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Demographic Data Report for Iowa by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
Iowa N/A 6.9 55,842 16 of 52
Polk County Urban 7.1 8,719 964
Linn County Urban 6.4 3,759 755
Scott County Urban 7.8 3,488 1,175
Black Hawk County Urban 8.8 2,713 1,489
Woodbury County Urban 10.4 2,689 1,894
Johnson County Urban 6.1 1,981 666
Pottawattamie County Urban 7.1 1,679 964
Dubuque County Urban 5.3 1,352 458
Dallas County Urban 4.4 1,184 257
Wapello County Rural 12.6 1,159 2,341
Clinton County Rural 9.2 1,128 1,613
Muscatine County Rural 9.7 1,109 1,757
Des Moines County Rural 10.4 1,068 1,894
Story County Urban 5.1 969 412
Marshall County Rural 7.7 773 1,144
Lee County Rural 8.4 739 1,362
Cerro Gordo County Rural 5.5 612 501
Crawford County Rural 13.6 580 2,494
Webster County Rural 6.3 532 721
Jasper County Urban 5.2 501 435
Tama County Rural 11.1 498 2,047
Wright County Rural 13.6 485 2,494
Cass County Rural 13.3 464 2,455
Warren County Urban 3.1 448 66
Fayette County Rural 9.0 443 1,551
Jones County Urban 8.2 433 1,292
Henry County Rural 8.4 419 1,362
Marion County Rural 4.4 403 257
Mahaska County Rural 6.9 397 890
Sioux County Rural 3.9 367 160
Washington County Urban 6.0 360 637
Jackson County Rural 6.4 351 755
Allamakee County Rural 9.4 350 1,665
Clayton County Rural 7.7 350 1,144
Appanoose County Rural 10.8 346 1,985
O'Brien County Rural 9.1 336 1,580
Butler County Rural 7.8 328 1,175
Carroll County Rural 5.9 310 609
Page County Rural 8.3 300 1,320
Cherokee County Rural 9.6 297 1,726
Hamilton County Rural 7.7 296 1,144
Lucas County Rural 12.4 293 2,298
Plymouth County Rural 4.1 293 191
Delaware County Rural 6.1 290 666
Benton County Urban 4.2 288 215
Shelby County Rural 8.8 285 1,489
Humboldt County Rural 10.4 280 1,894
Jefferson County Rural 7.5 280 1,082
Keokuk County Rural 10.8 278 1,985
Franklin County Rural 10.5 274 1,912
Montgomery County Rural 9.2 270 1,613
Buchanan County Rural 4.8 268 332
Bremer County Urban 4.1 266 191
Clay County Rural 6.6 265 807
Union County Rural 9.0 264 1,551
Floyd County Rural 6.7 263 833
Iowa County Rural 6.0 260 637
Poweshiek County Rural 5.8 257 589
Hancock County Rural 8.0 251 1,231
Buena Vista County Rural 5.3 243 458
Winneshiek County Rural 4.7 243 309
Boone County Urban 3.3 240 86
Kossuth County Rural 6.0 230 637
Decatur County Rural 12.0 228 2,237
Clarke County Rural 8.3 223 1,320
Winnebago County Rural 7.9 222 1,205
Guthrie County Urban 6.7 218 833
Hardin County Rural 4.9 213 358
Palo Alto County Rural 9.6 210 1,726
Osceola County Rural 12.6 201 2,341
Cedar County Rural 3.9 198 160
Harrison County Urban 4.7 197 309
Louisa County Rural 6.3 195 721
Wayne County Rural 11.2 187 2,077
Chickasaw County Rural 5.5 177 501
Van Buren County Rural 9.5 174 1,694
Greene County Rural 7.2 171 988
Howard County Rural 6.2 155 691
Emmet County Rural 6.9 153 890
Dickinson County Rural 3.1 151 66
Mitchell County Rural 5.0 144 384
Grundy County Urban 4.1 140 191
Calhoun County Rural 5.7 139 561
Madison County Urban 3.2 138 78
Monona County Rural 5.8 134 589
Davis County Rural 5.5 133 501
Ida County Rural 6.1 110 666
Audubon County Rural 7.1 109 964
Sac County Rural 4.1 107 191
Taylor County Rural 6.6 105 807
Lyon County Rural 3.1 100 66
Worth County Rural 4.5 95 275
Adair County Rural 5.0 92 384
Fremont County Rural 5.2 92 435
Pocahontas County Rural 4.9 88 358
Mills County Urban 2.4 87 34
Monroe County Rural 4.2 78 215
Ringgold County Rural 3.6 47 125
Adams County Rural 3.6 35 125
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/12/2025 5:57 am.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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