Poverty Rate in Forest County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
11.9%
Rank #1,258/3,222 · #37 in PA
61th
Forest 11.9%
PA 11.7% +1.9%
US 12.6% -5.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Forest County's poverty rate of 11.9% 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 Forest County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,255 | Cass County, MI | 11.9% |
| #1,256 | Yankton County, SD | 11.9% |
| #1,257 | Seneca County, OH | 11.9% |
| #1,258 | Forest County, PA | 11.9% |
| #1,259 | Walton County, GA | 11.9% |
| #1,260 | Livingston County, MO | 11.9% |
| #1,261 | Lincoln County, MN | 11.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Forest County, Pennsylvania has a poverty rate of 11.9%, ranking #1,258 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.3% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #37 of 67. This places it in the 61th 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.