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Lowest median household income, Iowa counties

Iowa counties with the lowest median household income in the 2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2000

01Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$54,934+92%

02Union County, IAIA11,829$57,772+81%

03Page County, IAIA14,856$57,953+63%

04Audubon County, IAIA5,509$58,229+81%

05Decatur County, IAIA7,655$59,044+116%

06Franklin County, IAIA9,868$59,894+66%

07Fayette County, IAIA19,047$60,165+85%

08Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$61,161+97%

09Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$61,620+82%

10Lucas County, IAIA8,847$61,793+100%

11Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$61,875+85%

12Wayne County, IAIA6,738$61,964+111%

13Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$62,329+83%

14Lee County, IAIA32,306$62,382+72%

15Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$62,928+71%

16Cass County, IAIA12,960$63,013+91%

17Ida County, IAIA6,777$63,073+81%

18Greene County, IAIA8,658$63,409+87%

19Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$63,666+92%

20Emmet County, IAIA9,107$63,730+91%

21Wapello County, IAIA35,210$64,766+101%

22Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$64,964+95%

23Hardin County, IAIA16,455$65,069+84%

24Clay County, IAIA16,202$65,428+83%

25Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$66,417+78%

26Clinton County, IAIA46,002$66,981+79%

27Crawford County, IAIA16,237$67,027+98%

28Wright County, IAIA12,801$67,190+86%

29Clayton County, IAIA16,845$67,242+97%

30Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$67,391+78%

31Henry County, IAIA19,349$67,436+73%

32Howard County, IAIA9,415$67,446+95%

33Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$67,642+76%

34Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$67,697+96%

35Taylor County, IAIA5,835$67,740+116%

36Adair County, IAIA7,403$68,092+94%

37Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$68,189+90%

38O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$68,356+91%

39Monona County, IAIA8,539$68,377+106%

40Floyd County, IAIA14,901$68,557+95%

41Webster County, IAIA36,838$68,975+95%

42Osceola County, IAIA5,980$69,239+102%

43Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$69,396+66%

44Story County, IAIA101,291$69,685+72%

45Hancock County, IAIA10,528$70,601+87%

46Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$70,694+108%

47Tama County, IAIA16,796$70,781+89%

48Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$70,940+90%

49Monroe County, IAIA7,406$70,996+104%

50Iowa County, IAIA16,504$71,223+73%

51Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$71,269+103%

52Jasper County, IAIA38,153$71,311+71%

53Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$71,365+105%

54Fremont County, IAIA6,522$71,621+87%

55Clarke County, IAIA9,574$71,641+108%

56Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$71,719+103%

57Adams County, IAIA3,617$71,875+136%

58Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$71,946+88%

59Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$72,432+87%

60Shelby County, IAIA11,689$72,738+94%

61Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$72,781+125%

62Carroll County, IAIA20,303$72,930+96%

63Marshall County, IAIA39,890$73,315+92%

64Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$73,346+152%

65Jones County, IAIA21,253$73,531+96%

66Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$73,602+84%

67Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$73,658+91%

68Butler County, IAIA14,049$73,715+105%

69Sac County, IAIA9,525$73,838+125%

70Jackson County, IAIA19,288$74,186+115%

71Johnson County, IAIA160,044$74,935+87%

72Delaware County, IAIA17,674$74,989+102%

73Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$75,432+93%

74Washington County, IAIA22,667$75,647+93%

75Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$75,675+101%

76Lyon County, IAIA12,354$76,746+108%

77Davis County, IAIA9,230$77,194+135%

78Louisa County, IAIA10,416$77,354+98%

79Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$77,630+96%

80Linn County, IAIA232,028$77,649+68%

81Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$77,711+113%

82Worth County, IAIA7,338$78,008+114%

83Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$78,236+106%

84Scott County, IAIA175,259$78,277+83%

85Marion County, IAIA34,192$78,680+86%

86Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$79,066+103%

87Harrison County, IAIA14,623$79,535+109%

88Cedar County, IAIA18,359$80,602+91%

89Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$83,251+100%

90Boone County, IAIA26,799$83,531+105%

91Polk County, IAIA516,546$83,576+81%

92Sioux County, IAIA36,774$86,098+112%

93Bremer County, IAIA25,296$86,784+113%

94Benton County, IAIA26,004$86,962+105%

95Grundy County, IAIA12,361$87,205+121%

96Mills County, IAIA14,793$90,753+114%

97Madison County, IAIA17,270$90,855+117%

98Warren County, IAIA57,331$94,588+88%

99Dallas County, IAIA118,457$102,379+111%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES