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Highest poverty rate, Iowa counties · 2010

Iowa counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 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, IAIA101,29118.6%+32%

02Johnson County, IAIA160,04418.2%+21%

03Union County, IAIA11,82917.8%+56%

04Decatur County, IAIA7,65516.9%+9%

05Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53216.9%+28%

06Van Buren County, IAIA7,13116.7%+32%

07Lucas County, IAIA8,84716.3%+19%

08Wapello County, IAIA35,21016.2%+23%

09Appanoose County, IAIA12,07715.9%+9%

10Jefferson County, IAIA15,29114.3%+31%

11Mahaska County, IAIA21,88014.3%+45%

12Webster County, IAIA36,83814.2%+42%

13Floyd County, IAIA14,90114.0%+51%

14Henry County, IAIA19,34914.0%+60%

15Woodbury County, IAIA106,64914.0%+36%

16Montgomery County, IAIA10,00214.0%+54%

17Des Moines County, IAIA38,07713.8%+29%

18Muscatine County, IAIA41,85313.7%+55%

19Cass County, IAIA12,96013.6%+23%

20Lee County, IAIA32,30613.5%+39%

21Fayette County, IAIA19,04713.4%+25%

22Monroe County, IAIA7,40613.4%+48%

23Scott County, IAIA175,25912.9%+23%

24Wayne County, IAIA6,73812.7%−9%

25Marshall County, IAIA39,89012.7%+24%

26Ringgold County, IAIA4,64212.7%−11%

27Louisa County, IAIA10,41612.4%+33%

28Jasper County, IAIA38,15312.3%+90%

29Clarke County, IAIA9,57412.2%+43%

30Adams County, IAIA3,61712.2%+31%

31Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99612.1%+44%

32Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37212.1%+41%

33Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44912.0%+14%

34Emmet County, IAIA9,10711.9%+45%

35Worth County, IAIA7,33811.7%+40%

36Page County, IAIA14,85611.7%−7%

37Monona County, IAIA8,53911.5%+22%

38Taylor County, IAIA5,83511.4%−6%

39Clayton County, IAIA16,84511.3%+32%

40Clinton County, IAIA46,00211.2%+10%

41Wright County, IAIA12,80111.2%+59%

42Carroll County, IAIA20,30311.2%+74%

43Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36811.2%+14%

44Howard County, IAIA9,41511.2%+20%

45Clay County, IAIA16,20211.1%+35%

46Audubon County, IAIA5,50911.1%+44%

47O'Brien County, IAIA14,22011.0%+52%

48Hancock County, IAIA10,52811.0%+83%

49Allamakee County, IAIA14,23811.0%+15%

50Washington County, IAIA22,66710.7%+41%

51Crawford County, IAIA16,23710.6%−4%

52Tama County, IAIA16,79610.6%+1%

53Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89910.6%+1%

54Boone County, IAIA26,79910.6%+40%

55Adair County, IAIA7,40310.6%+39%

56Franklin County, IAIA9,86810.6%+33%

57Ida County, IAIA6,77710.5%+19%

58Calhoun County, IAIA9,56210.4%+3%

59Polk County, IAIA516,54610.3%+30%

60Keokuk County, IAIA9,79710.3%+2%

61Butler County, IAIA14,04910.3%+28%

62Sac County, IAIA9,52510.2%+2%

63Harrison County, IAIA14,62310.1%+42%

64Mills County, IAIA14,79310.0%+22%

65Winnebago County, IAIA10,25110.0%+19%

66Shelby County, IAIA11,68910.0%+66%

67Hardin County, IAIA16,4559.9%+24%

68Jackson County, IAIA19,2889.9%−4%

69Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8199.9%+8%

70Hamilton County, IAIA14,9449.7%+55%

71Linn County, IAIA232,0289.6%+48%

72Humboldt County, IAIA9,4099.6%+16%

73Davis County, IAIA9,2309.5%−20%

74Buchanan County, IAIA20,8839.4%−0%

75Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6639.4%+13%

76Dubuque County, IAIA99,3819.1%+17%

77Iowa County, IAIA16,5049.0%+81%

78Madison County, IAIA17,2708.8%+31%

79Delaware County, IAIA17,6748.8%+10%

80Fremont County, IAIA6,5228.7%−9%

81Kossuth County, IAIA14,3228.6%−15%

82Osceola County, IAIA5,9808.5%+22%

83Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7338.4%+5%

84Dickinson County, IAIA18,0778.2%+38%

85Bremer County, IAIA25,2968.2%+61%

86Jones County, IAIA21,2538.2%−5%

87Marion County, IAIA34,1928.0%+4%

88Greene County, IAIA8,6588.0%−1%

89Grundy County, IAIA12,3617.5%+61%

90Guthrie County, IAIA10,7827.2%−10%

91Benton County, IAIA26,0047.2%+18%

92Cedar County, IAIA18,3597.2%+30%

93Warren County, IAIA57,3317.0%+38%

94Dallas County, IAIA118,4576.7%+20%

95Sioux County, IAIA36,7746.4%+0%

96Mitchell County, IAIA10,6505.9%−44%

97Lyon County, IAIA12,3545.7%−19%

98Cherokee County, IAIA11,3695.1%−30%

99Plymouth County, IAIA25,6974.8%−19%

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