Poverty Rate in Shelby County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.9%
Rank #2,109/3,222 · #72 in MO
35th
Shelby 15.9%
MO 12.6% +26.6%
US 12.6% +26.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Shelby County's poverty rate of 15.9% 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 Shelby County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,106 | Pendleton County, KY | 15.9% |
| #2,107 | Montgomery County, KS | 15.9% |
| #2,108 | Bossier Parish, LA | 15.9% |
| #2,109 | Shelby County, MO | 15.9% |
| #2,110 | Garrard County, KY | 15.9% |
| #2,111 | St. Francois County, MO | 15.9% |
| #2,112 | Glenn County, CA | 16.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Shelby County, Missouri has a poverty rate of 15.9%, ranking #2,109 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 26.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Missouri, it ranks #72 of 115. This places it in the 35th 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.