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Rural poverty in Connecticut

0 persistent-poverty counties

Connecticut has 2 nonmetro counties and no counties flagged by USDA ERS for persistent poverty. The state's all-ages poverty rate is 10.0% and child poverty is 13.1%.

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Persistent-poverty counties

2

Nonmetro counties (RUCC 4–9)

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Residents in PPCs

9

Total counties

Connecticut by county

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Connecticut at a glance

Poverty rate

10.0%

All ages, ACS S1701

Child poverty

13.1%

Under 18

PPC share

0.0%

Of counties in state

Nonmetro share

22.2%

RUCC 4–9

Pantries / 100K

2.31

PantryPath verified

Risk score (mean)

0.09

Composite 0–1

"Pantries / 100K" divides Connecticut's 83 verified PantryPath pantries by the state population — a minimum-density indicator, not a saturated census. See methodology.

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 9 in Connecticut.

Highest rural hunger risk

Composite 0–1 score

  1. 1 Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut 0.15
  2. 2 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 0.15
  3. 3 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut 0.09
  4. 4 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 0.08
  5. 5 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 0.08

Highest poverty rate

ACS all-ages

  1. 1 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut 13.2%
  2. 2 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 11.6%
  3. 3 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 10.6%
  4. 4 Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut 10.3%
  5. 5 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut 10.3%

Persistent-poverty counties

PPCs ranked by current poverty

Connecticut has no persistent-poverty counties in the 2025 ERS typology.

Every county in Connecticut

All 9 counties with RUCC, typology flags, and ACS poverty data.

County RUCC PPC Flags Poverty Child poverty Population Risk
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut 1 — Housing 10.3% 12.9% 969,029 0.04
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut 2 — Housing 13.2% 17.8% 326,296 0.09
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut 1 — Housing 6.9% 7.0% 174,983 0.03
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut 2 — Housing 10.3% 14.0% 452,303 0.08
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 4 — — 8.6% 11.7% 95,829 0.15
Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut 4 — Housing 9.2% 11.2% 112,848 0.15
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 2 — Housing 11.6% 16.1% 566,803 0.08
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 2 — Housing 10.6% 14.8% 279,025 0.08
Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 2 — Housing 7.4% 9.1% 621,232 0.07

Find a food pantry in Connecticut

Search Connecticut's 83 verified pantries, food banks, and meal programs — filtered by city, open-now status, and service type.

Connecticut pantry directory

Connecticut SNAP

Income limits, application steps, and EBT card details for residents of persistent-poverty counties and beyond.

Connecticut SNAP guide

Emergency food help

National hotlines, 211 referrals, and same-day food options — critical in rural counties where the nearest pantry may be 30+ miles away.

Emergency food

Food deserts atlas

Rural poverty and low food access often overlap. Compare persistent-poverty counties to USDA's low-income / low-access food desert designations.

Connecticut food deserts

Methodology

How we combined USDA ERS typology codes, the Rural-Urban Continuum, ACS poverty data, and PantryPath's own pantry directory — plus the risk-score formula.

Full methodology