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Demographic Data Report for Missouri 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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Missouri N/A 12.6 756,528 31 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Scotland County Rural 7.1 329 215
Worth County Rural 17.6 338 2,369
Schuyler County Rural 9.7 390 708
Holt County Rural 9.8 405 729
Mercer County Rural 14.7 506 1,887
Knox County Rural 14.7 537 1,887
Clark County Rural 9.4 613 645
Atchison County Rural 12.5 639 1,373
Putnam County Rural 16.2 744 2,140
DeKalb County Urban 8.7 775 501
Sullivan County Rural 14.7 849 1,887
Chariton County Rural 11.9 850 1,235
Carroll County Rural 10.8 901 965
Shelby County Rural 15.6 902 2,050
Gentry County Rural 15.6 948 2,050
Carter County Rural 19.2 988 2,584
Reynolds County Rural 17.9 1,048 2,418
Dade County Rural 14.1 1,052 1,752
Daviess County Rural 13.2 1,095 1,552
Caldwell County Urban 13.0 1,130 1,503
Shannon County Rural 16.7 1,155 2,219
Howard County Urban 12.8 1,203 1,452
Maries County Rural 14.9 1,246 1,928
Bollinger County Urban 12.2 1,272 1,290
Harrison County Rural 16.1 1,278 2,126
Ralls County Rural 12.6 1,302 1,398
Andrew County Urban 7.4 1,316 259
Osage County Urban 10.1 1,318 807
Monroe County Rural 16.0 1,360 2,114
Lewis County Rural 15.3 1,400 1,995
Ste. Genevieve County Rural 7.9 1,431 339
Moniteau County Urban 10.4 1,464 869
St. Clair County Rural 16.3 1,489 2,150
Macon County Rural 10.0 1,497 772
Livingston County Rural 12.2 1,596 1,290
Grundy County Rural 16.8 1,600 2,236
Montgomery County Rural 14.5 1,612 1,844
Gasconade County Rural 11.3 1,626 1,088
Hickory County Rural 19.5 1,627 2,619
Cooper County Urban 10.8 1,676 965
Madison County Rural 14.0 1,736 1,728
Oregon County Rural 21.9 1,858 2,815
Iron County Rural 20.7 1,884 2,716
Ozark County Rural 21.7 1,886 2,804
Linn County Rural 16.2 1,895 2,140
Douglas County Rural 16.9 1,977 2,255
Perry County Rural 11.0 2,037 1,010
Dent County Rural 14.3 2,046 1,803
Ripley County Rural 19.7 2,097 2,634
Cedar County Rural 17.0 2,417 2,275
Mississippi County Rural 23.0 2,454 2,898
Barton County Rural 22.2 2,559 2,841
Pike County Rural 16.3 2,582 2,150
Clinton County Urban 12.8 2,650 1,452
Wayne County Rural 25.1 2,697 2,983
Ray County Urban 12.0 2,751 1,249
New Madrid County Rural 18.6 2,894 2,511
Bates County Urban 18.7 2,937 2,520
Crawford County Rural 13.6 3,053 1,641
Lafayette County Urban 9.7 3,161 708
Saline County Rural 14.7 3,169 1,887
Wright County Rural 17.6 3,221 2,369
Benton County Rural 16.7 3,264 2,219
Warren County Urban 9.3 3,351 621
Nodaway County Rural 18.6 3,408 2,511
Henry County Rural 16.3 3,548 2,150
Morgan County Rural 17.0 3,566 2,275
Randolph County Rural 15.8 3,573 2,080
Miller County Rural 14.6 3,598 1,867
Vernon County Rural 19.0 3,609 2,568
Dallas County Urban 21.4 3,649 2,782
Marion County Rural 13.6 3,735 1,641
McDonald County Rural 17.2 3,998 2,305
Washington County Rural 18.2 4,095 2,463
Pemiscot County Rural 27.4 4,109 3,039
Audrain County Rural 18.0 4,231 2,433
Stone County Rural 14.0 4,363 1,728
Texas County Rural 19.3 4,548 2,595
Callaway County Urban 11.5 4,682 1,138
Stoddard County Rural 17.0 4,768 2,275
Adair County Rural 21.2 4,942 2,764
Scott County Rural 14.5 5,378 1,844
Polk County Urban 17.9 5,486 2,418
Pulaski County Rural 12.8 5,608 1,452
Camden County Rural 13.2 5,642 1,552
Barry County Rural 16.7 5,714 2,219
Pettis County Rural 13.4 5,714 1,600
Dunklin County Rural 21.4 5,788 2,782
Johnson County Rural 11.9 5,955 1,235
Lawrence County Rural 16.5 6,202 2,195
Webster County Urban 16.1 6,237 2,126
Lincoln County Urban 10.7 6,454 937
Laclede County Rural 18.6 6,632 2,511
Cole County Urban 9.3 6,769 621
Cass County Urban 6.5 6,984 142
Phelps County Rural 17.2 7,216 2,305
Platte County Urban 6.8 7,370 178
Newton County Urban 13.4 7,810 1,600
Christian County Urban 8.7 7,831 501
Taney County Rural 14.4 7,870 1,824
Butler County Rural 20.3 8,360 2,678
Howell County Rural 21.4 8,427 2,782
Franklin County Urban 8.2 8,534 391
St. Francois County Rural 17.0 10,427 2,275
Cape Girardeau County Urban 14.1 11,024 1,752
Buchanan County Urban 16.9 13,568 2,255
St. Charles County Urban 4.7 18,911 30
Jefferson County Urban 8.6 19,263 484
Clay County Urban 8.5 21,452 458
Jasper County Urban 18.4 22,229 2,485
Boone County Urban 17.1 30,192 2,293
Greene County Urban 14.4 41,698 1,824
St. Louis City Urban 19.8 56,166 2,642
St. Louis County Urban 9.6 93,427 692
Jackson County Urban 13.8 97,685 1,681
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:19 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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