Poverty Rate in Mahoning County, OH
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.9%
Rank #2,556/3,222 · #82 in OH
21th
Mahoning 18.9%
OH 13.3% +42.2%
US 12.6% +50.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Mahoning County's poverty rate of 18.9% 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 Mahoning County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,553 | Grundy County, TN | 18.9% |
| #2,554 | Edwards County, KS | 18.9% |
| #2,555 | Ouachita County, AR | 18.9% |
| #2,556 | Mahoning County, OH | 18.9% |
| #2,557 | Meriwether County, GA | 18.9% |
| #2,558 | Tippah County, MS | 18.9% |
| #2,559 | Charlotte County, VA | 18.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Mahoning County, Ohio has a poverty rate of 18.9%, ranking #2,556 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 50.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Ohio, it ranks #82 of 88. This places it in the 21th 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.