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
#101	Tract 4903	Page, IA	21.7%
#102	Tract 8	Des Moines, IA	21.4%
#103	Tract 9602	Decatur, IA	21.4%
#104	Tract 802	Clay, IA	21.2%
#105	Tract 13	Linn, IA	21.2%
#106	Tract 17	Polk, IA	21.1%
#107	Tract 4	Black Hawk, IA	21.1%
#108	Tract 9506	Marshall, IA	21.1%
#109	Tract 12	Linn, IA	21.0%
#110	Tract 108.06	Polk, IA	21.0%
#111	Tract 5	Clinton, IA	20.9%
#112	Tract 704.02	Jones, IA	20.9%
#113	Tract 3.07	Johnson, IA	20.8%
#114	Tract 9504.02	Cerro Gordo, IA	20.7%
#115	Tract 30.04	Linn, IA	20.7%
#116	Tract 9506	Jackson, IA	20.6%
#117	Tract 20	Woodbury, IA	20.5%
#118	Tract 126.02	Scott, IA	20.5%
#119	Tract 304.01	Pottawattamie, IA	20.2%
#120	Tract 9609	Wapello, IA	20.1%
#121	Tract 313	Pottawattamie, IA	20.1%
#122	Tract 405	Jasper, IA	20.0%
#123	Tract 23	Linn, IA	19.9%
#124	Tract 507	Muscatine, IA	19.8%
#125	Tract 12.01	Dubuque, IA	19.8%
#126	Tract 46.03	Polk, IA	19.7%
#127	Tract 6	Dubuque, IA	19.7%
#128	Tract 4902	Page, IA	19.4%
#129	Tract 10	Polk, IA	19.4%
#130	Tract 52	Polk, IA	19.4%
#131	Tract 1.03	Linn, IA	19.4%
#132	Tract 10	Woodbury, IA	19.3%
#133	Tract 701	Crawford, IA	19.3%
#134	Tract 40	Bremer, IA	19.3%
#135	Tract 9605	Allamakee, IA	19.1%
#136	Tract 704	Clayton, IA	19.1%
#137	Tract 302	Pottawattamie, IA	19.1%
#138	Tract 47.01	Polk, IA	18.9%
#139	Tract 118	Scott, IA	18.7%
#140	Tract 2.01	Polk, IA	18.7%
#141	Tract 305.02	Pottawattamie, IA	18.6%
#142	Tract 309	Pottawattamie, IA	18.5%
#143	Tract 508.12	Dallas, IA	18.4%
#144	Tract 12	Johnson, IA	18.2%
#145	Tract 801.01	Cherokee, IA	18.2%
#146	Tract 17	Johnson, IA	17.8%
#147	Tract 7.01	Dubuque, IA	17.8%
#148	Tract 508	Muscatine, IA	17.7%
#149	Tract 14	Woodbury, IA	17.6%
#150	Tract 134	Scott, IA	17.6%
#151	Tract 4804	Floyd, IA	17.5%
#152	Tract 3602	Franklin, IA	17.4%
#153	Tract 2904	Tama, IA	17.4%
#154	Tract 26.05	Black Hawk, IA	17.2%
#155	Tract 9501	Lucas, IA	17.1%
#156	Tract 106.01	Polk, IA	17.1%
#157	Tract 301	Pottawattamie, IA	17.0%
#158	Tract 128.02	Scott, IA	16.9%
#159	Tract 39.01	Polk, IA	16.9%
#160	Tract 44	Polk, IA	16.9%
#161	Tract 801.02	Cherokee, IA	16.9%
#162	Tract 3	Webster, IA	16.7%
#163	Tract 110	Scott, IA	16.7%
#164	Tract 3701	Poweshiek, IA	16.7%
#165	Tract 2.01	Linn, IA	16.7%
#166	Tract 6	Webster, IA	16.6%
#167	Tract 1902	Union, IA	16.5%
#168	Tract 9703	Henry, IA	16.4%
#169	Tract 9603	Montgomery, IA	16.4%
#170	Tract 4	Dubuque, IA	16.4%
#171	Tract 3.04	Johnson, IA	16.4%
#172	Tract 9607	Wapello, IA	16.4%
#173	Tract 53	Polk, IA	16.3%
#174	Tract 6801	Wright, IA	16.3%
#175	Tract 903.01	Jefferson, IA	16.2%
#176	Tract 9502	Van Buren, IA	16.1%
#177	Tract 4902	Lee, IA	16.1%
#178	Tract 15.01	Black Hawk, IA	15.9%
#179	Tract 4905	Page, IA	15.9%
#180	Tract 4901	O'Brien, IA	15.9%
#181	Tract 9603	Palo Alto, IA	15.9%
#182	Tract 19	Woodbury, IA	15.8%
#183	Tract 9603	Monona, IA	15.8%
#184	Tract 5	Woodbury, IA	15.7%
#185	Tract 306.01	Pottawattamie, IA	15.6%
#186	Tract 505	Muscatine, IA	15.6%
#187	Tract 9604	Wapello, IA	15.6%
#188	Tract 804	Sac, IA	15.6%
#189	Tract 5.01	Johnson, IA	15.6%
#190	Tract 310	Pottawattamie, IA	15.6%
#191	Tract 901	Ida, IA	15.6%
#192	Tract 703.01	Jones, IA	15.5%
#193	Tract 9502.02	Cerro Gordo, IA	15.5%
#194	Tract 703	Emmet, IA	15.5%
#195	Tract 46.02	Polk, IA	15.4%
#196	Tract 403.02	Mills, IA	15.4%
#197	Tract 703.02	Jones, IA	15.4%
#198	Tract 802	Fayette, IA	15.4%
#199	Tract 903.02	Jefferson, IA	15.4%
#200	Tract 1903	Cass, IA	15.4%