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
#301	Tract 104.08	Polk, IA	12.4%
#302	Tract 9501	Mahaska, IA	12.4%
#303	Tract 18	Black Hawk, IA	12.3%
#304	Tract 45.02	Polk, IA	12.3%
#305	Tract 803	Greene, IA	12.3%
#306	Tract 508.13	Dallas, IA	12.3%
#307	Tract 3603	Franklin, IA	12.3%
#308	Tract 12.02	Dubuque, IA	12.2%
#309	Tract 9508	Cerro Gordo, IA	12.2%
#310	Tract 110.01	Polk, IA	12.2%
#311	Tract 702	Butler, IA	12.2%
#312	Tract 25	Black Hawk, IA	12.2%
#313	Tract 111.11	Polk, IA	12.1%
#314	Tract 9702	Humboldt, IA	12.1%
#315	Tract 8	Linn, IA	12.1%
#316	Tract 104.04	Polk, IA	12.0%
#317	Tract 2906	Tama, IA	12.0%
#318	Tract 29	Linn, IA	12.0%
#319	Tract 11.02	Linn, IA	12.0%
#320	Tract 4906	Lee, IA	12.0%
#321	Tract 9506	Mahaska, IA	11.9%
#322	Tract 9602	Benton, IA	11.9%
#323	Tract 8	Clinton, IA	11.9%
#324	Tract 9508.02	Marshall, IA	11.9%
#325	Tract 210	Warren, IA	11.8%
#326	Tract 5	Webster, IA	11.8%
#327	Tract 105.01	Johnson, IA	11.8%
#328	Tract 406	Jasper, IA	11.8%
#329	Tract 314	Pottawattamie, IA	11.8%
#330	Tract 2901	Tama, IA	11.8%
#331	Tract 9502	Adams, IA	11.7%
#332	Tract 24	Linn, IA	11.7%
#333	Tract 10	Black Hawk, IA	11.6%
#334	Tract 26	Linn, IA	11.6%
#335	Tract 9502	Buchanan, IA	11.6%
#336	Tract 13.02	Story, IA	11.6%
#337	Tract 701	Jones, IA	11.6%
#338	Tract 104.10	Polk, IA	11.6%
#339	Tract 212	Pottawattamie, IA	11.5%
#340	Tract 802	Keokuk, IA	11.5%
#341	Tract 8.03	Polk, IA	11.5%
#342	Tract 111.13	Polk, IA	11.4%
#343	Tract 4803	Floyd, IA	11.4%
#344	Tract 4501	Louisa, IA	11.4%
#345	Tract 8.01	Polk, IA	11.4%
#346	Tract 9510	Cerro Gordo, IA	11.4%
#347	Tract 506	Muscatine, IA	11.4%
#348	Tract 9504	Mahaska, IA	11.4%
#349	Tract 31	Woodbury, IA	11.4%
#350	Tract 104.02	Johnson, IA	11.4%
#351	Tract 5	Polk, IA	11.4%
#352	Tract 9603	Hamilton, IA	11.3%
#353	Tract 9501	Kossuth, IA	11.3%
#354	Tract 4911	Lee, IA	11.3%
#355	Tract 9503	Calhoun, IA	11.3%
#356	Tract 2	Webster, IA	11.3%
#357	Tract 2701	Hancock, IA	11.3%
#358	Tract 701	Monroe, IA	11.2%
#359	Tract 9701	Plymouth, IA	11.2%
#360	Tract 112	Scott, IA	11.2%
#361	Tract 9602	Adair, IA	11.2%
#362	Tract 803	Sac, IA	11.1%
#363	Tract 123	Scott, IA	11.1%
#364	Tract 508.18	Dallas, IA	11.1%
#365	Tract 107.03	Polk, IA	11.1%
#366	Tract 9504	Lucas, IA	11.0%
#367	Tract 701	Clayton, IA	11.0%
#368	Tract 4503	Cedar, IA	11.0%
#369	Tract 40.01	Polk, IA	11.0%
#370	Tract 1901	Cass, IA	11.0%
#371	Tract 9701	Humboldt, IA	10.9%
#372	Tract 4502	Louisa, IA	10.9%
#373	Tract 801	Fayette, IA	10.9%
#374	Tract 9516	Cerro Gordo, IA	10.9%
#375	Tract 9705	Henry, IA	10.9%
#376	Tract 702	Wayne, IA	10.9%
#377	Tract 18	Polk, IA	10.9%
#378	Tract 503	Dallas, IA	10.9%
#379	Tract 306	Marion, IA	10.8%
#380	Tract 15	Johnson, IA	10.8%
#381	Tract 2.13	Linn, IA	10.8%
#382	Tract 7802	Pocahontas, IA	10.8%
#383	Tract 803	Cherokee, IA	10.7%
#384	Tract 9	Webster, IA	10.7%
#385	Tract 9502	Ringgold, IA	10.7%
#386	Tract 9503	Delaware, IA	10.7%
#387	Tract 19	Black Hawk, IA	10.7%
#388	Tract 4905	Lee, IA	10.6%
#389	Tract 105	Polk, IA	10.6%
#390	Tract 704	Butler, IA	10.6%
#391	Tract 9508.01	Marshall, IA	10.6%
#392	Tract 11	Woodbury, IA	10.5%
#393	Tract 9601	Wapello, IA	10.5%
#394	Tract 121	Scott, IA	10.5%
#395	Tract 9605	Buena Vista, IA	10.5%
#396	Tract 215.02	Pottawattamie, IA	10.5%
#397	Tract 17.02	Black Hawk, IA	10.5%
#398	Tract 1901	Union, IA	10.4%
#399	Tract 18	Linn, IA	10.4%
#400	Tract 9503	Jackson, IA	10.4%