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Highest poverty rate, Missouri counties · 2020

Missouri counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 ACS). This list covers the 115 counties in Missouri that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46530.0%−0.4 pts
02Oregon County, MOMO8,70926.3%+4.3 pts
03Shannon County, MOMO7,28526.3%−0.6 pts
04Wayne County, MOMO10,78226.0%+4.1 pts
05Ozark County, MOMO9,17224.0%+2.4 pts
06Howell County, MOMO40,79823.8%+5.1 pts
07Dunklin County, MOMO26,85523.7%−0.8 pts
08Mississippi County, MOMO12,00323.7%+0.0 pts
09Adair County, MOMO25,68423.0%−0.3 pts
10Ripley County, MOMO10,71722.7%+0.8 pts
11Texas County, MOMO25,99422.4%+1.0 pts
12Iron County, MOMO9,31822.1%+3.1 pts
13Butler County, MOMO41,90421.9%+3.3 pts
14Wright County, MOMO19,67121.3%−0.4 pts
15New Madrid County, MOMO15,08620.7%−1.3 pts
16Nodaway County, MOMO20,17420.7%+4.3 pts
17Barton County, MOMO11,79520.7%+7.7 pts
18St. Louis, MOMO278,14420.4%−4.1 pts
19Washington County, MOMO23,81020.3%−0.5 pts
20Phelps County, MOMO45,24719.6%+3.2 pts
21Dallas County, MOMO18,02519.4%+1.5 pts
22McDonald County, MOMO23,99219.3%−1.4 pts
23Morgan County, MOMO22,41819.2%+3.0 pts
24Dade County, MOMO7,80419.1%+5.8 pts
25Harrison County, MOMO8,28119.1%+5.5 pts
26Lewis County, MOMO9,87918.9%+2.7 pts
27Carter County, MOMO5,41818.5%−6.7 pts
28Benton County, MOMO20,53618.2%+2.6 pts
29Cedar County, MOMO14,88818.2%+0.9 pts
30Barry County, MOMO36,20018.2%+1.6 pts
31Dent County, MOMO14,58418.0%+0.8 pts
32Reynolds County, MOMO5,99218.0%−2.1 pts
33Crawford County, MOMO22,92917.8%+1.4 pts
34Jasper County, MOMO127,42817.7%+3.2 pts
35Scott County, MOMO37,97517.7%+1.6 pts
36Maries County, MOMO8,39717.6%+4.5 pts
37Henry County, MOMO22,67117.6%+3.2 pts
38Stoddard County, MOMO28,28417.4%+0.9 pts
39Marion County, MOMO28,52517.1%+5.0 pts
40Lawrence County, MOMO39,40117.0%+2.9 pts
41Boone County, MOMO191,74616.9%+2.3 pts
42Grundy County, MOMO9,74416.7%+0.9 pts
43Sullivan County, MOMO5,73816.7%+0.2 pts
44St. Clair County, MOMO9,97616.5%−3.1 pts
45Pike County, MOMO17,95516.4%+0.8 pts
46St. Francois County, MOMO67,80916.1%+1.3 pts
47Linn County, MOMO11,81516.0%+1.1 pts
48Worth County, MOMO1,91415.9%+1.6 pts
49Schuyler County, MOMO4,14015.9%−1.1 pts
50Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,99915.8%+4.7 pts
51Monroe County, MOMO8,95915.7%+3.8 pts
52Webster County, MOMO43,05415.7%+1.0 pts
53Polk County, MOMO33,60415.7%−0.5 pts
54Taney County, MOMO57,00115.7%+3.3 pts
55Bollinger County, MOMO10,64615.7%+1.9 pts
56Knox County, MOMO3,72815.7%−2.3 pts
57Buchanan County, MOMO83,54015.7%+3.4 pts
58Caldwell County, MOMO9,01215.5%+3.6 pts
59Randolph County, MOMO24,51315.4%+2.9 pts
60Saline County, MOMO23,26515.3%+2.2 pts
61Pettis County, MOMO44,25415.3%+2.4 pts
62Greene County, MOMO309,28615.3%+3.2 pts
63Shelby County, MOMO5,87015.2%−1.1 pts
64Vernon County, MOMO19,94615.1%+0.2 pts
65Douglas County, MOMO12,34215.1%−2.4 pts
66Montgomery County, MOMO11,59014.9%+3.1 pts
67Audrain County, MOMO24,52814.8%+0.0 pts
68Laclede County, MOMO36,94314.7%+0.4 pts
69Bates County, MOMO16,51214.7%+0.1 pts
70Camden County, MOMO44,04714.5%+3.2 pts
71Gentry County, MOMO6,38414.5%+2.6 pts
72Pulaski County, MOMO54,44214.4%+4.1 pts
73Ralls County, MOMO10,44414.1%+5.4 pts
74Putnam County, MOMO4,54614.1%−2.0 pts
75Madison County, MOMO12,85814.0%−3.2 pts
76Hickory County, MOMO9,04413.8%−5.9 pts
77Newton County, MOMO62,26313.7%+2.1 pts
78Miller County, MOMO25,81713.6%−0.6 pts
79Jackson County, MOMO732,99413.6%+1.7 pts
80Johnson County, MOMO56,67013.4%−1.5 pts
81Daviess County, MOMO8,55813.4%−1.9 pts
82Chariton County, MOMO7,37713.2%+1.7 pts
83Warren County, MOMO39,01612.9%+4.3 pts
84Carroll County, MOMO8,41712.7%−1.0 pts
85Cooper County, MOMO17,13612.6%+2.0 pts
86Macon County, MOMO15,19012.5%+0.0 pts
87Clark County, MOMO6,47512.5%−1.6 pts
88Stone County, MOMO32,50312.3%−0.4 pts
89Livingston County, MOMO14,70812.1%−0.4 pts
90Mercer County, MOMO3,40412.1%−1.2 pts
91Ray County, MOMO23,39811.8%+5.0 pts
92Lafayette County, MOMO33,53111.8%+3.0 pts
93Howard County, MOMO10,18011.7%+0.2 pts
94Scotland County, MOMO4,79611.4%−5.4 pts
95Atchison County, MOMO5,17511.2%−0.4 pts
96Lincoln County, MOMO66,67610.9%+2.7 pts
97Moniteau County, MOMO15,42810.7%+0.8 pts
98Clinton County, MOMO21,66110.3%+1.0 pts
99Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,68910.3%+2.0 pts
100Christian County, MOMO96,72510.0%+0.9 pts
101Holt County, MOMO4,2009.9%−3.1 pts
102Callaway County, MOMO45,7659.7%+1.1 pts
103Franklin County, MOMO108,0909.6%+2.5 pts
104Cole County, MOMO77,9089.5%+0.9 pts
105Gasconade County, MOMO14,7849.5%−0.0 pts
106DeKalb County, MOMO9,7959.4%−1.4 pts
107St. Louis County, MOMO990,9119.3%+2.4 pts
108Jefferson County, MOMO233,1329.1%+2.3 pts
109Perry County, MOMO19,0939.1%+0.0 pts
110Cass County, MOMO115,8598.3%+2.5 pts
111Osage County, MOMO13,6118.3%−0.1 pts
112Clay County, MOMO265,0328.2%+2.7 pts
113Andrew County, MOMO18,2417.8%−0.5 pts
114Platte County, MOMO114,4005.1%+0.3 pts
115St. Charles County, MOMO426,4994.8%+0.8 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS