Poverty Rate in Monroe County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.6%
Rank #1,670/3,222 · #38 in NY
48th
Monroe 13.6%
NY 14.0% -2.6%
US 12.6% +8.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Monroe County's poverty rate of 13.6% 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 Monroe County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,667 | Oceana County, MI | 13.6% |
| #1,668 | Bollinger County, MO | 13.6% |
| #1,669 | Bourbon County, KS | 13.6% |
| #1,670 | Monroe County, NY | 13.6% |
| #1,671 | Boundary County, ID | 13.6% |
| #1,672 | Greene County, MO | 13.6% |
| #1,673 | Sullivan County, MO | 13.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Monroe County, New York has a poverty rate of 13.6%, ranking #1,670 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 8.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within New York, it ranks #38 of 62. This places it in the 48th 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.