Highest poverty rate in Missouri

Missouri counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

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

Among counties, Pemiscot County leads at 27.4%.

Among cities & places, Fremont leads at 95.1%.

Counties

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Pemiscot County	27.4%
2	Wayne County	25.1%
3	Mississippi County	23.0%
4	Barton County	22.2%
5	Oregon County	21.9%
6	Ozark County	21.7%
7	Dunklin County	21.4%
8	Howell County	21.4%
9	Dallas County	21.4%
10	Adair County	21.2%
11	Iron County	20.7%
12	Butler County	20.3%
13	St. Louis city	19.8%
14	Ripley County	19.7%
15	Hickory County	19.5%
16	Texas County	19.3%
17	Carter County	19.2%
18	Vernon County	19.0%
19	Bates County	18.7%
20	Nodaway County	18.6%
21	Laclede County	18.6%
22	New Madrid County	18.6%
23	Jasper County	18.4%
24	Washington County	18.2%
25	Audrain County	18.0%
26	Polk County	17.9%
27	Reynolds County	17.9%
28	Worth County	17.6%
29	Wright County	17.6%
30	Phelps County	17.2%
31	McDonald County	17.2%
32	Boone County	17.1%
33	St. Francois County	17.0%
34	Cedar County	17.0%
35	Morgan County	17.0%
36	Stoddard County	17.0%
37	Buchanan County	16.9%
38	Douglas County	16.9%
39	Grundy County	16.8%
40	Shannon County	16.7%
41	Barry County	16.7%
42	Benton County	16.7%
43	Lawrence County	16.5%
44	St. Clair County	16.3%
45	Pike County	16.3%
46	Henry County	16.3%
47	Putnam County	16.2%
48	Linn County	16.2%
49	Webster County	16.1%
50	Harrison County	16.1%
51	Monroe County	16.0%
52	Randolph County	15.8%
53	Shelby County	15.6%
54	Gentry County	15.6%
55	Lewis County	15.3%
56	Maries County	14.9%
57	Sullivan County	14.7%
58	Mercer County	14.7%
59	Knox County	14.7%
60	Saline County	14.7%
61	Miller County	14.6%
62	Montgomery County	14.5%
63	Scott County	14.5%
64	Taney County	14.4%
65	Greene County	14.4%
66	Dent County	14.3%
67	Dade County	14.1%
68	Cape Girardeau County	14.1%
69	Madison County	14.0%
70	Stone County	14.0%
71	Jackson County	13.8%
72	Crawford County	13.6%
73	Marion County	13.6%
74	Pettis County	13.4%
75	Newton County	13.4%
76	Daviess County	13.2%
77	Camden County	13.2%
78	Caldwell County	13.0%
79	Howard County	12.8%
80	Pulaski County	12.8%
81	Clinton County	12.8%
82	Ralls County	12.6%
83	Atchison County	12.5%
84	Livingston County	12.2%
85	Bollinger County	12.2%
86	Ray County	12.0%
87	Johnson County	11.9%
88	Chariton County	11.9%
89	Callaway County	11.5%
90	Gasconade County	11.3%
91	Perry County	11.0%
92	Cooper County	10.8%
93	Carroll County	10.8%
94	Lincoln County	10.7%
95	Moniteau County	10.4%
96	Osage County	10.1%
97	Macon County	10.0%
98	Holt County	9.8%
99	Lafayette County	9.7%
100	Schuyler County	9.7%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Fremont	95.1%
2	Mount Leonard	77.0%
3	Stella	76.0%
4	Grand Pass	72.2%
5	La Due	71.8%
6	Fountain N' Lakes	69.9%
7	Ionia	66.1%
8	Leisure Lake	65.8%
9	Bragg City	63.5%
10	Wasola	63.3%
11	Penermon	62.7%
12	Neelyville	62.1%
13	St. Francisville	61.6%
14	Livonia	61.5%
15	Reeds	61.3%
16	Worthington	60.9%
17	Dalton	60.6%
18	South Greenfield	59.2%
19	Cardwell	58.9%
20	Chain-O-Lakes	58.8%
21	Halltown	58.8%
22	Annapolis	58.2%
23	Denver	56.5%
24	Brumley	55.6%
25	Haywood City	55.2%
26	Arbela	55.0%
27	Ethel	52.9%
28	Pollock	52.6%
29	Annada	52.5%
30	Edinburg	52.1%
31	Ozora	51.9%
32	Bagnell	51.0%
33	Tebbetts	50.6%
34	Harwood	50.0%
35	South Gifford	50.0%
36	Whiting	50.0%
37	Coffey	49.1%
38	Wyatt	48.5%
39	Hermitage	48.3%
40	Mill Spring	47.8%
41	Flordell Hills	47.3%
42	Koshkonong	47.2%
43	Clarksburg	46.7%
44	Howardville	46.3%
45	Weingarten	46.3%
46	Climax Springs	46.0%
47	Brewer	45.9%
48	Hayti Heights	45.5%
49	Van Buren	45.2%
50	Greendale	45.1%
51	Big Spring	44.8%
52	La Belle	44.4%
53	Piedmont	44.3%
54	Alexandria	44.0%
55	Arrow Point	44.0%
56	Humphreys	43.8%
57	Pine Lawn	43.4%
58	Kinloch	42.9%
59	South Lineville	42.9%
60	Wilson City	42.9%
61	Wortham	42.3%
62	Foley	42.3%
63	Preston	42.2%
64	Hawk Point	42.2%
65	Weatherby	41.2%
66	Newburg	41.1%
67	Nelson	41.0%
68	Niangua	40.4%
69	Bent Tree Harbor	40.4%
70	Hayti	40.3%
71	Bakersfield	40.2%
72	Leadwood	40.2%
73	White Oak	40.0%
74	Glasgow Village	39.9%
75	Lake Lafayette	39.6%
76	Brownington	38.8%
77	Qulin	38.6%
78	Buffalo	38.2%
79	Browning	38.0%
80	Linn Creek	37.8%
81	Wardell	37.6%
82	Bellflower	37.3%
83	Castle Point	37.3%
84	Syracuse	37.2%
85	Galena	37.1%
86	Bunker	37.0%
87	Hurdland	36.8%
88	Kingdom City	36.8%
89	Thayer	36.5%
90	Chilhowee	36.4%
91	Licking	36.3%
92	Pomona	36.2%
93	Westboro	36.2%
94	Franklin	36.1%
95	Iantha	35.9%
96	Humansville	35.7%
97	Mindenmines	35.6%
98	Vanduser	35.6%
99	Vienna	35.3%
100	Stoutsville	35.1%

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