Poverty Rate in Lafayette County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.3%
Rank #642/3,222 · #17 in MO
80th
Lafayette 9.3%
MO 12.6% -26.2%
US 12.6% -26.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lafayette County's poverty rate of 9.3% 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 Lafayette County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #639 | Goodhue County, MN | 9.3% |
| #640 | Washington County, KS | 9.3% |
| #641 | Morgan County, IN | 9.3% |
| #642 | Lafayette County, MO | 9.3% |
| #643 | Bosque County, TX | 9.3% |
| #644 | Nemaha County, KS | 9.3% |
| #645 | Grant County, KS | 9.3% |
About Poverty Rate
Lafayette County, Missouri has a poverty rate of 9.3%, ranking #642 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 26.3% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Missouri, it ranks #17 of 115. This places it in the 80th 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.