Highest poverty rate in Idaho

Idaho counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Idaho by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Madison County leads at 26.8%.

Among cities & places, Malta leads at 62.3%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Madison County	26.8%
2	Butte County	21.3%
3	Lewis County	17.4%
4	Boundary County	17.2%
5	Washington County	15.3%
6	Gooding County	15.3%
7	Latah County	15.3%
8	Shoshone County	15.1%
9	Adams County	15.0%
10	Benewah County	15.0%
11	Minidoka County	14.9%
12	Valley County	14.2%
13	Jerome County	13.9%
14	Owyhee County	13.4%
15	Nez Perce County	13.1%
16	Clark County	12.7%
17	Clearwater County	12.5%
18	Elmore County	12.4%
19	Bannock County	12.2%
20	Oneida County	11.8%
21	Lemhi County	11.8%
22	Custer County	11.5%
23	Bingham County	11.0%
24	Idaho County	10.8%
25	Twin Falls County	10.7%
26	Bonner County	10.7%
27	Gem County	10.4%
28	Cassia County	10.3%
29	Bear Lake County	10.2%
30	Canyon County	10.1%
31	Fremont County	9.8%
32	Bonneville County	9.5%
33	Teton County	9.4%
34	Lincoln County	9.4%
35	Kootenai County	9.3%
36	Jefferson County	9.2%
37	Payette County	9.0%
38	Ada County	8.5%
39	Franklin County	8.4%
40	Boise County	8.2%
41	Power County	8.1%
42	Blaine County	7.4%
43	Caribou County	7.3%
44	Camas County	6.7%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Malta	62.3%
2	White Bird	56.9%
3	De Smet	47.0%
4	Donnelly	46.1%
5	Lowman	42.9%
6	Butte City	38.1%
7	Arco	35.9%
8	Stites	35.7%
9	Rexburg	35.5%
10	Cascade	34.9%
11	Huetter	34.7%
12	Gooding	34.1%
13	Tensed	32.1%
14	Weippe	31.2%
15	Culdesac	30.3%
16	Winchester	29.7%
17	Midvale	29.6%
18	Peck	28.9%
19	Hansen	28.1%
20	Riggins	27.1%
21	Leadore	26.9%
22	Glenns Ferry	26.1%
23	Worley	26.1%
24	Rockland	25.2%
25	Fort Hall	24.5%
26	Rupert	24.1%
27	Clark Fork	22.6%
28	Kamiah	21.7%
29	St. Anthony	21.1%
30	Moscow	21.1%
31	Wilder	20.9%
32	Kellogg	20.7%
33	McCall	20.5%
34	Minidoka	20.5%
35	Richfield	20.4%
36	Parma	20.2%
37	Wallace	20.2%
38	Bovill	19.9%
39	Smelterville	19.9%
40	Homedale	19.7%
41	Downey	19.6%
42	Melba	19.5%
43	Cottonwood	19.4%
44	Grand View	19.3%
45	Moreland	19.3%
46	Ponderay	19.2%
47	Weiser	18.9%
48	Elk River	18.8%
49	Osburn	18.5%
50	Nezperce	18.1%
51	St. Maries	18.1%
52	Lincoln	17.8%
53	Mackay	17.8%
54	Mullan	17.7%
55	Kimberly	17.7%
56	Hamer	17.6%
57	Stanley	17.4%
58	New Meadows	17.4%
59	Moyie Springs	17.1%
60	Heyburn	17.1%
61	Council	17.1%
62	Horseshoe Bend	17.1%
63	Arimo	17.0%
64	Kendrick	17.0%
65	Lapwai	16.7%
66	Wendell	16.5%
67	Salmon	16.3%
68	Sandpoint	16.1%
69	Grangeville	16.0%
70	Oldtown	15.9%
71	Moore	15.7%
72	Eden	15.6%
73	Jerome	15.2%
74	Roberts	15.2%
75	Challis	15.2%
76	Victor	15.0%
77	Kooskia	14.6%
78	Spencer	14.3%
79	Parker	14.2%
80	Hagerman	14.2%
81	Burley	14.1%
82	Preston	14.1%
83	Swan Valley	14.0%
84	Bonners Ferry	13.9%
85	Pocatello	13.9%
86	Dubois	13.9%
87	Castleford	13.9%
88	Payette	13.8%
89	Plummer	13.7%
90	Onaway	13.4%
91	Montpelier	13.4%
92	Craigmont	13.4%
93	Caldwell	13.3%
94	Lewiston	13.3%
95	Hazelton	13.3%
96	Emmett	13.1%
97	Post Falls	13.0%
98	Tyhee	12.9%
99	Elk City	12.6%
100	Declo	12.5%

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