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Highest poverty rate, Iowa counties · 2000

Iowa counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 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 1990

01Decatur County, IAIA7,65515.5%−26%

02Johnson County, IAIA160,04415.0%−12%

03Appanoose County, IAIA12,07714.5%−29%

04Ringgold County, IAIA4,64214.3%−17%

05Story County, IAIA101,29114.1%−15%

06Wayne County, IAIA6,73814.0%−27%

07Lucas County, IAIA8,84713.7%+5%

08Wapello County, IAIA35,21013.2%−13%

09Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53213.1%−14%

10Van Buren County, IAIA7,13112.7%−24%

11Page County, IAIA14,85612.5%−9%

12Taylor County, IAIA5,83512.1%−34%

13Davis County, IAIA9,23011.9%−33%

14Union County, IAIA11,82911.4%−26%

15Crawford County, IAIA16,23711.1%−30%

16Cass County, IAIA12,96011.1%−4%

17Jefferson County, IAIA15,29110.9%−21%

18Fayette County, IAIA19,04710.8%−24%

19Mitchell County, IAIA10,65010.7%+4%

20Des Moines County, IAIA38,07710.7%−6%

21Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89910.6%−31%

22Tama County, IAIA16,79610.5%−0%

23Scott County, IAIA175,25910.5%−13%

24Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44910.5%+20%

25Woodbury County, IAIA106,64910.3%−23%

26Jackson County, IAIA19,28810.3%−28%

27Marshall County, IAIA39,89010.2%+18%

28Clinton County, IAIA46,00210.2%−6%

29Kossuth County, IAIA14,32210.2%−7%

30Keokuk County, IAIA9,79710.1%−23%

31Calhoun County, IAIA9,56210.1%−16%

32Webster County, IAIA36,83810.0%−16%

33Sac County, IAIA9,5259.9%−16%

34Mahaska County, IAIA21,8809.8%−25%

35Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3689.8%−5%

36Lee County, IAIA32,3069.7%−25%

37Allamakee County, IAIA14,2389.6%−28%

38Fremont County, IAIA6,5229.5%−22%

39Monona County, IAIA8,5399.4%−36%

40Buchanan County, IAIA20,8839.4%−44%

41Louisa County, IAIA10,4169.3%−20%

42Howard County, IAIA9,4159.3%−33%

43Floyd County, IAIA14,9019.3%−30%

44Adams County, IAIA3,6179.3%−45%

45Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8199.1%−13%

46Montgomery County, IAIA10,0029.1%−10%

47Monroe County, IAIA7,4069.0%−42%

48Muscatine County, IAIA41,8538.9%−12%

49Ida County, IAIA6,7778.8%−24%

50Henry County, IAIA19,3498.8%−13%

51Clayton County, IAIA16,8458.6%−40%

52Jones County, IAIA21,2538.6%−25%

53Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3728.5%−4%

54Clarke County, IAIA9,5748.5%−38%

55Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9968.4%−20%

56Winnebago County, IAIA10,2518.4%−28%

57Worth County, IAIA7,3388.3%−16%

58Humboldt County, IAIA9,4098.3%−6%

59Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6638.3%−23%

60Mills County, IAIA14,7938.3%−19%

61Clay County, IAIA16,2028.2%−17%

62Emmet County, IAIA9,1078.2%−37%

63Greene County, IAIA8,6588.1%−34%

64Guthrie County, IAIA10,7828.0%−28%

65Butler County, IAIA14,0498.0%−25%

66Franklin County, IAIA9,8688.0%−29%

67Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7338.0%−40%

68Hardin County, IAIA16,4558.0%−26%

69Delaware County, IAIA17,6747.9%−38%

70Polk County, IAIA516,5467.9%−14%

71Dubuque County, IAIA99,3817.8%−24%

72Audubon County, IAIA5,5097.7%−36%

73Adair County, IAIA7,4037.6%−43%

74Marion County, IAIA34,1927.6%−24%

75Boone County, IAIA26,7997.6%−14%

76Washington County, IAIA22,6677.6%−20%

77Cherokee County, IAIA11,3697.3%−35%

78O'Brien County, IAIA14,2207.3%−40%

79Harrison County, IAIA14,6237.1%−48%

80Wright County, IAIA12,8017.0%−27%

81Lyon County, IAIA12,3547.0%−47%

82Osceola County, IAIA5,9807.0%−28%

83Madison County, IAIA17,2706.7%−39%

84Linn County, IAIA232,0286.5%−25%

85Jasper County, IAIA38,1536.5%−7%

86Carroll County, IAIA20,3036.5%−39%

87Sioux County, IAIA36,7746.4%−20%

88Hamilton County, IAIA14,9446.3%−24%

89Benton County, IAIA26,0046.1%−46%

90Hancock County, IAIA10,5286.0%−32%

91Shelby County, IAIA11,6896.0%−36%

92Plymouth County, IAIA25,6976.0%−34%

93Dickinson County, IAIA18,0776.0%−35%

94Dallas County, IAIA118,4575.6%−26%

95Cedar County, IAIA18,3595.5%−46%

96Bremer County, IAIA25,2965.1%−45%

97Warren County, IAIA57,3315.1%−19%

98Iowa County, IAIA16,5045.0%−39%

99Grundy County, IAIA12,3614.6%−44%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS