Poverty Rate in Schuylkill County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.8%
Rank #1,463/3,222 · #44 in PA
55th
Schuylkill 12.8%
PA 11.7% +8.9%
US 12.6% +1.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Schuylkill County's poverty rate of 12.8% 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 Schuylkill County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,460 | Washington County, KY | 12.7% |
| #1,461 | Hitchcock County, NE | 12.8% |
| #1,462 | Greene County, IN | 12.8% |
| #1,463 | Schuylkill County, PA | 12.8% |
| #1,464 | Burnett County, WI | 12.8% |
| #1,465 | Cortland County, NY | 12.8% |
| #1,466 | Giles County, TN | 12.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania has a poverty rate of 12.8%, ranking #1,463 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #44 of 67. 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.