Poverty Rate in Gentry County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.9%
Rank #2,425/3,222 · #90 in MO
25th
Gentry 17.9%
MO 12.6% +42.0%
US 12.6% +41.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Gentry County's poverty rate of 17.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Gentry County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,422 | Jasper County, SC | 17.8% |
| #2,423 | Audrain County, MO | 17.8% |
| #2,424 | Benton County, TN | 17.8% |
| #2,425 | Gentry County, MO | 17.9% |
| #2,426 | Northwest Arctic Borough, AK | 17.9% |
| #2,427 | Fayette County, IN | 17.9% |
| #2,428 | Real County, TX | 17.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Gentry County, Missouri has a poverty rate of 17.9%, ranking #2,425 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 41.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Missouri, it ranks #90 of 115. This places it in the 25th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.