Poverty Rate in Union County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.4%
Rank #1,375/3,222 · #73 in IA
57th
Union 12.4%
IA 11.1% +11.7%
US 12.6% -1.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Union County's poverty rate of 12.4% 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 Union County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,372 | Cherokee County, NC | 12.4% |
| #1,373 | Cheboygan County, MI | 12.4% |
| #1,374 | Fountain County, IN | 12.4% |
| #1,375 | Union County, IA | 12.4% |
| #1,376 | La Crosse County, WI | 12.4% |
| #1,377 | Elkhart County, IN | 12.4% |
| #1,378 | White County, GA | 12.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Union County, Iowa has a poverty rate of 12.4%, ranking #1,375 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.8% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Iowa, it ranks #73 of 99. This places it in the 57th 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.