Poverty Rate in Orange County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.5%
Rank #681/3,222 · #15 in CA
79th
Orange 9.5%
CA 12.0% -20.9%
US 12.6% -24.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Orange County's poverty rate of 9.5% 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 Orange County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #678 | McPherson County, KS | 9.5% |
| #679 | Mitchell County, IA | 9.5% |
| #680 | Power County, ID | 9.5% |
| #681 | Orange County, CA | 9.5% |
| #682 | DeKalb County, IN | 9.5% |
| #683 | Gallatin County, MT | 9.5% |
| #684 | Macon County, MO | 9.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Orange County, California has a poverty rate of 9.5%, ranking #681 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 24.6% below the national value of 12.6%. Within California, it ranks #15 of 58. This places it in the 79th 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.