Poverty Rate in Calvert County, MD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.9%
Rank #7/3,222 · #1 in MD
100th
Calvert 3.9%
MD 9.4% -59.1%
US 12.6% -69.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Calvert County's poverty rate of 3.9% 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 Calvert County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #4 | Los Alamos County, NM | 3.5% |
| #5 | Douglas County, CO | 3.8% |
| #6 | Rich County, UT | 3.8% |
| #7 | Calvert County, MD | 3.9% |
| #8 | Hunterdon County, NJ | 4.0% |
| #9 | Falls Church city, VA | 4.0% |
| #10 | Rockwall County, TX | 4.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Calvert County, Maryland has a poverty rate of 3.9%, ranking #7 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 69.3% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Maryland, it ranks #1 of 24. This places it in the 100th 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.