The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area in Texas was ranked first with 27.2 percent of its population living below the poverty level in 2023. Eagle Pass, Texas had the second-highest poverty rate, at 24.4 percent.
Leading metropolitan areas with the highest poverty rate in the United States in 2023
Characteristic
Poverty rate
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
27.2%
Eagle Pass, TX Metro Area
24.4%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area
23.5%
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area
22.9%
Monroe, LA Metro Area
22.9%
Laredo, TX Metro Area
22.7%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area
22%
Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area
21.3%
Chico, CA Metro Area
21.1%
Farmington, NM Metro Area
21.1%
Florence, SC Metro Area
20.9%
Gadsden, AL Metro Area
20.9%
Las Cruces, NM Metro Area
20.7%
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