Poverty Rate in Hillsborough County, FL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.7%
Rank #1,449/3,222 · #32 in FL
55th
Hillsborough 12.7%
FL 12.6% +1.1%
US 12.6% +0.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hillsborough County's poverty rate of 12.7% 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 Hillsborough County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,446 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK | 12.7% |
| #1,447 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK | 12.7% |
| #1,448 | Custer County, CO | 12.7% |
| #1,449 | Hillsborough County, FL | 12.7% |
| #1,450 | Hampton city, VA | 12.7% |
| #1,451 | Shawnee County, KS | 12.7% |
| #1,452 | Monterey County, CA | 12.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Hillsborough County, Florida has a poverty rate of 12.7%, ranking #1,449 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 0.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Florida, it ranks #32 of 67. This places it in the 55th 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.