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Lowest poverty rate in Iowa

Iowa counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

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

Among counties, Lyon County leads at 5.3%.

Among cities & places, Alvord leads at 0.0%.

Counties

#NamePoverty rate
1Lyon County5.3%
2Warren County5.4%
3Dallas County5.8%
4Dickinson County6.3%
5Sioux County6.4%
6Grundy County6.4%
7Boone County6.7%
8Plymouth County6.8%
9Madison County6.8%
10Mills County6.9%
11Mitchell County6.9%
12Buchanan County7.0%
13Marion County7.1%
14Chickasaw County7.1%
15Davis County7.2%
16Cedar County7.2%
17Worth County7.3%
18Bremer County7.5%
19Harrison County7.5%
20Fremont County7.6%
21Delaware County7.9%
22Benton County7.9%
23Winneshiek County7.9%
24Sac County7.9%
25Hamilton County8.0%
26Jasper County8.2%
27Buena Vista County8.2%
28Carroll County8.3%
29Howard County8.4%
30Washington County8.5%
31Shelby County8.5%
32Calhoun County8.6%
33Hardin County8.6%
34Pocahontas County8.7%
35Ringgold County9.0%
36Monroe County9.2%
37Iowa County9.2%
38Guthrie County9.3%
39Cerro Gordo County9.4%
40Dubuque County9.4%
41Adams County9.5%
42Kossuth County9.6%
43Winnebago County9.8%
44Linn County9.9%
45Louisa County9.9%
46Polk County10.1%
47Jackson County10.3%
48Adair County10.3%
49Ida County10.4%
50Taylor County10.4%
51Emmet County10.4%
52Jones County10.4%
53Greene County10.4%
54Butler County10.7%
55Pottawattamie County10.9%
56Marshall County11.1%
57Poweshiek County11.1%
58Monona County11.2%
59Floyd County11.4%
60Clay County11.5%
61Muscatine County11.6%
62Scott County11.6%
63Palo Alto County11.7%
64Webster County11.7%
65Audubon County11.8%
66Mahaska County11.9%
67Montgomery County12.0%
68Keokuk County12.0%
69Allamakee County12.1%
70Henry County12.1%
71Hancock County12.1%
72Van Buren County12.2%
73Fayette County12.5%
74Union County12.6%
75Lee County13.0%
76Clinton County13.1%
77Woodbury County13.3%
78Page County13.4%
79Clayton County13.6%
80Humboldt County13.7%
81Clarke County13.8%
82O'Brien County13.8%
83Des Moines County14.1%
84Jefferson County14.6%
85Black Hawk County14.7%
86Wright County14.8%
87Wayne County15.0%
88Franklin County15.1%
89Decatur County15.2%
90Cherokee County15.2%
91Tama County15.4%
92Osceola County16.3%
93Crawford County16.4%
94Lucas County16.5%
95Wapello County16.7%
96Johnson County16.7%
97Cass County17.4%
98Story County18.6%
99Appanoose County20.4%

Cities & places

Top 100.
#NamePoverty rate
1Alvord0.0%
2Anderson0.0%
3Argo0.0%
4Arion0.0%
5Augusta0.0%
6Bankston0.0%
7Beaconsfield0.0%
8Beaver0.0%
9Benton0.0%
10Berkley0.0%
11Big Rock0.0%
12Blanchard0.0%
13Bradford0.0%
14Brunsville0.0%
15California Junction0.0%
16Center Junction0.0%
17Chapin0.0%
18Chillicothe0.0%
19Climbing Hill0.0%
20Conroy0.0%
21Corley0.0%
22Denmark0.0%
23Diamondhead Lake0.0%
24Dolliver0.0%
25Downey0.0%
26Durango0.0%
27Fostoria0.0%
28Frytown0.0%
29Galt0.0%
30Garden City0.0%
31Graf0.0%
32High Amana0.0%
33Homestead0.0%
34Jackson Junction0.0%
35Kingston0.0%
36Leando0.0%
37Little Cedar0.0%
38Loveland0.0%
39Lowell0.0%
40Luther0.0%
41Maloy0.0%
42Marysville0.0%
43McClelland0.0%
44Miller0.0%
45Mona0.0%
46Moscow0.0%
47Mount Sterling0.0%
48Oyens0.0%
49Percival0.0%
50Plainview0.0%
51Pleasanton0.0%
52Portland0.0%
53Rochester0.0%
54Rodman0.0%
55Roseville0.0%
56Sandusky0.0%
57Sexton0.0%
58South Amana0.0%
59Sperry0.0%
60St. Benedict0.0%
61St. Paul0.0%
62Stone City0.0%
63Sun Valley Lake0.0%
64Swedesburg0.0%
65Tennant0.0%
66Thayer0.0%
67Toeterville0.0%
68Trenton0.0%
69Turin0.0%
70Valeria0.0%
71Watkins0.0%
72West Amana0.0%
73Weston0.0%
74Westwood0.0%
75Yarmouth0.0%
76Alleman0.3%
77Crescent0.3%
78Dixon0.5%
79Roland0.6%
80Leighton0.6%
81Halbur0.7%
82Beaman0.9%
83Shannon City0.9%
84Hartwick1.0%
85Eldridge1.0%
86Shueyville1.0%
87Packwood1.0%
88Houghton1.1%
89Sageville1.3%
90Magnolia1.4%
91Webb1.4%
92Walford1.4%
93Stanley1.4%
94Prairie City1.4%
95Matlock1.4%
96Clemons1.5%
97Delaware1.6%
98Norway1.6%
99Hastings1.7%
100Wallingford1.7%

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