Ranking of Florida Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 17, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for Florida was 13.11%. Among all Florida cities and places with a population of at least 10K, University CDP (Hillsborough County) had the highest poverty rate (37.05%), followed by Brownsville CDP (35.99%), and Opa-locka city (35.42%). On the other hand, the following 3 cities and places had the lowest poverty rate: Fruit Cove CDP (2.11%), Viera East CDP (2.57%), and Jupiter Farms CDP (2.59%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Florida cities and places with a population of 10K+ with high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Florida cities and places with a population of 10K+.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Florida Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021
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| Rank | City | Poverty Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University CDP (Hillsborough County) | 37.05 |
| 2 | Brownsville CDP | 35.99 |
| 3 | Opa-locka city | 35.42 |
| 4 | Gladeview CDP | 34.77 |
| 5 | Belle Glade city | 34.64 |
| 6 | Palatka city | 33.17 |
| 7 | Pine Castle CDP | 32.26 |
| 8 | Florida City city | 31.91 |
| 9 | Wimauma CDP | 30.74 |
| 10 | Naranja CDP | 29.11 |
| 11 | Gainesville city | 28.54 |
| 12 | Immokalee CDP | 28.38 |
| 13 | Beverly Hills CDP | 27.64 |
| 14 | Fort Pierce city | 27.12 |
| 15 | Sebring city | 26.74 |
| 16 | Oak Ridge CDP | 26.60 |
| 17 | Mango CDP | 25.29 |
| 18 | University CDP (Orange County) | 24.87 |
| 19 | Westview CDP | 24.80 |
| 20 | Goulds CDP | 24.64 |
| 21 | Holly Hill city | 24.60 |
| 21 | Kissimmee city | 24.60 |
| 22 | Tallahassee city | 24.32 |
| 23 | West Pensacola CDP | 24.00 |
| 24 | Lake Worth Beach city | 23.73 |
| 25 | Brent CDP | 23.25 |
| 26 | Leisure City CDP | 23.09 |
| 27 | Leesburg city | 22.99 |
| 28 | West Little River CDP | 22.40 |
| 29 | Wildwood city | 22.18 |
| 30 | Pine Hills CDP | 22.02 |
| 31 | West Perrine CDP | 21.81 |
| 32 | Daytona Beach city | 21.80 |
| 33 | Memphis CDP | 21.52 |
| 34 | Homestead city | 21.41 |
| 35 | Miami city | 20.85 |
| 36 | Warrington CDP | 20.60 |
| 37 | Hallandale Beach city | 20.59 |
| 38 | Lauderdale Lakes city | 20.48 |
| 39 | Pinewood CDP | 20.38 |
| 40 | Holiday CDP | 20.35 |
| 41 | Jasmine Estates CDP | 20.17 |
| 42 | Gibsonton CDP | 19.92 |
| 43 | Haines City city | 19.69 |
| 44 | Bithlo CDP | 19.46 |
| 45 | North Miami city | 19.37 |
| 46 | Lauderhill city | 19.35 |
| 47 | Riviera Beach city | 19.31 |
| 48 | Golden Glades CDP | 19.20 |
| 49 | Lehigh Acres CDP | 18.83 |
| 50 | Jensen Beach CDP | 18.82 |
| 51 | Hialeah city | 18.64 |
| 52 | Palmetto city | 18.58 |
| 52 | Thonotosassa CDP | 18.58 |
| 53 | Palm River-Clair Mel CDP | 18.57 |
| 54 | Lake City city | 18.36 |
| 55 | Homosassa Springs CDP | 18.19 |
| 56 | Wright CDP | 18.08 |
| 57 | West Park city | 18.07 |
| 58 | Bayonet Point CDP | 18.01 |
| 59 | Ocala city | 18.00 |
| 60 | Panama City city | 17.83 |
| 60 | South Daytona city | 17.83 |
| 61 | Progress Village CDP | 17.66 |
| 62 | South Miami Heights CDP | 17.65 |
| 63 | North Lauderdale city | 17.59 |
