Iowa Counties by Poverty Rate

Name: Iowa Counties by Poverty Rate
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

The poverty rate measures the share of residents with income below the federal threshold. It varies by household size and is a key indicator of economic hardship.

All 99 counties ranked by Poverty Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs

#	Counties	Poverty Rate ↑
1	Bremer County, Iowa	0.0%
2	Marshall County, Iowa	0.0%
3	Harrison County, Iowa	0.7%
4	Cherokee County, Iowa	0.7%
5	Calhoun County, Iowa	1.0%
6	Greene County, Iowa	1.2%
7	Grundy County, Iowa	1.6%
8	Emmet County, Iowa	1.7%
9	Henry County, Iowa	1.8%
10	Clay County, Iowa	2.0%
11	Audubon County, Iowa	2.4%
12	Adair County, Iowa	2.7%
13	Warren County, Iowa	3.1%
14	Dickinson County, Iowa	3.1%
15	Hardin County, Iowa	3.2%
16	Adams County, Iowa	3.2%
17	Iowa County, Iowa	3.4%
18	Ringgold County, Iowa	3.6%
19	Decatur County, Iowa	3.6%
20	Crawford County, Iowa	3.8%
21	Sioux County, Iowa	3.9%
22	Floyd County, Iowa	4.0%
23	Hancock County, Iowa	4.0%
24	Sac County, Iowa	4.1%
25	Benton County, Iowa	4.2%
26	Boone County, Iowa	4.3%
27	Dallas County, Iowa	4.4%
28	Worth County, Iowa	4.5%
29	Cedar County, Iowa	4.6%
30	Winneshiek County, Iowa	4.7%
31	Buchanan County, Iowa	4.8%
32	Louisa County, Iowa	5.0%
33	Mills County, Iowa	5.1%
34	Story County, Iowa	5.1%
35	Jasper County, Iowa	5.2%
36	Fremont County, Iowa	5.2%
37	Davis County, Iowa	5.5%
38	Chickasaw County, Iowa	5.5%
39	Lyon County, Iowa	5.7%
40	Poweshiek County, Iowa	5.8%
41	Johnson County, Iowa	5.9%
42	Des Moines County, Iowa	6.0%
43	Kossuth County, Iowa	6.0%
44	Washington County, Iowa	6.0%
45	Ida County, Iowa	6.1%
46	Howard County, Iowa	6.2%
47	Webster County, Iowa	6.3%
48	Carroll County, Iowa	6.3%
49	Marion County, Iowa	6.3%
50	Jackson County, Iowa	6.4%
51	Dubuque County, Iowa	6.4%
52	Linn County, Iowa	6.4%
53	Taylor County, Iowa	6.6%
54	Guthrie County, Iowa	6.7%
55	Pottawattamie County, Iowa	7.1%
56	Delaware County, Iowa	7.3%
57	Clayton County, Iowa	7.3%
58	Jefferson County, Iowa	7.5%
59	Palo Alto County, Iowa	7.6%
60	Scott County, Iowa	7.8%
61	Winnebago County, Iowa	7.9%
62	Jones County, Iowa	8.2%
63	Clarke County, Iowa	8.3%
64	Shelby County, Iowa	8.8%
65	Fayette County, Iowa	9.0%
66	Union County, Iowa	9.0%
67	Clinton County, Iowa	9.2%
68	Allamakee County, Iowa	9.4%
69	Van Buren County, Iowa	9.5%
70	Appanoose County, Iowa	9.6%
71	Humboldt County, Iowa	10.4%
72	Woodbury County, Iowa	10.4%
73	Franklin County, Iowa	10.5%
74	Cerro Gordo County, Iowa	11.0%
75	Montgomery County, Iowa	11.0%
76	Tama County, Iowa	11.1%
77	Wayne County, Iowa	11.2%
78	Lucas County, Iowa	12.4%
79	Wapello County, Iowa	12.6%
80	Buena Vista County, Iowa	13.0%
81	Page County, Iowa	13.4%
82	Keokuk County, Iowa	13.5%
83	Wright County, Iowa	13.6%
84	Lee County, Iowa	13.9%
85	Polk County, Iowa	15.4%
86	Pocahontas County, Iowa	16.5%
87	Mahaska County, Iowa	16.7%
88	Cass County, Iowa	17.8%
89	Osceola County, Iowa	18.6%
90	Plymouth County, Iowa	18.6%
91	Butler County, Iowa	23.1%
92	Mitchell County, Iowa	23.1%
93	Monroe County, Iowa	23.9%
94	Hamilton County, Iowa	23.9%
95	Muscatine County, Iowa	26.0%
96	Black Hawk County, Iowa	26.3%
97	O'Brien County, Iowa	27.7%
98	Madison County, Iowa	29.2%
99	Monona County, Iowa	32.6%