Poverty Rate in Oswego County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.3%
Rank #2,186/3,222 · #53 in NY
32th
Oswego 16.3%
NY 14.0% +16.6%
US 12.6% +29.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Oswego County's poverty rate of 16.3% 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 Oswego County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,183 | Dyer County, TN | 16.3% |
| #2,184 | Centre County, PA | 16.3% |
| #2,185 | Tallapoosa County, AL | 16.3% |
| #2,186 | Oswego County, NY | 16.3% |
| #2,187 | Hampden County, MA | 16.3% |
| #2,188 | Mecklenburg County, VA | 16.3% |
| #2,189 | Polk County, GA | 16.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Oswego County, New York has a poverty rate of 16.3%, ranking #2,186 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 29.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within New York, it ranks #53 of 62. This places it in the 32th 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.