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Highest poverty rate, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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, IAIA101,29120.0%+42%

02Appanoose County, IAIA12,07719.7%+35%

03Crawford County, IAIA16,23718.7%+69%

04Clarke County, IAIA9,57417.4%+103%

05Johnson County, IAIA160,04417.2%+15%

06Wapello County, IAIA35,21016.6%+26%

07Wayne County, IAIA6,73816.0%+14%

08Franklin County, IAIA9,86815.8%+99%

09Decatur County, IAIA7,65515.8%+2%

10Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53215.5%+18%

11Des Moines County, IAIA38,07714.9%+39%

12Lucas County, IAIA8,84714.4%+5%

13Webster County, IAIA36,83814.3%+43%

14Clinton County, IAIA46,00213.7%+34%

15Humboldt County, IAIA9,40913.6%+65%

16Adams County, IAIA3,61713.4%+44%

17Wright County, IAIA12,80113.4%+89%

18Jefferson County, IAIA15,29113.2%+21%

19Monroe County, IAIA7,40613.2%+46%

20Van Buren County, IAIA7,13113.1%+3%

21Monona County, IAIA8,53912.8%+36%

22Mahaska County, IAIA21,88012.7%+29%

23Tama County, IAIA16,79612.6%+19%

24Montgomery County, IAIA10,00212.5%+38%

25Floyd County, IAIA14,90112.5%+34%

26Page County, IAIA14,85612.4%−1%

27Woodbury County, IAIA106,64912.4%+20%

28Lee County, IAIA32,30612.4%+28%

29Keokuk County, IAIA9,79712.3%+22%

30Clayton County, IAIA16,84512.3%+43%

31Osceola County, IAIA5,98012.2%+73%

32Fayette County, IAIA19,04712.0%+12%

33Jackson County, IAIA19,28811.9%+16%

34Scott County, IAIA175,25911.9%+13%

35Union County, IAIA11,82911.9%+4%

36Cherokee County, IAIA11,36911.8%+63%

37Marshall County, IAIA39,89011.6%+14%

38Ida County, IAIA6,77711.6%+32%

39Calhoun County, IAIA9,56211.6%+15%

40Allamakee County, IAIA14,23811.4%+19%

41Kossuth County, IAIA14,32211.3%+11%

42Audubon County, IAIA5,50911.3%+46%

43Cass County, IAIA12,96011.2%+1%

44Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81911.2%+23%

45Butler County, IAIA14,04911.1%+39%

46Adair County, IAIA7,40311.1%+45%

47O'Brien County, IAIA14,22011.1%+53%

48Hancock County, IAIA10,52811.0%+82%

49Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36810.9%+11%

50Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44910.9%+4%

51Henry County, IAIA19,34910.7%+22%

52Sac County, IAIA9,52510.5%+6%

53Davis County, IAIA9,23010.4%−12%

54Clay County, IAIA16,20210.4%+26%

55Polk County, IAIA516,54610.4%+30%

56Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99610.3%+23%

57Ringgold County, IAIA4,64210.0%−30%

58Emmet County, IAIA9,10710.0%+22%

59Dubuque County, IAIA99,3819.9%+28%

60Hardin County, IAIA16,4559.6%+21%

61Muscatine County, IAIA41,8539.6%+8%

62Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3729.5%+12%

63Jones County, IAIA21,2539.5%+10%

64Linn County, IAIA232,0289.4%+44%

65Guthrie County, IAIA10,7829.1%+14%

66Louisa County, IAIA10,4169.1%−3%

67Jasper County, IAIA38,1539.1%+40%

68Greene County, IAIA8,6589.0%+12%

69Howard County, IAIA9,4159.0%−4%

70Shelby County, IAIA11,6898.9%+48%

71Benton County, IAIA26,0048.8%+44%

72Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7338.8%+10%

73Harrison County, IAIA14,6238.7%+22%

74Delaware County, IAIA17,6748.7%+9%

75Iowa County, IAIA16,5048.4%+69%

76Washington County, IAIA22,6678.2%+9%

77Fremont County, IAIA6,5228.1%−14%

78Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6637.8%−6%

79Dickinson County, IAIA18,0777.5%+26%

80Hamilton County, IAIA14,9447.5%+20%

81Carroll County, IAIA20,3037.4%+15%

82Cedar County, IAIA18,3597.4%+33%

83Buchanan County, IAIA20,8837.4%−22%

84Marion County, IAIA34,1927.3%−5%

85Plymouth County, IAIA25,6977.2%+20%

86Boone County, IAIA26,7997.2%−6%

87Taylor County, IAIA5,8357.1%−41%

88Bremer County, IAIA25,2967.1%+40%

89Mills County, IAIA14,7936.9%−16%

90Winnebago County, IAIA10,2516.9%−17%

91Warren County, IAIA57,3316.7%+32%

92Mitchell County, IAIA10,6506.7%−38%

93Madison County, IAIA17,2705.8%−13%

94Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8995.7%−46%

95Sioux County, IAIA36,7745.5%−15%

96Worth County, IAIA7,3385.3%−36%

97Dallas County, IAIA118,4575.2%−8%

98Grundy County, IAIA12,3615.1%+11%

99Lyon County, IAIA12,3544.7%−33%

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