185,2763,90274.0%
629Ottawa CountyOK215,3563,96374.0%
630Harrison CountyMS4830,52122,56573.9%
631Polk CountyAR103,0632,26373.9%
632San Bernardino CountyCA563393,648285,54973.9%
633Warren CountyVA95,0243,71473.9%
634Butler CountyMO196,4354,75273.8%
635Chatham CountyGA5936,38026,84573.8%
636Harnett CountyNC3120,61114,83173.8%
637Haskell CountyOK102,1481,58673.8%
638West Baton Rouge ParishLA104,1533,06673.8%
639Baltimore cityMD15377,34157,01673.7%
640Potter CountyTX4921,50115,84073.7%
641Riverside CountyCA513424,872313,15773.7%
642Limestone CountyTX113,6282,67273.6%
643Prairie CountyAR41,20288573.6%
644Blair CountyPA3215,69211,35173.5%
645Cherokee CountyOK217,4015,43773.5%
646Jackson CountyIL206,8115,00473.5%
647Dent CountyMO92,1691,58873.4%
648Dorchester CountyMD114,5862,38573.4%
649Lake CountyCA3810,1677,45773.4%
650Tioga CountyPA145,0533,70873.4%

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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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