Poverty Rate in Cotton County, OK
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.5%
Rank #2,710/3,222 · #59 in OK
16th
Cotton 20.5%
OK 15.3% +33.5%
US 12.6% +62.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Cotton County's poverty rate of 20.5% 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 Cotton County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,707 | Green County, KY | 20.4% |
| #2,708 | Laurel County, KY | 20.5% |
| #2,709 | Duplin County, NC | 20.5% |
| #2,710 | Cotton County, OK | 20.5% |
| #2,711 | Hickman County, KY | 20.5% |
| #2,712 | Dallas County, MO | 20.5% |
| #2,713 | Butler County, MO | 20.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Cotton County, Oklahoma has a poverty rate of 20.5%, ranking #2,710 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 62.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Oklahoma, it ranks #59 of 77. This places it in the 16th 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.