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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 151 to 200.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
151Jeff Davis CountyGA43,0743,01198.0%
152McDowell CountyNC165,7125,59998.0%
153Mitchell CountyNC82,2492,20498.0%
154Norfolk cityVA4426,80726,27498.0%
155Bladen CountyNC144,7564,04197.9%
156Colonial Heights cityVA52,9712,91097.9%
157Ross CountyOH2610,62556097.9%
158Rio Arriba CountyNM273,1273,05497.7%
159Bacon CountyGA42,0942,04397.6%
160Clinch CountyGA31,2421,21297.6%
161Rutherford CountyNC209,2057,21697.6%
162Wilkes CountyGA51,2721,24297.6%
163Northumberland CountyVA31,1621,13297.4%
164Avery CountyNC102,0251,96697.1%
165Marshall CountyMS123,7623,65397.1%
166Nome Census AreaAK192,4172,31697.1%
167Tift CountyGA117,4717,25897.1%
168Toombs CountyGA95,3975,24397.1%
169Van Buren CountyAR72,0571,99897.1%
170Pima CountyAZ323140,69229697.0%
171Worth CountyGA53,0572,96597.0%
172Hill CountyMT172,9582,83696.8%
173Candler CountyGA42,1572,08596.7%
174Lamar CountyGA42,8722,13696.7%
175Grant CountyNM163,2403,13096.6%
176Jackson CountyNC113,8233,38496.5%
177Bradley CountyAR61,8651,79796.4%
178Colfax CountyNM161,3781,32896.4%
179Dickenson CountyVA42,0742,00096.4%
180Franklin CountyGA53,5773,44896.4%
181Galax cityVA31,4341,38296.4%
182Waynesboro cityVA73,0432,93296.4%
183Luna CountyNM135,1164,92796.3%
184Otero CountyNM257,6397,01096.3%
185Wilson CountyNC2912,48211,98396.0%
186San Miguel CountyNM183,1563,02895.9%
187Clearfield CountyPA198,4098,04895.8%
188Murray CountyGA116,5855,72095.8%
189Burke CountyNC2912,36011,82895.7%
190Swain CountyNC93,3933,03595.7%
191Danville cityVA135,5645,18695.6%
192Rowan CountyNC3418,91717,18695.6%
193Yancey CountyNC72,1482,05395.6%
194Burke CountyGA53,8413,66395.4%
195Middlesex CountyVA31,2491,19295.4%
196Rolette CountyND174,6954,48095.4%
197Johnston CountyNC5141,00438,18895.3%
198Klamath CountyOR309,4748,99095.3%
199Stephens CountyGA63,8553,09795.3%
200Butts CountyGA53,4973,32895.2%

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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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