Poverty Rate in Mecklenburg County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.3%
Rank #2,188/3,222 · #96 in VA
32th
Mecklenburg 16.3%
VA 9.9% +65.1%
US 12.6% +29.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Mecklenburg County's poverty rate of 16.3% 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 Mecklenburg County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,185 | Tallapoosa County, AL | 16.3% |
| #2,186 | Oswego County, NY | 16.3% |
| #2,187 | Hampden County, MA | 16.3% |
| #2,188 | Mecklenburg County, VA | 16.3% |
| #2,189 | Polk County, GA | 16.4% |
| #2,190 | Somerset County, MD | 16.4% |
| #2,191 | Tompkins County, NY | 16.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Mecklenburg County, Virginia has a poverty rate of 16.3%, ranking #2,188 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 29.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Virginia, it ranks #96 of 133. This places it in the 32th 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.