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

All 115 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/missouri-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pemiscot County | 29.6 |
| 2 | Wayne County | 25.7 |
| 3 | Ripley County | 24.8 |
| 4 | Oregon County | 23.6 |
| 5 | Dunklin County | 22 |
| 6 | Adair County | 22 |
| 7 | Ozark County | 21.5 |
| 8 | Carter County | 20.8 |
| 9 | St. Louis city | 20.6 |
| 10 | Worth County | 20.6 |
| 11 | Butler County | 20.5 |
| 12 | Dallas County | 20.5 |
| 13 | Howell County | 20.3 |
| 14 | Barton County | 20.2 |
| 15 | Benton County | 19.9 |
| 16 | Texas County | 19.8 |
| 17 | Hickory County | 19.8 |
| 18 | Harrison County | 19.6 |
| 19 | Iron County | 19.3 |
| 20 | Mississippi County | 19 |
| 21 | Vernon County | 18.8 |
| 22 | Wright County | 18.8 |
| 23 | Morgan County | 18.3 |
| 24 | Laclede County | 18.2 |
| 25 | Shannon County | 18 |
| 26 | Gentry County | 17.9 |
| 27 | Audrain County | 17.8 |
| 28 | New Madrid County | 17.7 |
| 29 | Grundy County | 17.6 |
| 30 | Douglas County | 17.6 |
| 31 | Washington County | 17.4 |
| 32 | Reynolds County | 17.3 |
| 33 | Nodaway County | 17.1 |
| 34 | Cedar County | 17 |
| 35 | Jasper County | 17 |
| 36 | McDonald County | 16.8 |
| 36 | Phelps County | 16.8 |
| 38 | Boone County | 16.6 |
| 39 | Saline County | 16.4 |
| 40 | Polk County | 16.3 |
| 41 | Buchanan County | 16 |
| 42 | Pike County | 16 |
| 43 | St. Francois County | 15.9 |
| 44 | Shelby County | 15.9 |
| 45 | Bates County | 15.9 |
| 46 | Taney County | 15.6 |
| 47 | Pettis County | 15.6 |
| 48 | Putnam County | 15.5 |
| 49 | Webster County | 15.2 |
| 50 | Barry County | 15.2 |
| 51 | Stoddard County | 15.1 |
| 52 | St. Clair County | 14.7 |
| 53 | Lawrence County | 14.5 |
| 54 | Miller County | 14.4 |
| 55 | Henry County | 14.3 |
| 56 | Marion County | 14.2 |
| 57 | Monroe County | 14.2 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 14.1 |
| 59 | Crawford County | 14.1 |
| 60 | Cape Girardeau County | 14 |
| 61 | Stone County | 13.9 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 13.9 |
| 63 | Randolph County | 13.9 |
| 64 | Perry County | 13.9 |
| 65 | Linn County | 13.7 |
| 66 | Carroll County | 13.7 |
| 67 | Sullivan County | 13.7 |
| 68 | Greene County | 13.7 |
| 69 | Bollinger County | 13.6 |
| 70 | Maries County | 13.5 |
| 71 | Newton County | 13.5 |
| 72 | Mercer County | 13.5 |
| 73 | Madison County | 13.2 |
| 74 | Scott County | 12.8 |
| 75 | Lewis County | 12.7 |
| 76 | Pulaski County | 12.7 |
| 77 | Camden County | 12.6 |
| 78 | Gasconade County | 12.6 |
| 79 | Dade County | 12.6 |
| 80 | Ray County | 12.6 |
| 81 | Clinton County | 12.3 |
| 82 | Dent County | 12.2 |
| 83 | Howard County | 12 |
| 84 | Livingston County | 11.9 |
| 85 | Knox County | 11.9 |
| 86 | Johnson County | 11.8 |
| 87 | Cooper County | 11.7 |
| 88 | Callaway County | 11.7 |
| 89 | Atchison County | 11.6 |
| 90 | Daviess County | 11.4 |
| 91 | Ralls County | 11.4 |
| 92 | Clark County | 11.2 |
| 93 | Caldwell County | 10.3 |
| 94 | Moniteau County | 10.3 |
| 95 | Holt County | 10.2 |
| 95 | Lincoln County | 10.2 |
| 97 | St. Louis County | 9.8 |
| 98 | Macon County | 9.5 |
| 99 | Lafayette County | 9.3 |
| 100 | Cole County | 9.1 |
| 101 | Jefferson County | 9 |
| 102 | Chariton County | 8.8 |
| 103 | DeKalb County | 8.7 |
| 104 | Osage County | 8.6 |
| 105 | Schuyler County | 8.6 |
| 106 | Clay County | 8.5 |
| 107 | Christian County | 8.2 |
| 108 | Franklin County | 8.2 |
| 109 | Ste. Genevieve County | 8.2 |
| 110 | Warren County | 8 |
| 111 | Scotland County | 7.3 |
| 112 | Platte County | 7 |
| 113 | Cass County | 6.2 |
| 114 | Andrew County | 6.2 |
| 115 | St. Charles County | 5.2 |