# Counties in Iowa by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Story County | 18.2 |
| 2 | Appanoose County | 17.5 |
| 3 | Johnson County | 17.1 |
| 4 | Wright County | 16.8 |
| 5 | Osceola County | 16 |
| 6 | Wapello County | 15.8 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 15.3 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 15.2 |
| 9 | Van Buren County | 15.1 |
| 10 | Black Hawk County | 15 |
| 10 | Lucas County | 15 |
| 12 | Tama County | 14.8 |
| 13 | Crawford County | 14.8 |
| 14 | Decatur County | 14.6 |
| 15 | Cass County | 14.3 |
| 16 | Woodbury County | 14 |
| 17 | Page County | 13.8 |
| 18 | Muscatine County | 13.7 |
| 19 | Franklin County | 13.6 |
| 20 | O'Brien County | 13.3 |
| 21 | Clinton County | 13.2 |
| 22 | Lee County | 13.1 |
| 23 | Humboldt County | 12.9 |
| 24 | Webster County | 12.9 |
| 25 | Des Moines County | 12.8 |
| 26 | Mahaska County | 12.6 |
| 27 | Union County | 12.4 |
| 28 | Hancock County | 12.2 |
| 29 | Keokuk County | 12.1 |
| 30 | Pottawattamie County | 12.1 |
| 31 | Cherokee County | 12.1 |
| 32 | Jones County | 12 |
| 33 | Fayette County | 12 |
| 34 | Henry County | 12 |
| 35 | Audubon County | 11.8 |
| 36 | Palo Alto County | 11.6 |
| 37 | Floyd County | 11.6 |
| 38 | Scott County | 11.5 |
| 39 | Clay County | 11.4 |
| 40 | Ida County | 11.3 |
| 41 | Winnebago County | 11.2 |
| 42 | Marshall County | 11.2 |
| 43 | Taylor County | 11 |
| 44 | Clayton County | 10.9 |
| 45 | Poweshiek County | 10.8 |
| 46 | Monona County | 10.6 |
| 47 | Cerro Gordo County | 10.6 |
| 48 | Pocahontas County | 10.3 |
| 49 | Polk County | 10.3 |
| 50 | Wayne County | 10.1 |
| 51 | Allamakee County | 10.1 |
| 52 | Emmet County | 10 |
| 53 | Guthrie County | 9.9 |
| 54 | Louisa County | 9.8 |
| 55 | Greene County | 9.8 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 9.7 |
| 57 | Hardin County | 9.7 |
| 58 | Dubuque County | 9.7 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 9.7 |
| 60 | Adair County | 9.5 |
| 61 | Mitchell County | 9.5 |
| 62 | Linn County | 9.4 |
| 63 | Calhoun County | 9.3 |
| 64 | Butler County | 9.2 |
| 65 | Monroe County | 9.2 |
| 66 | Sac County | 9.2 |
| 67 | Adams County | 9.1 |
| 68 | Howard County | 8.9 |
| 69 | Iowa County | 8.9 |
| 70 | Chickasaw County | 8.8 |
| 71 | Ringgold County | 8.8 |
| 72 | Buchanan County | 8.6 |
| 73 | Winneshiek County | 8.4 |
| 74 | Jasper County | 8.3 |
| 75 | Kossuth County | 8.2 |
| 76 | Mills County | 8.2 |
| 77 | Washington County | 8.2 |
| 78 | Marion County | 8.2 |
| 78 | Worth County | 8.2 |
| 80 | Carroll County | 7.9 |
| 81 | Buena Vista County | 7.8 |
| 82 | Delaware County | 7.8 |
| 83 | Fremont County | 7.7 |
| 84 | Shelby County | 7.6 |
| 85 | Dickinson County | 7.6 |
| 86 | Hamilton County | 7.4 |
| 87 | Benton County | 7.4 |
| 88 | Cedar County | 7.3 |
| 89 | Bremer County | 7.3 |
| 90 | Davis County | 7.2 |
| 91 | Harrison County | 7.1 |
| 92 | Madison County | 7 |
| 93 | Plymouth County | 6.9 |
| 94 | Sioux County | 6.7 |
| 95 | Grundy County | 6.5 |
| 96 | Dallas County | 6.3 |
| 97 | Boone County | 6.2 |
| 98 | Lyon County | 5.3 |
| 99 | Warren County | 5.1 |