Poverty Rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Western Connecticut Planning Region's poverty rate of 7.5% 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 Western Connecticut Planning Region for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #270 | Cameron Parish, LA | 7.4% |
| #271 | Montgomery County, MD | 7.5% |
| #272 | Isanti County, MN | 7.5% |
| #273 | Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 7.5% |
| #274 | Lincoln County, WY | 7.5% |
| #275 | Kent County, RI | 7.5% |
| #276 | Spencer County, IN | 7.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut has a poverty rate of 7.5%, ranking #273 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 40.8% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Connecticut, it ranks #2 of 9. This places it in the 92th 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.