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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 951 to 1,000.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
951Providence CountyRI19988,79956,68463.8%
952Pulaski CountyKY189,9896,37663.8%
953St. James ParishLA63,1942,03963.8%
954Gratiot CountyMI245,2453,33963.7%
955Marion CountyIL225,6363,58563.7%
956Escambia CountyAL145,2403,33463.6%
957Creek CountyOK3811,9527,58563.5%
958Moore CountyNC2614,7088,31263.5%
959Pike CountyPA148,6155,46963.5%
960Power CountyID71,6991,06763.5%
961Smith CountyTX6437,38523,42063.5%
962Fayette CountyIN73,1031,96863.4%
963Houston CountyAL3015,1279,47663.4%
964Huntingdon CountyPA174,4542,82163.4%
965Scurry CountyTX62,8591,81363.4%
966Grimes CountyTX124,9743,14763.3%
967Newaygo CountyMI216,7824,29063.3%
968Aransas CountyTX42,9131,84163.2%
969Tarrant CountyTX604385,835231,05463.2%
970Bexar CountyTX599368,487228,91663.1%
971Union CountyAR146,9332,97363.1%
972Lafourche ParishLA3113,4268,45663.0%
973Matagorda CountyTX167,1994,53363.0%
974San Patricio CountyTX3213,9208,72563.0%
975Union CountyIL152,4781,56163.0%
976Union CountyKY72,0861,31463.0%
977Boyd CountyKY216,6344,16962.9%
978Conejos CountyCO101,50794862.9%
979Gray CountyTX93,5452,19962.9%
980Henry CountyGA5443,10227,10762.9%
981Randolph CountyIN1611,7727,41062.9%
982Sedgwick CountyKS15984,56952,51362.9%
983St. Bernard ParishLA127,5924,77762.9%
984Walla Walla CountyWA318,5165,34962.9%
985Butte CountyCA8729,73018,66662.8%
986Douglas CountyWA217,2214,53662.8%
987Monroe CountyOH81,6831,05762.8%
988Noble CountyOK102,0481,28662.8%
989Taney CountyMO217,9464,99062.8%
990Denver CountyCO20091,23357,17462.7%
991Henderson CountyNC2513,5727,91762.7%
992Sacramento CountyCA382259,342162,55462.7%
993Custer CountyOK165,3543,34962.6%
994Highlands CountyFL2212,0407,53762.6%
995Lawrence CountyIL61,9641,23062.6%
996Mason CountyWA238,5395,34262.6%
997Randolph CountyAL103,4442,15762.6%
998Union CountyPA103,8112,38562.6%
999Wexford CountyMI148,5535,35262.6%
1000Madison CountyFL92,2801,17162.5%

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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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