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 101 to 150.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
101	Anson County	NC	9	2,924	2,893	98.9%
102	Coconino County	AZ	57	18,262	1,840	98.9%
103	Halifax County	NC	23	6,803	6,167	98.9%
104	Tallahatchie County	MS	5	1,345	1,330	98.9%
105	Tattnall County	GA	5	3,501	3,463	98.9%
106	Washington County	NC	6	1,586	1,302	98.9%
107	Crawford County	GA	4	1,516	1,498	98.8%
108	Dodge County	GA	6	2,693	2,660	98.8%
109	Haywood County	NC	16	7,092	6,396	98.8%
110	Montgomery County	NC	12	3,818	3,544	98.8%
111	Stanly County	NC	24	9,471	8,637	98.8%
112	Ashe County	NC	6	2,676	2,641	98.7%
113	Bertie County	NC	7	1,819	1,795	98.7%
114	Cleveland County	NC	29	15,682	14,311	98.7%
115	Clinton County	PA	10	3,879	3,829	98.7%
116	Cochise County	AZ	71	18,288	222	98.7%
117	Hertford County	NC	7	2,367	2,337	98.7%
118	McIntosh County	GA	3	1,394	1,376	98.7%
119	Northampton County	NC	6	2,246	2,216	98.7%
120	Sampson County	NC	23	11,001	10,860	98.7%
121	Stone County	AR	7	1,569	1,548	98.7%
122	Madison County	NC	7	2,063	2,035	98.6%
123	Person County	NC	15	5,659	4,861	98.6%
124	Richmond County	NC	15	6,504	6,410	98.6%
125	Socorro County	NM	11	2,135	2,106	98.6%
126	Warren County	NC	7	1,687	1,663	98.6%
127	Ben Hill County	GA	5	2,910	2,010	98.5%
128	Doña Ana County	NM	77	36,561	36,000	98.5%
129	Edgecombe County	NC	24	8,573	8,448	98.5%
130	Jones County	NC	5	1,016	1,001	98.5%
131	Nash County	NC	25	14,285	14,068	98.5%
132	Newton County	AR	6	1,213	993	98.5%
133	Calhoun County	GA	4	1,021	1,005	98.4%
134	Elbert County	GA	5	3,007	2,959	98.4%
135	Gila County	AZ	27	7,722	185	98.4%
136	Rockingham County	NC	26	12,299	11,274	98.4%
137	Buckingham County	VA	5	1,868	1,837	98.3%
138	Peach County	GA	7	3,980	3,911	98.3%
139	Robeson County	NC	39	21,625	21,047	98.3%
140	Cherokee County	NC	13	2,992	2,939	98.2%
141	Columbus County	NC	19	8,386	8,175	98.2%
142	Granville County	NC	18	8,376	6,284	98.2%
143	Meriwether County	GA	7	2,245	2,200	98.2%
144	Navajo County	AZ	79	19,662	3,105	98.2%
145	Newport News city	VA	40	25,882	25,411	98.2%
146	Dougherty County	GA	22	13,241	12,987	98.1%
147	Vance County	NC	18	7,495	6,416	98.1%
148	Wayne County	NC	36	18,481	17,376	98.1%
149	Apache County	AZ	54	11,525	2,213	98.0%
150	Coahoma County	MS	13	3,518	3,449	98.0%

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

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