| 64 | Ensley CDP | 17.43 |
| 65 | Egypt Lake-Leto CDP | 17.42 |
| 66 | Tampa city | 17.21 |
| 67 | Sweetwater city | 17.04 |
| 68 | West Palm Beach city | 16.97 |
| 69 | Ruskin CDP | 16.94 |
| 70 | Lake Wales city | 16.91 |
| 70 | Silver Springs Shores CDP | 16.91 |
| 71 | Bartow city | 16.87 |
| 72 | Dania Beach city | 16.77 |
| 73 | South Bradenton CDP | 16.72 |
| 74 | Azalea Park CDP | 16.64 |
| 75 | Goldenrod CDP | 16.63 |
| 76 | East Lake-Orient Park CDP | 16.56 |
| 77 | Shady Hills CDP | 16.20 |
| 78 | Hudson CDP | 16.17 |
| 79 | Zephyrhills city | 16.16 |
| 80 | Fort Myers city | 16.01 |
| 81 | Miami Gardens city | 15.98 |
| 82 | Country Club CDP | 15.96 |
| 83 | Oakland Park city | 15.78 |
| 84 | Ferry Pass CDP | 15.71 |
| 85 | Bayshore Gardens CDP | 15.65 |
| 86 | Winter Haven city | 15.63 |
| 87 | Deerfield Beach city | 15.62 |
| 87 | Pompano Beach city | 15.62 |
| 88 | Casselberry city | 15.52 |
| 89 | Clearwater city | 15.48 |
| 89 | Plant City city | 15.48 |
| 90 | Orlando city | 15.46 |
| 91 | Mount Dora city | 15.39 |
| 92 | Fort Lauderdale city | 15.38 |
| 93 | Pensacola city | 15.33 |
| 93 | Three Lakes CDP | 15.33 |
| 94 | Greenacres city | 15.32 |
| 95 | New Port Richey city | 15.18 |
| 96 | Yulee CDP | 15.16 |
| 97 | Lakeland city | 15.08 |
| 98 | Kendall West CDP | 15.05 |
| 98 | Myrtle Grove CDP | 15.05 |
| 98 | Union Park CDP | 15.05 |
| 99 | Jacksonville city | 14.87 |
| 100 | Sunny Isles Beach city | 14.83 |
| 101 | Olympia Heights CDP | 14.82 |
| 102 | Temple Terrace city | 14.80 |
| 103 | Bradenton city | 14.71 |
| 104 | South Miami city | 14.66 |
| 105 | Stuart city | 14.39 |
| 106 | Sarasota city | 14.36 |
| 107 | Southchase CDP | 14.30 |
| 108 | Sanford city | 14.18 |
| 109 | Fort Walton Beach city | 14.11 |
| 110 | New Port Richey East CDP | 14.09 |
| 110 | West Lealman CDP | 14.09 |
| 111 | Fairview Shores CDP | 14.07 |
| 112 | Hialeah Gardens city | 14.04 |
| 113 | Miami Beach city | 13.97 |
| 114 | Lady Lake town | 13.96 |
| 115 | Elfers CDP | 13.89 |
| 116 | Town 'n' Country CDP | 13.88 |
| 117 | St. Augustine city | 13.82 |
| 118 | Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace CDP | 13.75 |
| 119 | Melbourne city | 13.68 |
| 120 | North Fort Myers CDP | 13.45 |
| 121 | Lealman CDP | 13.32 |
| 122 | Golden Gate CDP | 13.25 |
| 123 | Eustis city | 13.24 |
| 124 | Pinellas Park city | 13.22 |
| 125 | Orange City city | 13.20 |
| 126 | Boynton Beach city | 13.18 |
| 127 | Palm Bay city | 13.14 |
| 127 | Spring Hill CDP | 13.14 |
| 128 | Coral Terrace CDP | 13.02 |
| 129 | Poinciana CDP | 12.91 |
| 130 | Alachua city | 12.87 |
| 130 | Gulfport city | 12.87 |
| 131 | The Hammocks CDP | 12.83 |
| 132 | Titusville city | 12.82 |
| 133 | Palm Springs village | 12.80 |
| 134 | Vero Beach city | 12.77 |
| 135 | Port Orange city | 12.69 |
| 136 | Fountainebleau CDP | 12.66 |
| 137 | Tamarac city | 12.62 |
| 138 | Cocoa city | 12.57 |
| 139 | Bellview CDP | 12.53 |
| 140 | Callaway city | 12.51 |
| 140 | Crestview city | 12.51 |
| 141 | Auburndale city | 12.41 |
| 141 | Hollywood city | 12.41 |
| 142 | St. Petersburg city | 12.37 |
| 143 | Delray Beach city | 12.34 |
