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
#401	Tract 9	Story, IA	10.4%
#402	Tract 9602	Iowa, IA	10.4%
#403	Tract 4	Clinton, IA	10.4%
#404	Tract 9504	Winneshiek, IA	10.3%
#405	Tract 29	Polk, IA	10.3%
#406	Tract 3	Linn, IA	10.3%
#407	Tract 209	Warren, IA	10.3%
#408	Tract 901	Jefferson, IA	10.3%
#409	Tract 9502	Lucas, IA	10.3%
#410	Tract 18.02	Johnson, IA	10.3%
#411	Tract 29.01	Black Hawk, IA	10.2%
#412	Tract 9502	Calhoun, IA	10.2%
#413	Tract 9603	Decatur, IA	10.2%
#414	Tract 2902	Tama, IA	10.1%
#415	Tract 9603	Grundy, IA	10.1%
#416	Tract 9603	Adair, IA	10.1%
#417	Tract 9701	Fremont, IA	10.1%
#418	Tract 120	Scott, IA	10.1%
#419	Tract 9602	Washington, IA	10.1%
#420	Tract 7	Clinton, IA	10.0%
#421	Tract 137.05	Scott, IA	10.0%
#422	Tract 9602	Monona, IA	10.0%
#423	Tract 4505.01	Dickinson, IA	10.0%
#424	Tract 9608	Wapello, IA	10.0%
#425	Tract 9604	Palo Alto, IA	10.0%
#426	Tract 902	Ida, IA	9.9%
#427	Tract 6801	Winnebago, IA	9.9%
#428	Tract 9606	Wapello, IA	9.9%
#429	Tract 4801	Hardin, IA	9.9%
#430	Tract 9501	Guthrie, IA	9.9%
#431	Tract 1904	Cass, IA	9.8%
#432	Tract 14	Linn, IA	9.8%
#433	Tract 35	Woodbury, IA	9.8%
#434	Tract 12	Clinton, IA	9.8%
#435	Tract 9702	Henry, IA	9.7%
#436	Tract 312	Pottawattamie, IA	9.7%
#437	Tract 101.01	Scott, IA	9.7%
#438	Tract 3	Woodbury, IA	9.7%
#439	Tract 101	Linn, IA	9.7%
#440	Tract 9606	Buena Vista, IA	9.6%
#441	Tract 101.03	Dubuque, IA	9.6%
#442	Tract 307	Marion, IA	9.6%
#443	Tract 9507	Marshall, IA	9.6%
#444	Tract 4	Woodbury, IA	9.6%
#445	Tract 1803	Taylor, IA	9.6%
#446	Tract 108.02	Linn, IA	9.6%
#447	Tract 1802	Taylor, IA	9.6%
#448	Tract 33.01	Woodbury, IA	9.5%
#449	Tract 103	Story, IA	9.5%
#450	Tract 9505	Jackson, IA	9.5%
#451	Tract 111.14	Polk, IA	9.5%
#452	Tract 4805	Floyd, IA	9.5%
#453	Tract 10.02	Linn, IA	9.5%
#454	Tract 2703	Hancock, IA	9.4%
#455	Tract 802	Davis, IA	9.4%
#456	Tract 701	Sioux, IA	9.4%
#457	Tract 11.01	Linn, IA	9.4%
#458	Tract 805	Fayette, IA	9.3%
#459	Tract 9503	Buchanan, IA	9.3%
#460	Tract 5	Des Moines, IA	9.3%
#461	Tract 9603	Carroll, IA	9.3%
#462	Tract 101	Webster, IA	9.3%
#463	Tract 318	Pottawattamie, IA	9.3%
#464	Tract 9503	Winneshiek, IA	9.3%
#465	Tract 14	Johnson, IA	9.2%
#466	Tract 6803	Wright, IA	9.2%
#467	Tract 13.02	Black Hawk, IA	9.2%
#468	Tract 105	Story, IA	9.2%
#469	Tract 4511	Dickinson, IA	9.2%
#470	Tract 2903	Tama, IA	9.2%
#471	Tract 301.02	Marion, IA	9.2%
#472	Tract 12.05	Dubuque, IA	9.1%
#473	Tract 9502	Appanoose, IA	9.1%
#474	Tract 2.01	Woodbury, IA	9.1%
#475	Tract 9501	Appanoose, IA	9.1%
#476	Tract 706	Clayton, IA	9.1%
#477	Tract 803.01	Clay, IA	9.1%
#478	Tract 703	Clayton, IA	9.1%
#479	Tract 104	Story, IA	9.1%
#480	Tract 9603	Allamakee, IA	9.0%
#481	Tract 2904	Harrison, IA	9.0%
#482	Tract 3601	Franklin, IA	9.0%
#483	Tract 9601	Allamakee, IA	9.0%
#484	Tract 9601	Decatur, IA	9.0%
#485	Tract 704	Emmet, IA	9.0%
#486	Tract 4906	Page, IA	8.9%
#487	Tract 110.28	Polk, IA	8.9%
#488	Tract 9502	Winneshiek, IA	8.9%
#489	Tract 9702	Fremont, IA	8.8%
#490	Tract 801	Keokuk, IA	8.8%
#491	Tract 305.01	Pottawattamie, IA	8.8%
#492	Tract 9503	Cerro Gordo, IA	8.8%
#493	Tract 9604	Monona, IA	8.8%
#494	Tract 503	Muscatine, IA	8.8%
#495	Tract 1902	Cass, IA	8.8%
#496	Tract 4804	Hardin, IA	8.7%
#497	Tract 11	Clinton, IA	8.7%
#498	Tract 4502	Cedar, IA	8.7%
#499	Tract 9503	Guthrie, IA	8.7%
#500	Tract 402	Jasper, IA	8.7%