Towns With the Highest Poverty Rates in the Nation

15. Conehatta, Mississippi
> Poverty rate: 58.5%
> Number of people living below poverty line: 678 — 4,023rd highest of 12,143 towns (tied)
> Households receiving SNAP benefits: 37.4% — 332nd highest of 12,142 towns (tied)
> Median household income: Not available

14. Mission, South Dakota
> Poverty rate: 58.7%
> Number of people living below poverty line: 748 — 3,651st highest of 12,143 towns (tied)
> Households receiving SNAP benefits: 36.0% — 404th highest of 12,142 towns (tied)
> Median household income: $21,029 — 69th lowest of 12,130 towns

13. Simmesport, Louisiana
> Poverty rate: 59.9%
> Number of people living below poverty line: 926 — 2,900th highest of 12,143 towns (tied)
> Households receiving SNAP benefits: 42.4% — 152nd highest of 12,142 towns (tied)
> Median household income: $17,120 — 14th lowest of 12,130 towns

12. Scissors, Texas
> Poverty rate: 60.9%
> Number of people living below poverty line: 2,189 — 803rd highest of 12,143 towns
> Households receiving SNAP benefits: 61.8% — 7th highest of 12,142 towns
> Median household income: $22,887 — 128th lowest of 12,130 towns

11. Rosedale, Mississippi
> Poverty rate: 60.9%
> Number of people living below poverty line: 939 — 2,859th highest of 12,143 towns (tied)
> Households receiving SNAP benefits: 50.0% — 43rd highest of 12,142 towns (tied)
> Median household income: $15,615 — 4th lowest of 12,130 towns