| 144 | Key Largo CDP | 12.33 |
| 145 | Margate city | 12.31 |
| 146 | Largo city | 12.09 |
| 147 | North Miami Beach city | 12.04 |
| 148 | Port Charlotte CDP | 12.01 |
| 149 | Four Corners CDP | 11.96 |
| 150 | Buenaventura Lakes CDP | 11.91 |
| 151 | Tamiami CDP | 11.89 |
| 152 | Port St. John CDP | 11.87 |
| 153 | Davie town | 11.84 |
| 154 | Tarpon Springs city | 11.71 |
| 155 | Cutler Bay town | 11.66 |
| 155 | Kendale Lakes CDP | 11.66 |
| 156 | Lake Magdalene CDP | 11.59 |
| 157 | Key West city | 11.57 |
| 158 | Lantana town | 11.56 |
| 159 | Port Salerno CDP | 11.48 |
| 160 | Citrus Park CDP | 11.46 |
| 161 | DeLand city | 11.41 |
| 162 | Sugarmill Woods CDP | 11.28 |
| 163 | St. Cloud city | 11.27 |
| 164 | Hobe Sound CDP | 11.24 |
| 165 | Princeton CDP | 11.23 |
| 166 | Ojus CDP | 11.19 |
| 167 | Aventura city | 11.15 |
| 168 | The Crossings CDP | 11.08 |
| 169 | Deltona city | 11.07 |
| 169 | Sunset CDP | 11.07 |
| 170 | Palm Coast city | 11.04 |
| 171 | Pace CDP | 11.03 |
| 172 | Doctor Phillips CDP | 11.01 |
| 173 | Sarasota Springs CDP | 10.98 |
| 174 | Brandon CDP | 10.96 |
| 175 | Seminole city | 10.84 |
| 176 | Sunrise city | 10.81 |
| 177 | Apopka city | 10.63 |
| 178 | Ives Estates CDP | 10.62 |
| 179 | New Smyrna Beach city | 10.61 |
| 180 | Lockhart CDP | 10.59 |
| 181 | Pembroke Pines city | 10.56 |
| 182 | Altamonte Springs city | 10.55 |
| 183 | Florida Ridge CDP | 10.50 |
| 184 | Maitland city | 10.48 |
| 185 | Alafaya CDP | 10.44 |
| 185 | Doral city | 10.44 |
| 186 | Ocoee city | 10.42 |
| 187 | Kendall CDP | 10.41 |
| 188 | Winter Garden city | 10.34 |
| 189 | Lakewood Park CDP | 10.33 |
| 189 | Oldsmar city | 10.33 |
| 190 | Westchester CDP | 10.31 |
| 191 | Navarre CDP | 10.29 |
| 192 | Miami Springs city | 10.28 |
| 192 | Trinity CDP | 10.28 |
| 193 | Vero Beach South CDP | 10.27 |
| 194 | Fernandina Beach city | 10.23 |
| 195 | Richmond West CDP | 10.22 |
| 196 | Destin city | 10.14 |
| 197 | Lakeside CDP | 10.08 |
| 198 | Glenvar Heights CDP | 10.04 |
| 199 | Tavares city | 9.92 |
| 200 | Lynn Haven city | 9.90 |
| 201 | Cape Coral city | 9.88 |
| 202 | San Carlos Park CDP | 9.84 |
| 203 | Cocoa Beach city | 9.83 |
| 204 | Dunedin city | 9.71 |
| 204 | Plantation city | 9.71 |
| 205 | Edgewater city | 9.67 |
| 206 | Punta Gorda city | 9.28 |
| 207 | Groveland city | 9.26 |
| 208 | Richmond Heights CDP | 9.20 |
| 208 | Westwood Lakes CDP | 9.20 |
| 209 | Milton city | 9.19 |
| 210 | Coconut Creek city | 9.18 |
| 210 | Palm Harbor CDP | 9.18 |
| 211 | Boca Raton city | 9.17 |
| 212 | East Milton CDP | 9.10 |
| 213 | Niceville city | 9.08 |
| 214 | Ormond Beach city | 9.05 |
| 214 | Pebble Creek CDP | 9.05 |
| 215 | Meadow Woods CDP | 9.04 |
| 216 | Fuller Heights CDP | 8.85 |
| 217 | Winter Park city | 8.81 |
| 218 | Miramar city | 8.77 |
| 219 | Palmetto Estates CDP | 8.75 |
| 220 | East Lake CDP | 8.73 |
| 221 | Coral Springs city | 8.71 |
| 222 | Fish Hawk CDP | 8.70 |
| 223 | Forest City CDP | 8.69 |
| 224 | Upper Grand Lagoon CDP | 8.61 |
| 225 | Bonita Springs city | 8.60 |
| 226 | Panama City Beach city | 8.55 |
| 227 | Valrico CDP | 8.54 |
| 227 | West Vero Corridor CDP | 8.54 |
| 228 | Longwood city | 8.48 |
