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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 851 to 900.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
851Rosebud CountyMT151,46396666.5%
852Van Wert CountyOH144,7132,08766.5%
853Leslie CountyKY51,5381,02266.4%
854Stephens CountyTX41,37491266.4%
855Indiana CountyPA228,4705,61266.3%
856Perry CountyAR41,5651,03766.3%
857Somerset CountyPA298,2715,29766.3%
858Carter CountyMO51,16477166.2%
859Highland CountyOH186,4681,34566.2%
860Pueblo CountyCO6432,25416,03366.1%
861Cook CountyIL1,271697,934389,13266.0%
862Henderson CountyTX3011,1507,35766.0%
863Lee CountyMS3014,8089,78066.0%
864Rusk CountyTX2710,3506,73666.0%
865Bourbon CountyKY103,4162,25265.9%
866Caroline CountyMD95,6483,72465.9%
867Crenshaw CountyAL32,0631,35965.9%
868San Joaquin CountyCA243153,026100,80065.9%
869Gloucester CountyVA84,9173,23765.8%
870Independence CountyAR136,8554,51365.8%
871Pottawatomie CountyOK4012,3268,10865.8%
872Sumter CountyAL61,6821,06465.8%
873Wayne CountyMI543259,786170,94365.8%
874Calhoun CountyTX73,5142,30865.7%
875Lincoln CountyNC2414,4287,95265.7%
876Schuylkill CountyPA3418,25911,99165.7%
877Swisher CountyTX71,31686465.7%
878Walker CountyTX1813,6558,96665.7%
879Atascosa CountyTX268,1055,30165.6%
880Cherokee CountyTX2410,9487,18365.6%
881Houston CountyTX133,1412,06065.6%
882Orleans CountyVT193,6622,40465.6%
883Holmes CountyFL83,0131,97465.5%
884Labette CountyKS183,4682,26965.4%
885Ogemaw CountyMI51,9721,28965.4%
886Trinity CountyCA171,46193865.4%
887Iosco CountyMI103,4972,28465.3%
888Marshall CountyIA176,9034,50965.3%
889Mason CountyKY42,6681,74165.3%
890Bosque CountyTX112,4621,60465.2%
891Crawford CountyAR2310,4966,84865.2%
892Grays Harbor CountyWA4510,5646,88065.2%
893Piscataquis CountyME81,8971,23765.2%
894Somerset CountyME306,0443,94065.2%
895Carbon CountyPA188,1115,28265.1%
896Dakota CountyNE114,4372,73365.1%
897Ohio CountyKY103,7262,42765.1%
898Polk CountyTX187,0454,58565.1%
899Rock Island CountyIL4821,92114,15765.1%
900Bedford CountyPA185,9513,86665.0%

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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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