# Counties in Iowa by poverty rate, 2024

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in families or alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), all ages.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/official-poverty-rate/iowa-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/official-poverty-rate/iowa-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Decatur County | 18.1 |
| 2 | Johnson County | 17.7 |
| 3 | Van Buren County | 16.8 |
| 4 | Story County | 15.9 |
| 5 | Appanoose County | 15.8 |
| 6 | Wapello County | 15.6 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 14.6 |
| 8 | Page County | 14.5 |
| 9 | Lucas County | 14.3 |
| 10 | Black Hawk County | 14.2 |
| 11 | Des Moines County | 14 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 14 |
| 13 | Pottawattamie County | 13.9 |
| 14 | Lee County | 13.7 |
| 15 | Woodbury County | 13.6 |
| 16 | Union County | 13.4 |
| 17 | Calhoun County | 13.3 |
| 17 | Muscatine County | 13.3 |
| 17 | Ringgold County | 13.3 |
| 20 | Webster County | 13.1 |
| 21 | Clinton County | 13 |
| 22 | Fayette County | 12.9 |
| 22 | Henry County | 12.9 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 12.9 |
| 25 | Hardin County | 12.5 |
| 26 | Marshall County | 12.4 |
| 26 | Taylor County | 12.4 |
| 28 | Adams County | 12.1 |
| 29 | Jones County | 12 |
| 30 | Emmet County | 11.9 |
| 31 | Palo Alto County | 11.8 |
| 31 | Poweshiek County | 11.8 |
| 33 | Crawford County | 11.7 |
| 33 | Scott County | 11.7 |
| 35 | Cass County | 11.6 |
| 35 | Mahaska County | 11.6 |
| 35 | Tama County | 11.6 |
| 38 | Keokuk County | 11.5 |
| 38 | Sac County | 11.5 |
| 40 | Clay County | 11.3 |
| 40 | Floyd County | 11.3 |
| 40 | Greene County | 11.3 |
| 40 | Monroe County | 11.3 |
| 44 | Franklin County | 11.2 |
| 44 | Humboldt County | 11.2 |
| 46 | Monona County | 11.1 |
| 46 | Osceola County | 11.1 |
| 48 | Audubon County | 11 |
| 48 | Dubuque County | 11 |
| 48 | Jackson County | 11 |
| 48 | Pocahontas County | 11 |
| 52 | Clarke County | 10.9 |
| 53 | Wright County | 10.8 |
| 54 | Buena Vista County | 10.7 |
| 55 | Ida County | 10.6 |
| 56 | Allamakee County | 10.5 |
| 56 | Buchanan County | 10.5 |
| 58 | Cerro Gordo County | 10.4 |
| 58 | Cherokee County | 10.4 |
| 58 | Davis County | 10.4 |
| 58 | Mitchell County | 10.4 |
| 58 | Winnebago County | 10.4 |
| 63 | Adair County | 10.2 |
| 63 | Fremont County | 10.2 |
| 63 | Polk County | 10.2 |
| 66 | Worth County | 10 |
| 67 | Marion County | 9.8 |
| 67 | Mills County | 9.8 |
| 69 | Clayton County | 9.7 |
| 69 | Howard County | 9.7 |
| 71 | Linn County | 9.6 |
| 72 | Louisa County | 9.5 |
| 73 | Hancock County | 9.4 |
| 74 | Jasper County | 9.3 |
| 74 | O'Brien County | 9.3 |
| 76 | Chickasaw County | 9.2 |
| 77 | Washington County | 9 |
| 78 | Kossuth County | 8.9 |
| 78 | Winneshiek County | 8.9 |
| 80 | Butler County | 8.8 |
| 80 | Guthrie County | 8.8 |
| 82 | Delaware County | 8.5 |
| 83 | Hamilton County | 8.3 |
| 84 | Boone County | 8.2 |
| 84 | Shelby County | 8.2 |
| 86 | Dickinson County | 8.1 |
| 87 | Carroll County | 8 |
| 88 | Cedar County | 7.9 |
| 89 | Harrison County | 7.6 |
| 89 | Plymouth County | 7.6 |
| 91 | Lyon County | 7.3 |
| 91 | Sioux County | 7.3 |
| 93 | Benton County | 7.2 |
| 93 | Bremer County | 7.2 |
| 95 | Iowa County | 7.1 |
| 96 | Warren County | 6.6 |
| 97 | Madison County | 6.4 |
| 98 | Grundy County | 6.2 |
| 99 | Dallas County | 5.2 |