Poverty Rate in Orleans County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.7%
Rank #1,458/3,222 · #27 in NY
55th
Orleans 12.7%
NY 14.0% -9.0%
US 12.6% +1.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Orleans County's poverty rate of 12.7% 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 Orleans County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,455 | Yates County, NY | 12.7% |
| #1,456 | Tillamook County, OR | 12.7% |
| #1,457 | Catawba County, NC | 12.7% |
| #1,458 | Orleans County, NY | 12.7% |
| #1,459 | Williams County, OH | 12.7% |
| #1,460 | Washington County, KY | 12.7% |
| #1,461 | Hitchcock County, NE | 12.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Orleans County, New York has a poverty rate of 12.7%, ranking #1,458 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within New York, it ranks #27 of 62. This places it in the 55th 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.