Poverty Rate in Mercer County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.2%
Rank #1,568/3,222 · #50 in PA
51th
Mercer 13.2%
PA 11.7% +12.4%
US 12.6% +4.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Mercer County's poverty rate of 13.2% 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 Mercer County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,565 | Neosho County, KS | 13.1% |
| #1,566 | Venango County, PA | 13.2% |
| #1,567 | Fulton County, IL | 13.2% |
| #1,568 | Mercer County, PA | 13.2% |
| #1,569 | Kershaw County, SC | 13.2% |
| #1,570 | Brookings County, SD | 13.2% |
| #1,571 | White County, TN | 13.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Mercer County, Pennsylvania has a poverty rate of 13.2%, ranking #1,568 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 4.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #50 of 67. This places it in the 51th 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.