Poverty Rate in Story County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Story County Compares
National Distribution
Where Story County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for poverty rate.
■ Story County: 18.2%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,478 | Benton County, OR | 18.2% |
| #2,479 | Saginaw County, MI | 18.2% |
| #2,480 | Cherokee County, OK | 18.2% |
| #2,481 | Story County, IA | 18.2% |
| #2,482 | Rio Arriba County, NM | 18.2% |
| #2,483 | Franklin County, NY | 18.2% |
| #2,484 | Henry County, TN | 18.3% |
Poverty Rate in Story County, Iowa
Story County, Iowa has a poverty rate of 18.2%, which ranks #2,481 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 44.7% above the national value of 12.6%.
Within Iowa, Story County ranks #99 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 23th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.