Poverty Rate in Hampden County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.3%
Rank #2,187/3,222 · #14 in MA
32th
Hampden 16.3%
MA 10.0% +62.8%
US 12.6% +29.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hampden County's poverty rate of 16.3% 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 Hampden County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,184 | Centre County, PA | 16.3% |
| #2,185 | Tallapoosa County, AL | 16.3% |
| #2,186 | Oswego County, NY | 16.3% |
| #2,187 | Hampden County, MA | 16.3% |
| #2,188 | Mecklenburg County, VA | 16.3% |
| #2,189 | Polk County, GA | 16.4% |
| #2,190 | Somerset County, MD | 16.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Hampden County, Massachusetts has a poverty rate of 16.3%, ranking #2,187 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 29.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #14 of 14. This places it in the 32th 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.