Census tract rankings · Iowa

Highest-poverty census tracts in Iowa

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to Iowa, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 8	Story, IA	100.0%
#2	Tract 9800	Jasper, IA	84.6%
#3	Tract 11.02	Story, IA	78.4%
#4	Tract 21	Johnson, IA	75.8%
#5	Tract 16.01	Johnson, IA	68.0%
#6	Tract 11	Johnson, IA	64.4%
#7	Tract 23.03	Black Hawk, IA	61.5%
#8	Tract 5	Story, IA	58.2%
#9	Tract 13.04	Story, IA	47.5%
#10	Tract 16.02	Johnson, IA	47.0%
#11	Tract 107	Scott, IA	45.2%
#12	Tract 109	Scott, IA	44.7%
#13	Tract 7	Story, IA	44.3%
#14	Tract 11.01	Story, IA	42.6%
#15	Tract 23.04	Black Hawk, IA	40.0%
#16	Tract 106	Scott, IA	39.9%
#17	Tract 27	Linn, IA	38.6%
#18	Tract 2	Black Hawk, IA	38.4%
#19	Tract 12	Polk, IA	37.2%
#20	Tract 1.01	Polk, IA	37.1%
#21	Tract 11	Polk, IA	36.9%
#22	Tract 27	Polk, IA	36.7%
#23	Tract 13	Woodbury, IA	36.7%
#24	Tract 50	Polk, IA	36.3%
#25	Tract 7	Webster, IA	36.2%
#26	Tract 6	Johnson, IA	35.9%
#27	Tract 4908	Lee, IA	35.7%
#28	Tract 49	Polk, IA	35.7%
#29	Tract 9602	Wapello, IA	35.4%
#30	Tract 10	Story, IA	35.4%
#31	Tract 113.05	Polk, IA	35.3%
#32	Tract 36	Woodbury, IA	35.2%
#33	Tract 3	Black Hawk, IA	34.6%
#34	Tract 5	Dubuque, IA	34.3%
#35	Tract 509	Muscatine, IA	33.9%
#36	Tract 15	Woodbury, IA	33.8%
#37	Tract 5.02	Johnson, IA	32.8%
#38	Tract 2	Johnson, IA	32.7%
#39	Tract 9507	Mahaska, IA	31.5%
#40	Tract 19	Linn, IA	31.4%
#41	Tract 125.01	Scott, IA	31.4%
#42	Tract 1	Clinton, IA	31.3%
#43	Tract 114	Scott, IA	30.8%
#44	Tract 4.01	Johnson, IA	30.2%
#45	Tract 6805	Wright, IA	30.1%
#46	Tract 3	Clinton, IA	29.5%
#47	Tract 4	Des Moines, IA	29.4%
#48	Tract 5	Black Hawk, IA	29.4%
#49	Tract 112.05	Polk, IA	29.1%
#50	Tract 26	Polk, IA	28.8%
#51	Tract 7.01	Polk, IA	27.9%
#52	Tract 7	Black Hawk, IA	27.9%
#53	Tract 1905	Cass, IA	27.6%
#54	Tract 804	Fayette, IA	27.6%
#55	Tract 9503	Appanoose, IA	27.5%
#56	Tract 1	Black Hawk, IA	27.1%
#57	Tract 22	Linn, IA	27.0%
#58	Tract 108	Scott, IA	27.0%
#59	Tract 8	Woodbury, IA	27.0%
#60	Tract 307	Pottawattamie, IA	26.9%
#61	Tract 9602	Montgomery, IA	26.4%
#62	Tract 306.02	Pottawattamie, IA	25.6%
#63	Tract 1	Dubuque, IA	25.6%
#64	Tract 124	Scott, IA	25.4%
#65	Tract 2905	Tama, IA	25.4%
#66	Tract 9509	Marshall, IA	25.3%
#67	Tract 9610	Wapello, IA	25.2%
#68	Tract 3	Des Moines, IA	24.5%
#69	Tract 47.02	Polk, IA	24.2%
#70	Tract 23.01	Black Hawk, IA	24.1%
#71	Tract 18.01	Woodbury, IA	24.1%
#72	Tract 4909	Lee, IA	23.9%
#73	Tract 113	Scott, IA	23.9%
#74	Tract 904	Jefferson, IA	23.7%
#75	Tract 23	Johnson, IA	23.6%
#76	Tract 9505	Appanoose, IA	23.4%
#77	Tract 14	Black Hawk, IA	23.4%
#78	Tract 17.01	Black Hawk, IA	23.4%
#79	Tract 4	Webster, IA	23.3%
#80	Tract 9603	Clarke, IA	23.3%
#81	Tract 9605	Wapello, IA	23.2%
#82	Tract 18.01	Johnson, IA	23.2%
#83	Tract 704.01	Crawford, IA	23.1%
#84	Tract 4	Polk, IA	23.1%
#85	Tract 2704	Hancock, IA	23.0%
#86	Tract 510	Muscatine, IA	22.9%
#87	Tract 48	Polk, IA	22.8%
#88	Tract 45.01	Polk, IA	22.6%
#89	Tract 9503	Lucas, IA	22.6%
#90	Tract 4601	Osceola, IA	22.5%
#91	Tract 12	Woodbury, IA	22.3%
#92	Tract 51.01	Polk, IA	22.3%
#93	Tract 13.03	Story, IA	22.2%
#94	Tract 10.04	Linn, IA	22.2%
#95	Tract 16	Black Hawk, IA	22.1%
#96	Tract 9603	Washington, IA	22.0%
#97	Tract 20	Black Hawk, IA	22.0%
#98	Tract 311	Pottawattamie, IA	21.9%
#99	Tract 308	Pottawattamie, IA	21.8%
#100	Tract 104.01	Johnson, IA	21.8%