| 228 | Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County) | 8.48 |
| 229 | Rockledge city | 8.41 |
| 230 | Sun City Center CDP | 8.35 |
| 231 | Port St. Lucie city | 8.32 |
| 232 | Citrus Springs CDP | 8.27 |
| 233 | Clermont city | 8.25 |
| 234 | Land O' Lakes CDP | 8.23 |
| 235 | Cypress Gardens CDP | 8.21 |
| 236 | Iona CDP | 8.05 |
| 237 | Cypress Lake CDP | 7.92 |
| 238 | Fruitville CDP | 7.85 |
| 239 | Sebastian city | 7.84 |
| 240 | Englewood CDP | 7.81 |
| 241 | Pasadena Hills CDP | 7.78 |
| 242 | Pinecrest village | 7.72 |
| 243 | Key Biscayne village | 7.56 |
| 244 | Coral Gables city | 7.51 |
| 244 | Riverview CDP | 7.51 |
| 245 | Oakleaf Plantation CDP | 7.32 |
| 246 | Carrollwood CDP | 7.31 |
| 247 | Lighthouse Point city | 7.30 |
| 248 | Asbury Lake CDP | 7.27 |
| 249 | Middleburg CDP | 7.24 |
| 250 | Horizon West CDP | 7.21 |
| 251 | Jupiter town | 7.18 |
| 252 | Wesley Chapel CDP | 7.10 |
| 253 | Jacksonville Beach city | 6.98 |
| 253 | Medulla CDP | 6.98 |
| 254 | Villas CDP | 6.96 |
| 255 | Pine Ridge CDP (Citrus County) | 6.95 |
| 256 | Marion Oaks CDP | 6.89 |
| 257 | Merritt Island CDP | 6.87 |
| 258 | Venice city | 6.56 |
| 259 | Winter Springs city | 6.54 |
| 260 | Westchase CDP | 6.53 |
| 261 | South Venice CDP | 6.46 |
| 262 | Naples city | 6.43 |
| 263 | Conway CDP | 6.42 |
| 264 | Estero village | 6.41 |
| 265 | Liberty Triangle CDP | 6.33 |
| 266 | Laurel CDP | 6.31 |
| 267 | Lakewood Ranch CDP | 6.28 |
| 268 | Wilton Manors city | 6.22 |
| 269 | Wellington village | 6.20 |
| 270 | Hunters Creek CDP | 6.19 |
| 271 | Palm Beach Gardens city | 6.12 |
| 272 | Miami Lakes town | 6.10 |
| 273 | Highland City CDP | 6.02 |
| 274 | Country Walk CDP | 5.91 |
| 275 | Marco Island city | 5.84 |
| 276 | Palm City CDP | 5.83 |
| 277 | Oviedo city | 5.75 |
| 277 | Weston city | 5.75 |
| 278 | DeBary city | 5.67 |
| 278 | Safety Harbor city | 5.67 |
| 279 | Palmetto Bay village | 5.66 |
| 280 | Miami Shores village | 5.63 |
| 281 | North Port city | 5.62 |
| 282 | Cheval CDP | 5.48 |
| 283 | Lake Butler CDP | 5.41 |
| 284 | North Palm Beach village | 5.23 |
| 285 | On Top of the World CDP | 5.04 |
| 286 | Wekiwa Springs CDP | 5.02 |
| 287 | Bloomingdale CDP | 4.81 |
| 288 | The Acreage CDP | 4.76 |
| 289 | Northdale CDP | 4.58 |
| 290 | Cooper City city | 4.41 |
| 291 | West Melbourne city | 4.40 |
| 292 | Bradfordville CDP | 4.33 |
| 293 | Atlantic Beach city | 4.21 |
| 294 | Nocatee CDP | 4.18 |
| 295 | The Villages CDP | 4.17 |
| 296 | World Golf Village CDP | 4.15 |
| 297 | Parkland city | 4.05 |
| 298 | Gonzalez CDP | 4.03 |
| 299 | Minneola city | 3.92 |
| 300 | Palmer Ranch CDP | 3.91 |
| 300 | Royal Palm Beach village | 3.91 |
| 301 | Apollo Beach CDP | 3.86 |
| 301 | Lakeland Highlands CDP | 3.86 |
| 302 | Lutz CDP | 3.75 |
| 303 | Fleming Island CDP | 3.74 |
| 304 | Gateway CDP | 3.69 |
| 305 | Keystone CDP | 3.63 |
| 306 | Satellite Beach city | 3.61 |
| 307 | Viera West CDP | 3.48 |
| 308 | Lake Mary city | 3.47 |
| 309 | Palm Valley CDP | 3.16 |
| 310 | Celebration CDP | 2.76 |
| 311 | Jupiter Farms CDP | 2.59 |
| 312 | Viera East CDP | 2.57 |
| 313 | Fruit Cove CDP | 2.11 |