Poverty Rate in Bent County, CO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
28.4%
Rank #3,065/3,222 · #64 in CO
5th
Bent 28.4%
CO 9.4% +200.5%
US 12.6% +125.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Bent County's poverty rate of 28.4% 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 Bent County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,062 | Wilcox County, AL | 28.2% |
| #3,063 | Desha County, AR | 28.3% |
| #3,064 | Faulk County, SD | 28.3% |
| #3,065 | Bent County, CO | 28.4% |
| #3,066 | Cibola County, NM | 28.4% |
| #3,067 | St. Francis County, AR | 28.5% |
| #3,068 | Marlboro County, SC | 28.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Bent County, Colorado has a poverty rate of 28.4%, ranking #3,065 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 125.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Colorado, it ranks #64 of 64. This places it in the 5th 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.