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Lowest median household income, Iowa counties · 2000

Iowa counties with the lowest median household income in the 2000 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 1990

01Decatur County, IAIA7,655$27,343+51%

02Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$28,612+60%

03Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$29,110+40%

04Wayne County, IAIA6,738$29,380+67%

05Adams County, IAIA3,617$30,453+48%

06Lucas County, IAIA8,847$30,876+45%

07Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$31,094+62%

08Taylor County, IAIA5,835$31,297+68%

09Union County, IAIA11,829$31,905+48%

10Wapello County, IAIA35,210$32,188+53%

11Audubon County, IAIA5,509$32,215+50%

12Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$32,409+53%

13Fayette County, IAIA19,047$32,453+54%

14Davis County, IAIA9,230$32,864+64%

15Sac County, IAIA9,525$32,874+51%

16Cass County, IAIA12,960$32,922+51%

17Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$33,214+42%

18Monona County, IAIA8,539$33,235+60%

19Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$33,286+48%

20Emmet County, IAIA9,107$33,305+46%

21Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$33,362+42%

22Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$33,851+50%

23Greene County, IAIA8,658$33,883+52%

24Crawford County, IAIA16,237$33,922+53%

25Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$33,967+61%

26Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$34,025+53%

27Clayton County, IAIA16,845$34,068+59%

28Osceola County, IAIA5,980$34,274+49%

29Clarke County, IAIA9,574$34,474+59%

30Jackson County, IAIA19,288$34,529+54%

31Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$34,562+48%

32Howard County, IAIA9,415$34,641+58%

33Ida County, IAIA6,777$34,805+52%

34Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$34,843+42%

35Monroe County, IAIA7,406$34,877+68%

36Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$35,142+53%

37Adair County, IAIA7,403$35,179+64%

38Floyd County, IAIA14,901$35,237+51%

39Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$35,300+39%

40Webster County, IAIA36,838$35,334+49%

41Hardin County, IAIA16,455$35,429+51%

42Page County, IAIA14,856$35,466+61%

43O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$35,758+55%

44Clay County, IAIA16,202$35,799+43%

45Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$35,867+43%

46Butler County, IAIA14,049$35,883+54%

47Franklin County, IAIA9,868$36,042+52%

48Lee County, IAIA32,306$36,193+47%

49Wright County, IAIA12,801$36,197+47%

50Worth County, IAIA7,338$36,444+59%

51Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$36,495+56%

52Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$36,790+39%

53Lyon County, IAIA12,354$36,878+63%

54Delaware County, IAIA17,674$37,168+44%

55Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$37,266+45%

56Carroll County, IAIA20,303$37,275+53%

57Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$37,314+61%

58Tama County, IAIA16,796$37,419+54%

59Clinton County, IAIA46,002$37,423+47%

60Shelby County, IAIA11,689$37,442+65%

61Jones County, IAIA21,253$37,449+53%

62Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$37,649+53%

63Hancock County, IAIA10,528$37,703+48%

64Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$37,836+45%

65Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$38,036+63%

66Harrison County, IAIA14,623$38,141+71%

67Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$38,201+56%

68Marshall County, IAIA39,890$38,268+35%

69Fremont County, IAIA6,522$38,345+67%

70Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$38,381+63%

71Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$38,509+53%

72Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$38,658+50%

73Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$38,908+60%

74Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$39,020+55%

75Louisa County, IAIA10,416$39,086+53%

76Henry County, IAIA19,349$39,087+57%

77Washington County, IAIA22,667$39,103+51%

78Grundy County, IAIA12,361$39,396+50%

79Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$39,582+40%

80Johnson County, IAIA160,044$40,060+44%

81Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$40,089+50%

82Story County, IAIA101,291$40,442+52%

83Sioux County, IAIA36,774$40,536+58%

84Boone County, IAIA26,799$40,763+56%

85Bremer County, IAIA25,296$40,826+49%

86Iowa County, IAIA16,504$41,222+55%

87Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$41,638+55%

88Jasper County, IAIA38,153$41,683+45%

89Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$41,803+40%

90Madison County, IAIA17,270$41,845+57%

91Cedar County, IAIA18,359$42,198+52%

92Marion County, IAIA34,192$42,401+51%

93Benton County, IAIA26,004$42,427+63%

94Mills County, IAIA14,793$42,428+55%

95Scott County, IAIA175,259$42,701+42%

96Polk County, IAIA516,546$46,116+48%

97Linn County, IAIA232,028$46,206+44%

98Dallas County, IAIA118,457$48,528+68%

99Warren County, IAIA57,331$50,349+55%

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