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
#201	Tract 704	Chickasaw, IA	15.4%
#202	Tract 704.02	Crawford, IA	15.4%
#203	Tract 6	Polk, IA	15.4%
#204	Tract 3	Polk, IA	15.3%
#205	Tract 15.02	Black Hawk, IA	15.3%
#206	Tract 8	Black Hawk, IA	15.3%
#207	Tract 103	Scott, IA	15.2%
#208	Tract 130	Scott, IA	15.2%
#209	Tract 4903	O'Brien, IA	15.1%
#210	Tract 4801	Floyd, IA	15.1%
#211	Tract 135	Scott, IA	15.1%
#212	Tract 9503	Kossuth, IA	15.0%
#213	Tract 5601	Mitchell, IA	14.9%
#214	Tract 28	Polk, IA	14.9%
#215	Tract 101.01	Dubuque, IA	14.8%
#216	Tract 111	Scott, IA	14.7%
#217	Tract 1	Johnson, IA	14.6%
#218	Tract 116	Scott, IA	14.6%
#219	Tract 21	Polk, IA	14.6%
#220	Tract 2	Story, IA	14.6%
#221	Tract 1	Woodbury, IA	14.5%
#222	Tract 804	Keokuk, IA	14.5%
#223	Tract 125.02	Scott, IA	14.5%
#224	Tract 304.01	Marion, IA	14.5%
#225	Tract 3704	Poweshiek, IA	14.4%
#226	Tract 9604	Shelby, IA	14.4%
#227	Tract 202	Boone, IA	14.4%
#228	Tract 6803	Winnebago, IA	14.4%
#229	Tract 6	Woodbury, IA	14.3%
#230	Tract 705	Jones, IA	14.3%
#231	Tract 18.02	Woodbury, IA	14.3%
#232	Tract 217.01	Pottawattamie, IA	14.3%
#233	Tract 4910	Lee, IA	14.2%
#234	Tract 9501	Van Buren, IA	14.2%
#235	Tract 1.02	Webster, IA	14.2%
#236	Tract 9703	Humboldt, IA	14.1%
#237	Tract 1.02	Linn, IA	14.1%
#238	Tract 1904	Union, IA	14.1%
#239	Tract 4901	Lee, IA	14.0%
#240	Tract 30.03	Linn, IA	14.0%
#241	Tract 2.02	Polk, IA	13.9%
#242	Tract 703	Audubon, IA	13.9%
#243	Tract 7.02	Dubuque, IA	13.9%
#244	Tract 10.05	Linn, IA	13.9%
#245	Tract 1.05	Story, IA	13.9%
#246	Tract 706.02	Sioux, IA	13.8%
#247	Tract 11	Black Hawk, IA	13.8%
#248	Tract 133	Scott, IA	13.7%
#249	Tract 11	Des Moines, IA	13.7%
#250	Tract 15	Polk, IA	13.7%
#251	Tract 6901	Worth, IA	13.7%
#252	Tract 705	Clayton, IA	13.7%
#253	Tract 7	Linn, IA	13.7%
#254	Tract 9605	Carroll, IA	13.5%
#255	Tract 303	Pottawattamie, IA	13.5%
#256	Tract 9704	Henry, IA	13.5%
#257	Tract 122	Scott, IA	13.4%
#258	Tract 9504	Appanoose, IA	13.4%
#259	Tract 47	Bremer, IA	13.4%
#260	Tract 107.07	Polk, IA	13.4%
#261	Tract 9704	Humboldt, IA	13.4%
#262	Tract 805	Greene, IA	13.4%
#263	Tract 6	Clinton, IA	13.4%
#264	Tract 803	Keokuk, IA	13.4%
#265	Tract 702	Audubon, IA	13.3%
#266	Tract 702	Crawford, IA	13.2%
#267	Tract 4802	Hardin, IA	13.2%
#268	Tract 6	Story, IA	13.1%
#269	Tract 30.01	Black Hawk, IA	13.1%
#270	Tract 7801	Pocahontas, IA	13.1%
#271	Tract 9601	Howard, IA	13.1%
#272	Tract 115	Scott, IA	13.0%
#273	Tract 1801	Taylor, IA	13.0%
#274	Tract 25	Linn, IA	13.0%
#275	Tract 104.11	Polk, IA	13.0%
#276	Tract 9505	Marshall, IA	12.9%
#277	Tract 603	Madison, IA	12.9%
#278	Tract 114.06	Polk, IA	12.9%
#279	Tract 41	Bremer, IA	12.8%
#280	Tract 508.07	Dallas, IA	12.8%
#281	Tract 3	Story, IA	12.8%
#282	Tract 4902	O'Brien, IA	12.7%
#283	Tract 9603	Benton, IA	12.7%
#284	Tract 108.03	Polk, IA	12.7%
#285	Tract 701	Wayne, IA	12.7%
#286	Tract 119	Scott, IA	12.6%
#287	Tract 2.02	Woodbury, IA	12.6%
#288	Tract 9603	Iowa, IA	12.6%
#289	Tract 9601	Buena Vista, IA	12.6%
#290	Tract 22	Black Hawk, IA	12.6%
#291	Tract 703	Butler, IA	12.5%
#292	Tract 305	Marion, IA	12.5%
#293	Tract 7	Woodbury, IA	12.5%
#294	Tract 9502	Guthrie, IA	12.4%
#295	Tract 9505	Mahaska, IA	12.4%
#296	Tract 4806	Hardin, IA	12.4%
#297	Tract 24	Black Hawk, IA	12.4%
#298	Tract 2	Clinton, IA	12.4%
#299	Tract 19	Polk, IA	12.4%
#300	Tract 9501.02	Cerro Gordo, IA	12.4%