Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Iowa by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | N/A | 11.1 | 343,141 | 20 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,521,584 | N/A |
| Lyon County | Rural | 3.9 | 459 | 14 |
| Dallas County | Urban | 5.7 | 5,657 | 86 |
| Plymouth County | Rural | 5.7 | 1,433 | 87 |
| Grundy County | Urban | 5.9 | 724 | 102 |
| Sioux County | Rural | 6.1 | 2,039 | 116 |
| Madison County | Urban | 6.1 | 1,007 | 119 |
| Warren County | Urban | 6.2 | 3,135 | 123 |
| Dickinson County | Rural | 6.2 | 1,086 | 126 |
| Chickasaw County | Rural | 6.3 | 740 | 132 |
| Bremer County | Urban | 6.6 | 1,541 | 159 |
| Delaware County | Rural | 6.6 | 1,152 | 170 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 6.7 | 688 | 184 |
| Mills County | Urban | 6.9 | 996 | 211 |
| Buena Vista County | Rural | 7.1 | 1,391 | 236 |
| Worth County | Rural | 7.4 | 537 | 271 |
| Boone County | Urban | 7.5 | 1,956 | 290 |
| Washington County | Urban | 7.5 | 1,655 | 293 |
| Fremont County | Rural | 7.5 | 489 | 304 |
| Harrison County | Urban | 7.6 | 1,092 | 316 |
| Marion County | Rural | 7.7 | 2,438 | 326 |
| Winnebago County | Rural | 7.8 | 779 | 337 |
| Hamilton County | Rural | 7.8 | 1,144 | 340 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 7.8 | 1,587 | 341 |
| Cedar County | Rural | 7.8 | 1,418 | 345 |
| Ringgold County | Rural | 8.2 | 369 | 418 |
| Benton County | Urban | 8.3 | 2,089 | 429 |
| Hardin County | Rural | 8.4 | 1,355 | 451 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 8.5 | 496 | 471 |
| Buchanan County | Rural | 8.6 | 1,764 | 488 |
| Howard County | Rural | 8.7 | 805 | 498 |
| Sac County | Rural | 8.7 | 831 | 499 |
| Shelby County | Rural | 8.8 | 1,011 | 523 |
| Jasper County | Urban | 8.8 | 3,183 | 531 |
| Winneshiek County | Rural | 8.9 | 1,601 | 551 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 9.0 | 832 | 569 |
| Pocahontas County | Rural | 9.1 | 626 | 572 |
| Iowa County | Rural | 9.1 | 1,490 | 588 |
| Cerro Gordo County | Rural | 9.3 | 3,929 | 632 |
| Davis County | Rural | 9.4 | 843 | 645 |
| Adams County | Rural | 9.5 | 341 | 659 |
| Linn County | Urban | 9.5 | 21,239 | 663 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 9.9 | 1,046 | 759 |
| Dubuque County | Urban | 10.0 | 9,479 | 766 |
| Louisa County | Rural | 10.1 | 1,072 | 788 |
| Adair County | Rural | 10.1 | 736 | 791 |
| Guthrie County | Urban | 10.1 | 1,061 | 799 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 10.2 | 1,967 | 824 |
| Polk County | Urban | 10.3 | 50,072 | 840 |
| Kossuth County | Rural | 10.5 | 1,514 | 874 |
| Palo Alto County | Rural | 10.7 | 913 | 912 |
| Poweshiek County | Rural | 10.8 | 1,828 | 928 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 10.8 | 805 | 940 |
| Floyd County | Rural | 10.9 | 1,673 | 951 |
| Van Buren County | Rural | 11.1 | 788 | 1,010 |
| Marshall County | Rural | 11.2 | 4,294 | 1,030 |
| Henry County | Rural | 11.3 | 2,125 | 1,067 |
| Pottawattamie County | Urban | 11.3 | 10,317 | 1,073 |
| Jones County | Urban | 11.4 | 2,218 | 1,089 |
| Clay County | Rural | 11.5 | 1,845 | 1,102 |
| Ida County | Rural | 11.5 | 785 | 1,117 |
| Greene County | Rural | 11.5 | 999 | 1,121 |
| Allamakee County | Rural | 11.6 | 1,594 | 1,144 |
| Muscatine County | Rural | 11.7 | 4,937 | 1,172 |
| Butler County | Rural | 11.8 | 1,669 | 1,198 |
| Fayette County | Rural | 11.8 | 2,232 | 1,199 |
| Audubon County | Rural | 11.8 | 652 | 1,200 |
| Union County | Rural | 11.9 | 1,401 | 1,215 |
| Scott County | Urban | 11.9 | 20,277 | 1,216 |
| Mahaska County | Rural | 12.0 | 2,552 | 1,240 |
| O'Brien County | Rural | 12.1 | 1,683 | 1,270 |
| Webster County | Rural | 12.2 | 4,151 | 1,273 |
| Keokuk County | Rural | 12.2 | 1,207 | 1,289 |
| Monona County | Rural | 12.3 | 1,040 | 1,302 |
| Clinton County | Rural | 12.4 | 5,649 | 1,347 |
| Osceola County | Rural | 12.6 | 760 | 1,400 |
| Emmet County | Rural | 12.7 | 1,096 | 1,408 |
| Lee County | Rural | 12.8 | 4,092 | 1,421 |
| Clayton County | Rural | 13.0 | 2,194 | 1,481 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 13.3 | 847 | 1,549 |
| Humboldt County | Rural | 13.3 | 1,267 | 1,555 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 13.3 | 1,506 | 1,556 |
| Page County | Rural | 13.4 | 1,918 | 1,580 |
| Woodbury County | Urban | 13.5 | 13,876 | 1,599 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 13.7 | 1,353 | 1,660 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 14.0 | 2,074 | 1,702 |
| Wright County | Rural | 14.3 | 1,810 | 1,772 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 14.5 | 1,011 | 1,806 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 14.5 | 1,461 | 1,807 |
| Des Moines County | Rural | 14.6 | 5,557 | 1,830 |
| Tama County | Rural | 15.2 | 2,513 | 1,939 |
| Cass County | Rural | 15.3 | 1,973 | 1,977 |
| Black Hawk County | Urban | 15.7 | 19,808 | 2,031 |
| Lucas County | Rural | 16.6 | 1,422 | 2,214 |
| Johnson County | Urban | 16.9 | 24,647 | 2,269 |
| Clarke County | Rural | 16.9 | 1,611 | 2,277 |
| Crawford County | Rural | 17.0 | 2,759 | 2,289 |
| Appanoose County | Rural | 17.3 | 2,104 | 2,340 |
| Wapello County | Rural | 17.4 | 6,001 | 2,351 |
| Story County | Urban | 19.6 | 16,953 | 2,607 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 8:33 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 8:33 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.