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Lowest median household income, Iowa counties · 2000

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

01Decatur County, IAIA7,655$27,343+0%

02Appanoose County, IAIA12,077$28,612+0%

03Ringgold County, IAIA4,642$29,110+0%

04Wayne County, IAIA6,738$29,380+0%

05Adams County, IAIA3,617$30,453+0%

06Lucas County, IAIA8,847$30,876+0%

07Van Buren County, IAIA7,131$31,094+0%

08Taylor County, IAIA5,835$31,297+0%

09Union County, IAIA11,829$31,905+0%

10Wapello County, IAIA35,210$32,188+0%

11Audubon County, IAIA5,509$32,215+0%

12Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899$32,409+0%

13Fayette County, IAIA19,047$32,453+0%

14Davis County, IAIA9,230$32,864+0%

15Sac County, IAIA9,525$32,874+0%

16Cass County, IAIA12,960$32,922+0%

17Montgomery County, IAIA10,002$33,214+0%

18Monona County, IAIA8,539$33,235+0%

19Calhoun County, IAIA9,562$33,286+0%

20Emmet County, IAIA9,107$33,305+0%

21Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819$33,362+0%

22Jefferson County, IAIA15,291$33,851+0%

23Greene County, IAIA8,658$33,883+0%

24Crawford County, IAIA16,237$33,922+0%

25Allamakee County, IAIA14,238$33,967+0%

26Keokuk County, IAIA9,797$34,025+0%

27Clayton County, IAIA16,845$34,068+0%

28Osceola County, IAIA5,980$34,274+0%

29Clarke County, IAIA9,574$34,474+0%

30Jackson County, IAIA19,288$34,529+0%

31Kossuth County, IAIA14,322$34,562+0%

32Howard County, IAIA9,415$34,641+0%

33Ida County, IAIA6,777$34,805+0%

34Mitchell County, IAIA10,650$34,843+0%

35Monroe County, IAIA7,406$34,877+0%

36Cherokee County, IAIA11,369$35,142+0%

37Adair County, IAIA7,403$35,179+0%

38Floyd County, IAIA14,901$35,237+0%

39Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449$35,300+0%

40Webster County, IAIA36,838$35,334+0%

41Hardin County, IAIA16,455$35,429+0%

42Page County, IAIA14,856$35,466+0%

43O'Brien County, IAIA14,220$35,758+0%

44Clay County, IAIA16,202$35,799+0%

45Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372$35,867+0%

46Butler County, IAIA14,049$35,883+0%

47Franklin County, IAIA9,868$36,042+0%

48Lee County, IAIA32,306$36,193+0%

49Wright County, IAIA12,801$36,197+0%

50Worth County, IAIA7,338$36,444+0%

51Guthrie County, IAIA10,782$36,495+0%

52Des Moines County, IAIA38,077$36,790+0%

53Lyon County, IAIA12,354$36,878+0%

54Delaware County, IAIA17,674$37,168+0%

55Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532$37,266+0%

56Carroll County, IAIA20,303$37,275+0%

57Mahaska County, IAIA21,880$37,314+0%

58Tama County, IAIA16,796$37,419+0%

59Clinton County, IAIA46,002$37,423+0%

60Shelby County, IAIA11,689$37,442+0%

61Jones County, IAIA21,253$37,449+0%

62Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663$37,649+0%

63Hancock County, IAIA10,528$37,703+0%

64Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368$37,836+0%

65Buchanan County, IAIA20,883$38,036+0%

66Harrison County, IAIA14,623$38,141+0%

67Humboldt County, IAIA9,409$38,201+0%

68Marshall County, IAIA39,890$38,268+0%

69Fremont County, IAIA6,522$38,345+0%

70Winnebago County, IAIA10,251$38,381+0%

71Woodbury County, IAIA106,649$38,509+0%

72Hamilton County, IAIA14,944$38,658+0%

73Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733$38,908+0%

74Dickinson County, IAIA18,077$39,020+0%

75Louisa County, IAIA10,416$39,086+0%

76Henry County, IAIA19,349$39,087+0%

77Washington County, IAIA22,667$39,103+0%

78Grundy County, IAIA12,361$39,396+0%

79Dubuque County, IAIA99,381$39,582+0%

80Johnson County, IAIA160,044$40,060+0%

81Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996$40,089+0%

82Story County, IAIA101,291$40,442+0%

83Sioux County, IAIA36,774$40,536+0%

84Boone County, IAIA26,799$40,763+0%

85Bremer County, IAIA25,296$40,826+0%

86Iowa County, IAIA16,504$41,222+0%

87Plymouth County, IAIA25,697$41,638+0%

88Jasper County, IAIA38,153$41,683+0%

89Muscatine County, IAIA41,853$41,803+0%

90Madison County, IAIA17,270$41,845+0%

91Cedar County, IAIA18,359$42,198+0%

92Marion County, IAIA34,192$42,401+0%

93Benton County, IAIA26,004$42,427+0%

94Mills County, IAIA14,793$42,428+0%

95Scott County, IAIA175,259$42,701+0%

96Polk County, IAIA516,546$46,116+0%

97Linn County, IAIA232,028$46,206+0%

98Dallas County, IAIA118,457$48,528+0%

99Warren County, IAIA57,331$50,349+0%

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