Poverty Rate in Baltimore city, MD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19.7%
Rank #2,648/3,222 · #24 in MD
18th
Baltimore 19.7%
MD 9.4% +109.0%
US 12.6% +56.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Baltimore city's poverty rate of 19.7% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Baltimore city for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,645 | Pulaski County, KY | 19.7% |
| #2,646 | Cross County, AR | 19.7% |
| #2,647 | Clay County, SD | 19.7% |
| #2,648 | Baltimore city, MD | 19.7% |
| #2,649 | Hickory County, MO | 19.8% |
| #2,650 | Covington County, MS | 19.8% |
| #2,651 | Johnson County, AR | 19.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Baltimore city, Maryland has a poverty rate of 19.7%, ranking #2,648 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 56.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Maryland, it ranks #24 of 24. This places it in the 18th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.