Poverty Rate in Jay County, IN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.4%
Rank #1,833/3,222 · #73 in IN
43th
Jay 14.4%
IN 12.3% +16.5%
US 12.6% +14.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Jay County's poverty rate of 14.4% 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 Jay County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,830 | Hillsdale County, MI | 14.4% |
| #1,831 | Miller County, MO | 14.4% |
| #1,832 | Pend Oreille County, WA | 14.4% |
| #1,833 | Jay County, IN | 14.4% |
| #1,834 | Kittitas County, WA | 14.4% |
| #1,835 | Androscoggin County, ME | 14.4% |
| #1,836 | Murray County, GA | 14.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Jay County, Indiana has a poverty rate of 14.4%, ranking #1,833 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 14.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Indiana, it ranks #73 of 92. This places it in the 43th 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.