Poverty Rate in Knox County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.6%
Rank #1,866/3,222 · #72 in IL
42th
Knox 14.6%
IL 11.8% +23.4%
US 12.6% +15.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Knox County's poverty rate of 14.6% 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 Knox County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,863 | Decatur County, IA | 14.6% |
| #1,864 | Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | 14.6% |
| #1,865 | Grimes County, TX | 14.6% |
| #1,866 | Knox County, IL | 14.6% |
| #1,867 | Anderson County, SC | 14.6% |
| #1,868 | Montgomery County, NY | 14.6% |
| #1,869 | Guilford County, NC | 14.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Knox County, Illinois has a poverty rate of 14.6%, ranking #1,866 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Illinois, it ranks #72 of 102. This places it in the 42th 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.