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Highest poverty rate, Iowa counties

Iowa counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Story County, IAIA101,29118.2%+30%

02Appanoose County, IAIA12,07717.5%+20%

03Johnson County, IAIA160,04417.1%+14%

04Wright County, IAIA12,80116.8%+138%

05Osceola County, IAIA5,98016.0%+127%

06Wapello County, IAIA35,21015.8%+20%

07Montgomery County, IAIA10,00215.3%+68%

08Jefferson County, IAIA15,29115.2%+39%

09Van Buren County, IAIA7,13115.1%+19%

10Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53214.9%+14%

11Lucas County, IAIA8,84714.9%+9%

12Tama County, IAIA16,79614.8%+41%

13Crawford County, IAIA16,23714.8%+33%

14Decatur County, IAIA7,65514.6%−6%

15Cass County, IAIA12,96014.3%+29%

16Woodbury County, IAIA106,64914.0%+35%

17Page County, IAIA14,85613.8%+10%

18Muscatine County, IAIA41,85313.7%+54%

19Franklin County, IAIA9,86813.6%+70%

20O'Brien County, IAIA14,22013.3%+83%

21Clinton County, IAIA46,00213.2%+29%

22Lee County, IAIA32,30613.1%+35%

23Humboldt County, IAIA9,40912.9%+55%

24Webster County, IAIA36,83812.9%+29%

25Des Moines County, IAIA38,07712.8%+20%

26Mahaska County, IAIA21,88012.6%+28%

27Union County, IAIA11,82912.4%+8%

28Hancock County, IAIA10,52812.2%+102%

29Keokuk County, IAIA9,79712.1%+20%

30Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99612.1%+44%

31Cherokee County, IAIA11,36912.1%+66%

32Jones County, IAIA21,25312.0%+40%

33Fayette County, IAIA19,04712.0%+11%

34Henry County, IAIA19,34912.0%+37%

35Audubon County, IAIA5,50911.8%+52%

36Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89911.6%+10%

37Floyd County, IAIA14,90111.6%+24%

38Scott County, IAIA175,25911.5%+10%

39Clay County, IAIA16,20211.4%+39%

40Ida County, IAIA6,77711.3%+28%

41Winnebago County, IAIA10,25111.2%+33%

42Marshall County, IAIA39,89011.2%+9%

43Taylor County, IAIA5,83511.0%−9%

44Clayton County, IAIA16,84510.9%+27%

45Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36810.7%+9%

46Monona County, IAIA8,53910.6%+13%

47Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37210.6%+24%

48Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81910.3%+14%

49Polk County, IAIA516,54610.3%+30%

50Wayne County, IAIA6,73810.1%−28%

51Allamakee County, IAIA14,23810.1%+5%

52Emmet County, IAIA9,1079.9%+21%

53Guthrie County, IAIA10,7829.9%+23%

54Louisa County, IAIA10,4169.8%+5%

55Greene County, IAIA8,6589.8%+21%

56Clarke County, IAIA9,5749.7%+14%

57Hardin County, IAIA16,4559.7%+22%

58Dubuque County, IAIA99,3819.7%+24%

59Jackson County, IAIA19,2889.7%−6%

60Adair County, IAIA7,4039.5%+25%

61Mitchell County, IAIA10,6509.5%−12%

62Linn County, IAIA232,0289.4%+45%

63Calhoun County, IAIA9,5629.3%−8%

64Butler County, IAIA14,0499.2%+15%

65Monroe County, IAIA7,4069.2%+2%

66Sac County, IAIA9,5259.2%−8%

67Adams County, IAIA3,6179.1%−2%

68Howard County, IAIA9,4158.9%−4%

69Iowa County, IAIA16,5048.9%+78%

70Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6638.8%+7%

71Ringgold County, IAIA4,6428.8%−39%

72Buchanan County, IAIA20,8838.6%−9%

73Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7338.4%+5%

74Jasper County, IAIA38,1538.3%+28%

75Kossuth County, IAIA14,3228.2%−19%

76Mills County, IAIA14,7938.2%−0%

77Washington County, IAIA22,6678.2%+8%

78Marion County, IAIA34,1928.2%+7%

79Worth County, IAIA7,3388.2%−2%

80Carroll County, IAIA20,3037.9%+23%

81Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4497.8%−26%

82Delaware County, IAIA17,6747.8%−2%

83Fremont County, IAIA6,5227.7%−19%

84Shelby County, IAIA11,6897.6%+27%

85Dickinson County, IAIA18,0777.6%+27%

86Hamilton County, IAIA14,9447.4%+18%

87Benton County, IAIA26,0047.4%+21%

88Cedar County, IAIA18,3597.3%+33%

89Bremer County, IAIA25,2967.3%+44%

90Davis County, IAIA9,2307.2%−40%

91Harrison County, IAIA14,6237.1%−1%

92Madison County, IAIA17,2707.0%+4%

93Plymouth County, IAIA25,6976.9%+15%

94Sioux County, IAIA36,7746.7%+4%

95Grundy County, IAIA12,3616.5%+41%

96Dallas County, IAIA118,4576.3%+12%

97Boone County, IAIA26,7996.2%−19%

98Lyon County, IAIA12,3545.3%−24%

99Warren County, IAIA57,3315.1%+1%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES