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Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in Ohio

The top 25 of 51 Ohio cities on GIS Map, ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.

#CityBelow poverty level
1Athens
40%
2Youngstown
37.3%
3Portsmouth
35.4%
4Warren
31.9%
5Cleveland
30.6%
6Ashtabula
29.8%
7Bowling Green
28.6%
8Canton
27.4%
9Dayton
26.9%
10Steubenville
26.6%
11Sandusky
25.6%
12Cincinnati
25.5%
13Lorain
25.2%
14Toledo
24.3%
15Zanesville
24.1%
16Mansfield
23.5%
17Akron
23.3%
18Springfield
23.1%
19Hamilton
19.6%
20Marietta
19.1%
21Columbus
18.1%
22Xenia
17.9%
23Chillicothe
17.4%
24Newark
17.1%
25Elyria
16.7%

Top Ohio Counties

Counties ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.

1. Meigs County21.8%2. Scioto County21.8%3. Athens County21.5%4. Pike County21.3%5. Adams County20.2%6. Brown County19.6%7. Mahoning County18.9%8. Coshocton County18.5%9. Jackson County18.5%10. Lawrence County17.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in Ohio”, https://gismap.land/rankings/ohio/highest-poverty-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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