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Demographic Data Report for Iowa by County
Poverty: Persons 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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Iowa N/A 11.0 340,362 22 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Adams County Rural 9.5 339 669
Ringgold County Rural 9.0 403 566
Fremont County Rural 7.6 489 290
Worth County Rural 7.3 532 252
Pocahontas County Rural 8.7 599 501
Taylor County Rural 10.4 600 869
Lyon County Rural 5.3 634 60
Davis County Rural 7.2 647 237
Audubon County Rural 11.8 649 1,213
Monroe County Rural 9.2 676 602
Ida County Rural 10.4 701 869
Mitchell County Rural 6.9 713 191
Adair County Rural 10.3 753 848
Sac County Rural 7.9 757 339
Howard County Rural 8.4 778 434
Grundy County Urban 6.4 786 128
Calhoun County Rural 8.6 791 484
Chickasaw County Rural 7.1 827 215
Van Buren County Rural 12.2 874 1,290
Greene County Rural 10.4 897 869
Emmet County Rural 10.4 904 869
Monona County Rural 11.2 943 1,065
Wayne County Rural 15.0 961 1,944
Osceola County Rural 16.3 981 2,150
Guthrie County Urban 9.3 982 621
Shelby County Rural 8.5 984 458
Winnebago County Rural 9.8 988 729
Mills County Urban 6.9 989 191
Palo Alto County Rural 11.7 1,002 1,180
Louisa County Rural 9.9 1,042 753
Decatur County Rural 15.2 1,067 1,979
Harrison County Urban 7.5 1,079 277
Dickinson County Rural 6.3 1,103 118
Madison County Urban 6.8 1,127 178
Hamilton County Rural 8.0 1,171 357
Keokuk County Rural 12.0 1,175 1,249
Montgomery County Rural 12.0 1,201 1,249
Hancock County Rural 12.1 1,272 1,275
Humboldt County Rural 13.7 1,294 1,663
Clarke County Rural 13.8 1,304 1,681
Cedar County Rural 7.2 1,308 237
Delaware County Rural 7.9 1,368 339
Hardin County Rural 8.6 1,381 484
Kossuth County Rural 9.6 1,383 692
Lucas County Rural 16.5 1,415 2,195
Winneshiek County Rural 7.9 1,426 339
Buchanan County Rural 7.0 1,439 202
Union County Rural 12.6 1,480 1,398
Franklin County Rural 15.1 1,481 1,963
Butler County Rural 10.7 1,500 937
Iowa County Rural 9.2 1,502 602
Buena Vista County Rural 8.2 1,624 391
Allamakee County Rural 12.1 1,657 1,275
Carroll County Rural 8.3 1,693 413
Plymouth County Rural 6.8 1,712 178
Cherokee County Rural 15.2 1,717 1,979
Floyd County Rural 11.4 1,742 1,109
Boone County Urban 6.7 1,757 166
Bremer County Urban 7.5 1,767 277
Clay County Rural 11.5 1,848 1,138
Wright County Rural 14.8 1,867 1,910
Washington County Urban 8.5 1,876 458
Poweshiek County Rural 11.1 1,886 1,036
Page County Rural 13.4 1,887 1,600
O'Brien County Rural 13.8 1,910 1,681
Jackson County Rural 10.3 1,977 848
Benton County Urban 7.9 1,979 339
Jones County Urban 10.4 2,038 869
Jefferson County Rural 14.6 2,141 1,867
Sioux County Rural 6.4 2,172 128
Cass County Rural 17.4 2,243 2,337
Henry County Rural 12.1 2,248 1,275
Marion County Rural 7.1 2,248 215
Clayton County Rural 13.6 2,294 1,641
Fayette County Rural 12.5 2,333 1,373
Appanoose County Rural 20.4 2,468 2,690
Mahaska County Rural 11.9 2,527 1,235
Tama County Rural 15.4 2,544 2,022
Crawford County Rural 16.4 2,635 2,175
Warren County Urban 5.4 2,767 67
Jasper County Urban 8.2 2,942 391
Cerro Gordo County Rural 9.4 3,918 645
Webster County Rural 11.7 3,994 1,180
Lee County Rural 13.0 4,151 1,503
Marshall County Rural 11.1 4,275 1,036
Muscatine County Rural 11.6 4,858 1,154
Des Moines County Rural 14.1 5,354 1,752
Wapello County Rural 16.7 5,743 2,219
Clinton County Rural 13.1 5,962 1,530
Dallas County Urban 5.8 6,038 87
Dubuque County Urban 9.4 8,982 645
Pottawattamie County Urban 10.9 9,885 992
Woodbury County Urban 13.3 13,739 1,574
Story County Urban 18.6 16,046 2,511
Black Hawk County Urban 14.7 18,505 1,887
Scott County Urban 11.6 19,837 1,154
Linn County Urban 9.9 22,106 753
Johnson County Urban 16.7 24,608 2,219
Polk County Urban 10.1 49,165 807
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 3:15 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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