Poverty Rate in Worth County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.6%
Rank #2,720/3,222 · #106 in MO
16th
Worth 20.6%
MO 12.6% +63.5%
US 12.6% +63.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Worth County's poverty rate of 20.6% 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 Worth County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,717 | Leake County, MS | 20.5% |
| #2,718 | Hale County, TX | 20.5% |
| #2,719 | Montgomery County, GA | 20.6% |
| #2,720 | Worth County, MO | 20.6% |
| #2,721 | Monroe County, AR | 20.6% |
| #2,722 | Shelby County, TX | 20.6% |
| #2,723 | Berrien County, GA | 20.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Worth County, Missouri has a poverty rate of 20.6%, ranking #2,720 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 63.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Missouri, it ranks #106 of 115. This places it in the 16th 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.