Poverty Rate in Okeechobee County, FL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.0%
Rank #2,450/3,222 · #53 in FL
24th
Okeechobee 18.0%
FL 12.6% +43.1%
US 12.6% +42.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Okeechobee County's poverty rate of 18.0% 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 Okeechobee County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,447 | Franklin County, AR | 18.0% |
| #2,448 | Marion County, AR | 18.0% |
| #2,449 | Dickens County, TX | 18.0% |
| #2,450 | Okeechobee County, FL | 18.0% |
| #2,451 | Tishomingo County, MS | 18.0% |
| #2,452 | Attala County, MS | 18.0% |
| #2,453 | Lamar County, AL | 18.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Okeechobee County, Florida has a poverty rate of 18.0%, ranking #2,450 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 42.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Florida, it ranks #53 of 67. This places it in the 24th 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.