Poverty Rate in Lawrence County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.5%
Rank #1,857/3,222 · #63 in MO
42th
Lawrence 14.5%
MO 12.6% +15.5%
US 12.6% +15.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lawrence County's poverty rate of 14.5% 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 Lawrence County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,854 | Forsyth County, NC | 14.5% |
| #1,855 | Crockett County, TN | 14.5% |
| #1,856 | Creek County, OK | 14.5% |
| #1,857 | Lawrence County, MO | 14.5% |
| #1,858 | Chippewa County, MN | 14.5% |
| #1,859 | Minidoka County, ID | 14.5% |
| #1,860 | Richland County, WI | 14.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Lawrence County, Missouri has a poverty rate of 14.5%, ranking #1,857 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Missouri, it ranks #63 of 115. 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.