Poverty Rate in Jefferson County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.7%
Rank #1,677/3,222 · #39 in NY
48th
Jefferson 13.7%
NY 14.0% -2.3%
US 12.6% +8.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Jefferson County's poverty rate of 13.7% 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 Jefferson County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,674 | Muscatine County, IA | 13.7% |
| #1,675 | Cleburne County, AL | 13.7% |
| #1,676 | Gibson County, TN | 13.7% |
| #1,677 | Jefferson County, NY | 13.7% |
| #1,678 | Knox County, NE | 13.7% |
| #1,679 | Knox County, IN | 13.7% |
| #1,680 | DeKalb County, GA | 13.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Jefferson County, New York has a poverty rate of 13.7%, ranking #1,677 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 8.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within New York, it ranks #39 of 62. This places it in the 48th 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.