Poverty Rate in Howell County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.3%
Rank #2,699/3,222 · #103 in MO
16th
Howell 20.3%
MO 12.6% +61.5%
US 12.6% +61.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Howell County's poverty rate of 20.3% 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 Howell County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,696 | Jackson County, TN | 20.3% |
| #2,697 | Turner County, GA | 20.3% |
| #2,698 | Grady County, GA | 20.3% |
| #2,699 | Howell County, MO | 20.3% |
| #2,700 | McDuffie County, GA | 20.3% |
| #2,701 | Chesterfield County, SC | 20.3% |
| #2,702 | Taliaferro County, GA | 20.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Howell County, Missouri has a poverty rate of 20.3%, ranking #2,699 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 61.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Missouri, it ranks #103 of 115. This places it in the 16th 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.