Poverty Rate in Malheur County, OR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.6%
Rank #2,392/3,222 · #33 in OR
26th
Malheur 17.6%
OR 11.9% +47.1%
US 12.6% +39.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Malheur County's poverty rate of 17.6% 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 Malheur County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,389 | Liberty County, FL | 17.5% |
| #2,390 | Clay County, AL | 17.6% |
| #2,391 | Oconee County, SC | 17.6% |
| #2,392 | Malheur County, OR | 17.6% |
| #2,393 | Nicholas County, KY | 17.6% |
| #2,394 | Johnson County, IL | 17.6% |
| #2,395 | Grundy County, MO | 17.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Malheur County, Oregon has a poverty rate of 17.6%, ranking #2,392 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 39.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Oregon, it ranks #33 of 36. This places it in the 26th 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.