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Poverty Rate in Idaho, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Idaho, ranked. The highest is Madison County at 24.5% and the lowest is Camas County at 5.9%.

Idaho: 10.6% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Idaho: 11.7%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Madison County24.5%
2Butte County19.3%
3Adams County17.9%
4Latah County17.6%
5Custer County15.8%
6Lewis County15.3%
7Washington County15.3%
8Minidoka County14.5%
9Boundary County13.6%
10Clearwater County13.2%
11Shoshone County13.1%
12Gooding County13.0%
13Benewah County12.9%
14Lemhi County12.8%
15Jerome County12.6%
16Cassia County12.4%
17Bannock County12.3%
18Nez Perce County12.2%
19Owyhee County12.2%
20Gem County12.0%
21Bingham County11.7%
22Clark County11.7%
23Valley County11.7%
24Twin Falls County11.5%
25Bonner County11.1%
26Idaho County11.1%
27Oneida County10.8%
28Canyon County10.5%
29Elmore County10.5%
30Lincoln County10.5%
31Payette County10.2%
32Fremont County10.1%
33Bonneville County9.8%
34Jefferson County9.7%
35Power County9.5%
36Caribou County9.2%
37Teton County9.1%
38Kootenai County9.0%
39Ada County8.3%
40Franklin County7.9%
41Boise County7.7%
42Bear Lake County7.0%
43Blaine County6.6%
44Camas County5.9%

Small populations produce wide margins: Camas County is 5.9% with a margin of error of ±4.2%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Idaho ranks 35th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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