Poverty Rate in Middlesex County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.7%
Rank #329/3,222 · #6 in MA
90th
Middlesex 7.7%
MA 10.0% -22.9%
US 12.6% -38.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Middlesex County's poverty rate of 7.7% 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 Middlesex County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #326 | Manassas city, VA | 7.7% |
| #327 | Platte County, WY | 7.7% |
| #328 | Rice County, KS | 7.7% |
| #329 | Middlesex County, MA | 7.7% |
| #330 | Columbia County, WI | 7.8% |
| #331 | Delaware County, IA | 7.8% |
| #332 | Brown County, IN | 7.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Middlesex County, Massachusetts has a poverty rate of 7.7%, ranking #329 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 38.6% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #6 of 14. This places it in the 90th 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.