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Poverty Rate in Iowa, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Iowa, ranked. The highest is Story County at 18.2% and the lowest is Warren County at 5.1%.

Iowa: 11.1% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Iowa: 10.1%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Story County18.2%
2Appanoose County17.5%
3Johnson County17.1%
4Wright County16.8%
5Osceola County16.0%
6Wapello County15.8%
7Montgomery County15.3%
8Jefferson County15.2%
9Van Buren County15.1%
10Black Hawk County14.9%
11Lucas County14.9%
12Crawford County14.8%
13Tama County14.8%
14Decatur County14.6%
15Cass County14.3%
16Woodbury County14.0%
17Page County13.8%
18Muscatine County13.7%
19Franklin County13.6%
20O'Brien County13.3%
21Clinton County13.2%
22Lee County13.1%
23Humboldt County12.9%
24Webster County12.9%
25Des Moines County12.8%
26Mahaska County12.6%
27Union County12.4%
28Hancock County12.2%
29Cherokee County12.1%
30Keokuk County12.1%
31Pottawattamie County12.1%
32Fayette County12.0%
33Henry County12.0%
34Jones County12.0%
35Audubon County11.8%
36Floyd County11.6%
37Palo Alto County11.6%
38Scott County11.5%
39Clay County11.4%
40Ida County11.3%
41Marshall County11.2%
42Winnebago County11.2%
43Taylor County11.0%
44Clayton County10.9%
45Poweshiek County10.7%
46Cerro Gordo County10.6%
47Monona County10.6%
48Pocahontas County10.3%
49Polk County10.3%
50Allamakee County10.1%
51Wayne County10.1%
52Emmet County9.9%
53Guthrie County9.9%
54Greene County9.8%
55Louisa County9.8%
56Clarke County9.7%
57Dubuque County9.7%
58Hardin County9.7%
59Jackson County9.7%
60Adair County9.5%
61Mitchell County9.5%
62Linn County9.4%
63Calhoun County9.3%
64Butler County9.2%
65Monroe County9.2%
66Sac County9.2%
67Adams County9.1%
68Howard County8.9%
69Iowa County8.9%
70Chickasaw County8.8%
71Ringgold County8.8%
72Buchanan County8.6%
73Winneshiek County8.4%
74Jasper County8.3%
75Kossuth County8.2%
76Marion County8.2%
77Mills County8.2%
78Washington County8.2%
79Worth County8.2%
80Carroll County7.9%
81Buena Vista County7.8%
82Delaware County7.8%
83Fremont County7.7%
84Dickinson County7.6%
85Shelby County7.6%
86Benton County7.4%
87Hamilton County7.4%
88Bremer County7.3%
89Cedar County7.3%
90Davis County7.2%
91Harrison County7.1%
92Madison County7.0%
93Plymouth County6.9%
94Sioux County6.7%
95Grundy County6.5%
96Dallas County6.3%
97Boone County6.2%
98Lyon County5.3%
99Warren County5.1%

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

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

Iowa ranks 32nd of 52 states for poverty rate.

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