Poverty Rate in Yates County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.7%
Rank #1,455/3,222 · #26 in NY
55th
Yates 12.7%
NY 14.0% -9.1%
US 12.6% +1.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Yates 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 Yates County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,452 | Monterey County, CA | 12.7% |
| #1,453 | Decatur County, KS | 12.7% |
| #1,454 | Big Horn County, WY | 12.7% |
| #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% |
About Poverty Rate
Yates County, New York has a poverty rate of 12.7%, ranking #1,455 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within New York, it ranks #26 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.