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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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United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Iowa N/A 11.0 340,362 22 of 52
Polk County Urban 10.1 49,165 807
Johnson County Urban 16.7 24,608 2,219
Linn County Urban 9.9 22,106 753
Scott County Urban 11.6 19,837 1,154
Black Hawk County Urban 14.7 18,505 1,887
Story County Urban 18.6 16,046 2,511
Woodbury County Urban 13.3 13,739 1,574
Pottawattamie County Urban 10.9 9,885 992
Dubuque County Urban 9.4 8,982 645
Dallas County Urban 5.8 6,038 87
Clinton County Rural 13.1 5,962 1,530
Wapello County Rural 16.7 5,743 2,219
Des Moines County Rural 14.1 5,354 1,752
Muscatine County Rural 11.6 4,858 1,154
Marshall County Rural 11.1 4,275 1,036
Lee County Rural 13.0 4,151 1,503
Webster County Rural 11.7 3,994 1,180
Cerro Gordo County Rural 9.4 3,918 645
Jasper County Urban 8.2 2,942 391
Warren County Urban 5.4 2,767 67
Crawford County Rural 16.4 2,635 2,175
Tama County Rural 15.4 2,544 2,022
Mahaska County Rural 11.9 2,527 1,235
Appanoose County Rural 20.4 2,468 2,690
Fayette County Rural 12.5 2,333 1,373
Clayton County Rural 13.6 2,294 1,641
Henry County Rural 12.1 2,248 1,275
Marion County Rural 7.1 2,248 215
Cass County Rural 17.4 2,243 2,337
Sioux County Rural 6.4 2,172 128
Jefferson County Rural 14.6 2,141 1,867
Jones County Urban 10.4 2,038 869
Benton County Urban 7.9 1,979 339
Jackson County Rural 10.3 1,977 848
O'Brien County Rural 13.8 1,910 1,681
Page County Rural 13.4 1,887 1,600
Poweshiek County Rural 11.1 1,886 1,036
Washington County Urban 8.5 1,876 458
Wright County Rural 14.8 1,867 1,910
Clay County Rural 11.5 1,848 1,138
Bremer County Urban 7.5 1,767 277
Boone County Urban 6.7 1,757 166
Floyd County Rural 11.4 1,742 1,109
Cherokee County Rural 15.2 1,717 1,979
Plymouth County Rural 6.8 1,712 178
Carroll County Rural 8.3 1,693 413
Allamakee County Rural 12.1 1,657 1,275
Buena Vista County Rural 8.2 1,624 391
Iowa County Rural 9.2 1,502 602
Butler County Rural 10.7 1,500 937
Franklin County Rural 15.1 1,481 1,963
Union County Rural 12.6 1,480 1,398
Buchanan County Rural 7.0 1,439 202
Winneshiek County Rural 7.9 1,426 339
Lucas County Rural 16.5 1,415 2,195
Kossuth County Rural 9.6 1,383 692
Hardin County Rural 8.6 1,381 484
Delaware County Rural 7.9 1,368 339
Cedar County Rural 7.2 1,308 237
Clarke County Rural 13.8 1,304 1,681
Humboldt County Rural 13.7 1,294 1,663
Hancock County Rural 12.1 1,272 1,275
Montgomery County Rural 12.0 1,201 1,249
Keokuk County Rural 12.0 1,175 1,249
Hamilton County Rural 8.0 1,171 357
Madison County Urban 6.8 1,127 178
Dickinson County Rural 6.3 1,103 118
Harrison County Urban 7.5 1,079 277
Decatur County Rural 15.2 1,067 1,979
Louisa County Rural 9.9 1,042 753
Palo Alto County Rural 11.7 1,002 1,180
Mills County Urban 6.9 989 191
Winnebago County Rural 9.8 988 729
Shelby County Rural 8.5 984 458
Guthrie County Urban 9.3 982 621
Osceola County Rural 16.3 981 2,150
Wayne County Rural 15.0 961 1,944
Monona County Rural 11.2 943 1,065
Emmet County Rural 10.4 904 869
Greene County Rural 10.4 897 869
Van Buren County Rural 12.2 874 1,290
Chickasaw County Rural 7.1 827 215
Calhoun County Rural 8.6 791 484
Grundy County Urban 6.4 786 128
Howard County Rural 8.4 778 434
Sac County Rural 7.9 757 339
Adair County Rural 10.3 753 848
Mitchell County Rural 6.9 713 191
Ida County Rural 10.4 701 869
Monroe County Rural 9.2 676 602
Audubon County Rural 11.8 649 1,213
Davis County Rural 7.2 647 237
Lyon County Rural 5.3 634 60
Taylor County Rural 10.4 600 869
Pocahontas County Rural 8.7 599 501
Worth County Rural 7.3 532 252
Fremont County Rural 7.6 489 290
Ringgold County Rural 9.0 403 566
Adams County Rural 9.5 339 669
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:03 pm.

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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