Ranking of Iowa Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on December 6, 2023.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for Iowa was 11.01%. Among all Iowa counties, Story County had the highest poverty rate (19.42%), followed by Appanoose County (19.36%), and Crawford County (18.06%). On the other hand, the following 3 counties had the lowest poverty rate: Lyon County (4.55%), Mitchell County (4.9%), and Grundy County (5.15%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Iowa counties with high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Related Topics: Iowa ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021
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| Rank | County | Poverty Rate (%) |
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| 1 | Story County | 19.42 |
| 2 | Appanoose County | 19.36 |
| 3 | Crawford County | 18.06 |
| 4 | Johnson County | 16.70 |
| 5 | Clarke County | 15.82 |
| 6 | Decatur County | 15.30 |
| 7 | Wapello County | 15.23 |
| 8 | Black Hawk County | 14.97 |
| 9 | Humboldt County | 14.28 |
| 9 | Webster County | 14.28 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 14.17 |
| 11 | Des Moines County | 13.97 |
| 12 | Lucas County | 13.92 |
| 13 | Page County | 13.91 |
| 14 | Cass County | 13.87 |
| 15 | Wayne County | 13.56 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 13.47 |
| 17 | Woodbury County | 13.39 |
| 18 | Wright County | 13.13 |
| 19 | Monona County | 13.11 |
| 20 | Mahaska County | 13.03 |
| 21 | Lee County | 12.99 |
| 22 | Tama County | 12.82 |
| 23 | Van Buren County | 12.73 |
| 24 | Clinton County | 12.72 |
| 25 | Emmet County | 12.60 |
| 26 | Franklin County | 12.56 |
| 27 | O'Brien County | 12.55 |
| 28 | Keokuk County | 12.50 |
| 29 | Union County | 12.39 |
| 30 | Clay County | 12.22 |
| 31 | Fayette County | 12.19 |
| 32 | Clayton County | 12.18 |
| 33 | Cherokee County | 12.09 |
| 34 | Poweshiek County | 12.00 |
| 35 | Ida County | 11.87 |
| 36 | Marshall County | 11.86 |
| 37 | Scott County | 11.84 |
| 38 | Floyd County | 11.82 |
| 39 | Adams County | 11.71 |
| 40 | Osceola County | 11.51 |
| 41 | Adair County | 11.50 |
| 42 | Kossuth County | 11.48 |
| 43 | Audubon County | 11.31 |
| 44 | Greene County | 11.23 |
| 45 | Jackson County | 11.13 |
| 46 | Butler County | 11.12 |
| 47 | Pottawattamie County | 10.87 |
| 48 | Hancock County | 10.74 |
| 49 | Calhoun County | 10.67 |
| 50 | Allamakee County | 10.51 |
| 51 | Monroe County | 10.48 |
| 52 | Muscatine County | 10.45 |
| 53 | Henry County | 10.26 |
| 54 | Pocahontas County | 10.21 |
| 55 | Polk County | 10.10 |
| 56 | Louisa County | 10.04 |
| 57 | Buena Vista County | 9.92 |
| 58 | Jones County | 9.90 |
| 59 | Guthrie County | 9.78 |
| 60 | Davis County | 9.61 |
| 61 | Cerro Gordo County | 9.60 |
| 62 | Linn County | 9.57 |
| 63 | Ringgold County | 9.44 |
| 64 | Dubuque County | 9.31 |
| 65 | Iowa County | 9.26 |
| 66 | Palo Alto County | 9.08 |
| 67 | Hardin County | 8.96 |
| 68 | Jasper County | 8.78 |
| 69 | Delaware County | 8.56 |
| 70 | Benton County | 8.49 |
| 71 | Harrison County | 8.48 |
| 72 | Sac County | 8.30 |
| 73 | Carroll County | 8.28 |
| 74 | Howard County | 8.23 |
| 74 | Winneshiek County | 8.23 |
| 75 | Shelby County | 8.11 |
| 76 | Buchanan County | 8.03 |
| 77 | Fremont County | 8.00 |
| 78 | Hamilton County | 7.84 |
| 79 | Taylor County | 7.67 |
| 80 | Cedar County | 7.62 |
| 81 | Marion County | 7.47 |
| 82 | Bremer County | 7.42 |
| 83 | Dickinson County | 7.21 |
| 84 | Winnebago County | 7.16 |
| 85 | Mills County | 7.15 |
| 86 | Washington County | 7.10 |
| 87 | Worth County | 7.01 |
| 88 | Madison County | 6.67 |
| 89 | Boone County | 6.60 |
| 90 | Plymouth County | 6.31 |
| 91 | Chickasaw County | 6.24 |
| 92 | Warren County | 5.95 |
| 93 | Dallas County | 5.68 |
| 94 | Sioux County | 5.45 |
| 95 | Grundy County | 5.15 |
| 96 | Mitchell County | 4.90 |
| 97 | Lyon County | 4.55 |