Poverty Populations

County Poverty Estimates - 2008
County	All Ages		Under 18		5 to 17
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Statewide	331,057	11.4%	99,569	14.2%	59,823	12.0%
Adair	731	10.0%	198	13.6%	122	11.5%
Adams	445	11.2%	146	17.3%	93	14.9%
Allamakee	1,778	12.6%	632	19.1%	404	17.4%
Appanoose	2,285	18.1%	669	23.9%	411	20.6%
Audubon	650	11.1%	194	14.8%	117	11.6%
Benton	2,094	8.0%	612	9.8%	371	8.0%
Black Hawk	18,112	14.7%	4,893	17.3%	3,043	15.5%
Boone	2,551	9.9%	671	11.7%	388	9.4%
Bremer	1,579	7.1%	351	7.2%	221	6.2%
Buchanan	2,061	10.0%	857	16.2%	547	14.6%
Buena Vista	2,287	12.3%	822	17.1%	522	15.2%
Butler	1,338	9.3%	382	12.2%	237	10.7%
Calhoun	1,206	13.2%	309	16.7%	201	15.1%
Carroll	1,853	9.1%	497	10.4%	304	9.0%
Cass	1,892	13.9%	599	20.7%	373	17.9%
Cedar	1,326	7.4%	366	9.2%	224	7.6%
Cerro Gordo	5,595	13.1%	1,518	16.5%	917	13.6%
Cherokee	966	8.6%	310	13.9%	194	11.7%
Chickasaw	1,243	10.4%	379	13.7%	238	12.0%
Clarke	991	11.2%	369	17.0%	227	14.9%
Clay	1,766	10.8%	552	15.4%	316	12.4%
Clayton	1,860	10.8%	602	15.9%	373	13.5%
Clinton	5,797	12.0%	1,936	17.2%	1,181	14.4%
Crawford	1,968	12.3%	652	16.0%	404	14.5%
Dallas	3,915	6.6%	1,153	7.3%	665	5.9%
Davis	1,178	14.1%	512	23.4%	335	21.9%
Decatur	1,651	21.7%	418	24.2%	268	22.3%
Delaware	1,613	9.5%	485	11.9%	312	10.3%
Des Moines	5,844	14.7%	2,047	22.0%	1,290	19.4%
Dickinson	1,295	7.9%	321	9.8%	180	7.5%
Dubuque	9,448	10.6%	2,766	12.5%	1,681	10.6%
Emmet	1,201	12.1%	347	15.8%	219	14.5%
Fayette	2,756	14.2%	737	17.0%	469	14.6%
Floyd	1,897	12.0%	617	16.9%	387	14.7%
Franklin	1,054	10.3%	354	15.0%	221	13.2%
Fremont	793	10.9%	239	14.7%	155	13.2%
Greene	962	10.7%	310	15.6%	189	12.7%
Grundy	775	6.4%	200	7.9%	126	6.7%
Guthrie	1,007	9.4%	309	12.9%	199	11.2%
Hamilton	1,331	8.8%	398	11.6%	250	9.9%
Hancock	956	8.6%	289	11.7%	184	10.1%
Hardin	1,986	11.9%	556	15.3%	320	12.2%
Harrison	1,612	10.8%	485	14.0%	294	11.3%
Henry	2,235	12.1%	670	15.5%	405	12.9%
Howard	1,031	11.1%	349	16.1%	222	14.1%
Humboldt	977	10.5%	292	14.5%	180	12.7%
Ida	687	10.2%	187	13.0%	120	11.7%
Iowa	1,229	7.9%	297	8.0%	176	6.4%
Jackson	2,469	12.5%	749	17.5%	461	14.3%
Jasper	3,654	10.4%	941	11.5%	579	9.6%
Jefferson	2,134	14.3%	574	19.5%	357	16.5%
Johnson	18,812	15.7%	2,966	11.2%	1,716	9.4%
Jones	2,163	11.6%	582	13.8%	337	11.0%
Keokuk	1,334	12.7%	428	17.7%	266	15.0%
Kossuth	1,683	11.1%	427	13.3%	267	11.3%
Lee	4,916	14.6%	1,642	21.5%	994	17.8%
Linn	18,880	9.3%	5,752	11.3%	3,309	9.1%
Louisa	1,290	11.2%	468	16.3%	298	13.8%
Lucas	1,373	15.0%	509	23.6%	334	21.1%
Lyon	875	7.9%	280	9.7%	180	8.6%
Madison	1,232	8.1%	354	9.3%	215	7.7%
Mahaska	2,809	12.9%	820	15.8%	503	13.6%
Marion	2,582	8.4%	777	10.3%	493	9.1%
Marshall	4,897	12.9%	1,735	17.9%	1,064	16.2%
Mills	1,406	9.6%	443	12.1%	278	10.4%
Mitchell	982	9.4%	358	14.1%	229	12.0%
Monona	1,200	13.8%	336	18.0%	211	15.4%
Monroe	992	13.4%	315	18.8%	204	16.4%
Montgomery	1,508	14.2%	538	22.1%	367	20.6%
Muscatine	5,000	11.9%	1,778	16.4%	993	12.8%
O'Brien	1,195	9.0%	325	10.8%	203	9.5%
Osceola	555	8.8%	172	12.2%	112	10.7%
Page	2,086	14.7%	655	20.2%	384	16.9%
Palo Alto	1,022	11.4%	238	12.4%	149	11.1%
Plymouth	1,739	7.3%	542	9.2%	336	7.7%
Pocahontas	795	10.8%	232	15.6%	149	13.5%
Polk	41,185	9.9%	14,308	12.9%	8,065	10.5%
Pottawattamie	10,128	11.6%	3,444	15.9%	2,110	13.7%
Poweshiek	1,839	10.8%	482	13.1%	301	11.2%
Ringgold	830	16.5%	295	27.2%	187	23.8%
Sac	1,114	11.1%	303	14.4%	185	12.2%
Scott	19,090	11.8%	7,034	17.1%	4,172	14.3%
Shelby	1,111	9.4%	298	11.5%	187	9.3%
Sioux	2,203	7.5%	671	8.3%	418	7.5%
Story	13,524	17.8%	1,477	9.4%	790	7.4%
Tama	1,840	10.7%	606	14.2%	364	11.7%
Taylor	889	14.4%	250	18.5%	151	14.9%
Union	1,653	13.8%	487	18.7%	308	17.1%
Van Buren	1,083	14.3%	368	21.7%	229	18.8%
Wapello	5,255	15.2%	1,638	20.3%	977	17.4%
Warren	2,940	6.8%	796	7.7%	483	6.4%
Washington	1,923	9.2%	671	12.8%	411	10.8%
Wayne	1,002	16.3%	376	26.9%	245	24.7%
Webster	4,889	13.7%	1,541	18.0%	957	15.6%
Winnebago	1,067	10.2%	294	13.2%	192	11.4%
Winneshiek	1,976	10.6%	402	10.4%	249	8.7%
Woodbury	14,147	14.2%	5,450	19.7%	3,209	16.4%
Worth	689	9.1%	188	11.7%	117	9.7%
Wright	1,291	10.2%	398	13.7%	253	12.3%