Percentage of population at or below poverty level

Source:2010 Bureau of US Census Data of of July,2012

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  Percentage
Region/County (CI)
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 17.2 (14.3-20.1)
Cattaraugus 15.0 (12.8-17.2)
Chautauqua 17.3 (14.9-19.7)
Erie 14.3 (13.3-15.3)
Genesee 12.1 (10.0-14.2)
Niagara 14.1 (12.5-15.7)
Orleans 14.0 (11.0-17.0)
Wyoming 10.8 (8.3-13.3)
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 15.6 (12.8-18.4)
Livingston 13.5 (11.1-15.9)
Monroe 15.1 (13.9-16.3)
Ontario 10.1 (8.2-12.0)
Schuyler 13.1 (10.0-16.2)
Seneca 14.0 (11.3-16.7)
Steuben 14.4 (11.9-16.9)
Wayne 10.6 (8.7-12.5)
Yates 17.0 (13.4-20.6)
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 12.6 (10.2-15.0)
Cortland 14.8 (11.7-17.9)
Herkimer 15.6 (12.9-18.3)
Jefferson 14.3 (11.9-16.7)
Lewis 15.0 (12.2-17.8)
Madison 11.5 (9.1-13.9)
Oneida 15.1 (13.2-17.0)
Onondaga 14.1 (12.8-15.4)
Oswego 16.9 (14.6-19.2)
St Lawrence 17.4 (15.1-19.7)
Tompkins 19.6 (17.5-21.7)
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 16.5 (14.7-18.3)
Chenango 16.0 (13.3-18.7)
Tioga 9.8 (7.6-12.0)
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 13.2 (11.8-14.6)
Clinton 15.7 (13.4-18.0)
Columbia 9.5 (7.2-11.8)
Delaware 12.3 (9.4-15.2)
Essex 13.0 (10.5-15.5)
Franklin 16.1 (13.2-19.0)
Fulton 15.6 (13.1-18.1)
Greene 17.2 (14.6-19.8)
Hamilton 10.6 (8.1-13.1)
Montgomery 17.1 (14.2-20.0)
Otsego 15.7 (12.3-19.1)
Rensselaer 13.5 (11.8-15.2)
Saratoga 7.0 (5.7-8.3)
Schenectady 12.0 (10.0-14.0)
Schoharie 13.3 (10.7-15.9)
Warren 10.4 (8.2-12.6)
Washington 12.0 (9.5-14.5)
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 8.2 (6.8-9.6)
Orange 11.4 (9.8-13.0)
Putnam 6.2 (5.0-7.4)
Rockland 11.6 (9.8-13.4)
Sullivan 19.1 (16.5-21.7)
Ulster 12.5 (10.5-14.5)
Westchester 9.0 (8.0-10.0)
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 30.0 (28.6-31.4)
Kings 22.9 (21.8-24.0)
New York 16.6 (15.4-17.8)
Queens 15.1 (14.1-16.1)
Richmond 12.1 (10.4-13.8)
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 6.2 (5.4-7.0)
Suffolk 6.6 (5.7-7.5)
New York State Total 15.0 (14.8-15.2)

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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