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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 201 to 250.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
201Pamlico CountyNC51,6281,55095.2%
202Scott CountyMS115,6275,35695.2%
203Jasper CountyGA42,7062,57395.1%
204Lynchburg cityVA167,6577,27895.1%
205Cibola CountyNM173,8543,65894.9%
206Hart CountyGA53,7433,55294.9%
207Philadelphia CountyPA303182,005171,66494.9%
208Lee CountyNC2010,6419,46994.8%
209Perry CountyOH165,6635594.8%
210Colquitt CountyGA138,7676,47394.7%
211Dooly CountyGA41,0671,00894.6%
212Durham CountyNC7146,10935,27594.6%
213Caldwell CountyNC2610,92010,08494.5%
214Mecklenburg CountyVA63,9073,69094.4%
215Berrien CountyGA53,0612,88694.3%
216Howard CountyAR92,8252,66494.3%
217Pemiscot CountyMO152,8652,70394.3%
218Roanoke cityVA2514,39213,55194.2%
219Dinwiddie CountyVA74,1473,90394.1%
220Lee CountyVA102,9662,78994.0%
221Macon CountyGA31,04798393.9%
222Pitt CountyNC4225,20223,66493.9%
223Presidio CountyTX41,2791,19893.7%
224Bethel Census AreaAK404,6974,36793.6%
225Grayson CountyVA61,5611,46193.6%
226Northwest Arctic BoroughAK131,9451,79893.6%
227Sandoval CountyNM4822,44511,22693.5%
228Clark CountyNV447360,225319,65593.4%
229Lunenburg CountyVA41,5771,47193.3%
230Starr CountyTX2916,90015,77393.3%
231Ripley CountyMO92,1181,97193.1%
232Emanuel CountyGA63,9393,66192.9%
233Richmond CountyGA5631,67428,45192.9%
234Surry CountyNC3011,1399,74692.7%
235Grady CountyGA74,7904,43692.6%
236Jefferson CountyOR123,3863,08892.6%
237New Madrid CountyMO122,6642,46692.6%
238Early CountyGA31,4821,37092.4%
239Prince of Wales-Hyder Census AreaAK191,44184992.4%
240Clayton CountyGA7363,15658,27492.3%
241Fredericksburg cityVA53,6293,34392.1%
242St. Louis cityMO10129,94127,56492.1%
243Troup CountyGA1912,26211,29292.1%
244Fannin CountyGA52,7532,53492.0%
245Petersburg cityVA74,5824,21592.0%
246Spalding CountyGA189,3508,59892.0%
247Thomas CountyGA138,4517,77592.0%
248Newton CountyGA2218,67217,11491.7%
249Roosevelt CountyNM133,1082,51591.7%
250Fayette CountyPA3915,34014,04791.6%

By state

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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