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PantryPath Research · Rural & Persistent Poverty Atlas

Rural poverty in District of Columbia

0 persistent-poverty counties

District of Columbia has 0 nonmetro counties and no counties flagged by USDA ERS for persistent poverty. The state's all-ages poverty rate is 14.5% and child poverty is 20.4%.

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Persistent-poverty counties

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Nonmetro counties (RUCC 4–9)

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Residents in PPCs

1

Total counties

District of Columbia by county

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Toggle between the rural hunger risk score, all-ages poverty, child poverty, the Rural-Urban Continuum Code, and the binary persistent-poverty flag. Hover a county for its ERS typology and ACS poverty rate.

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District of Columbia at a glance

Poverty rate

14.5%

All ages, ACS S1701

Child poverty

20.4%

Under 18

PPC share

0.0%

Of counties in state

Nonmetro share

0.0%

RUCC 4–9

Pantries / 100K

4.02

PantryPath verified

Risk score (mean)

0.06

Composite 0–1

"Pantries / 100K" divides District of Columbia's 27 verified PantryPath pantries by the state population — a minimum-density indicator, not a saturated census. See methodology.

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 1 in District of Columbia.

Highest rural hunger risk

Composite 0–1 score

  1. 1 District of Columbia, District of Columbia 0.06

Highest poverty rate

ACS all-ages

  1. 1 District of Columbia, District of Columbia 14.5%

Persistent-poverty counties

PPCs ranked by current poverty

District of Columbia has no persistent-poverty counties in the 2025 ERS typology.

Every county in District of Columbia

All 1 counties with RUCC, typology flags, and ACS poverty data.

County RUCC PPC Flags Poverty Child poverty Population Risk
District of Columbia, District of Columbia 1 — Housing 14.5% 20.4% 672,079 0.06

Find a food pantry in District of Columbia

Search District of Columbia's 27 verified pantries, food banks, and meal programs — filtered by city, open-now status, and service type.

District of Columbia pantry directory

District of Columbia SNAP

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

District of Columbia 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.

District of Columbia 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