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SNAP Benefits in
Iowa
Iowa had an overall SNAP participation rate of 9.2% across 99 counties, with a coverage gap of 55.1% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
9.2%
SNAP participation
55.1%
Poverty coverage gap
120K
SNAP households
$73,147
Median income
Iowa by county
← Back to national overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Iowa. Hover a county for its exact rate.
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Iowa at a glance
SNAP households
120K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
9.2%
All households
Poverty coverage
44.9%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
30.8%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
46.8%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
55.0%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 99 counties in Iowa.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Winneshiek 89.5%
- 2 Story 87.6%
- 3 Sioux 87.1%
- 4 Lyon 82.8%
- 5 Johnson 81.3%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Ringgold 56.8%
- 2 Union 55.4%
- 3 Washington 55.3%
- 4 Clarke 54.0%
- 5 Lee 53.8%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Union 17.9%
- 2 Jefferson 16.2%
- 3 Wapello 15.7%
- 4 Lee 14.6%
- 5 Page 14.4%
Every county in Iowa
All 99 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 10.3% | 47.8% | 52.2% | 37.9% | 56.7% | 45.1% | $66,176 |
| Adams | 13.5% | 48.6% | 51.4% | 39.8% | 51.9% | 57.8% | $68,828 |
| Allamakee | 7.6% | 35.1% | 64.9% | 32.3% | 29.9% | 46.7% | $66,000 |
| Appanoose | 13.6% | 42.6% | 57.4% | 37.2% | 60.3% | 45.3% | $51,146 |
| Audubon | 8.4% | 39.3% | 60.7% | 27.4% | 34.0% | 52.4% | $54,152 |
| Benton | 5.3% | 28.5% | 71.5% | 32.3% | 45.0% | 50.9% | $84,742 |
| Black Hawk | 11.8% | 40.1% | 59.9% | 27.4% | 48.1% | 50.8% | $64,581 |
| Boone | 4.6% | 21.3% | 78.8% | 26.3% | 42.2% | 63.5% | $79,741 |
| Bremer | 5.2% | 29.3% | 70.7% | 25.2% | 50.9% | 50.1% | $83,343 |
| Buchanan | 6.5% | 38.4% | 61.6% | 28.3% | 46.0% | 49.2% | $78,430 |
| Buena Vista | 9.3% | 31.6% | 68.4% | 23.1% | 41.8% | 76.3% | $66,564 |
| Butler | 8.2% | 38.8% | 61.2% | 20.0% | 49.5% | 47.6% | $69,651 |
| Calhoun | 9.3% | 36.9% | 63.1% | 43.1% | 48.9% | 63.3% | $66,875 |
| Carroll | 7.2% | 40.5% | 59.5% | 32.9% | 57.9% | 47.3% | $68,528 |
| Cass | 13.9% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 29.2% | 46.4% | 41.3% | $61,657 |
| Cedar | 6.3% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 48.4% | 49.5% | 55.2% | $79,080 |
| Cerro Gordo | 9.1% | 34.2% | 65.8% | 35.9% | 48.0% | 60.0% | $65,537 |
| Cherokee | 6.0% | 23.0% | 77.0% | 20.9% | 17.6% | 51.6% | $64,478 |
| Chickasaw | 5.1% | 21.0% | 79.0% | 48.4% | 44.8% | 61.1% | $73,421 |
| Clarke | 13.1% | 54.0% | 46.0% | 23.2% | 44.4% | 54.3% | $66,821 |
| Clay | 10.3% | 47.3% | 52.8% | 30.7% | 55.1% | 48.4% | $64,082 |
| Clayton | 7.2% | 29.8% | 70.2% | 35.3% | 49.2% | 48.7% | $62,326 |
| Clinton | 13.0% | 52.5% | 47.5% | 27.4% | 43.3% | 51.1% | $65,177 |
| Crawford | 7.3% | 32.8% | 67.2% | 24.7% | 33.9% | 37.6% | $65,039 |
| Dallas | 5.8% | 30.0% | 70.0% | 32.5% | 44.8% | 66.6% | $102,349 |
| Davis | 6.5% | 27.6% | 72.4% | 45.4% | 46.3% | 66.3% | $79,505 |
| Decatur | 9.9% | 27.9% | 72.1% | 42.2% | 57.1% | 59.1% | $57,146 |
| Delaware | 9.3% | 47.6% | 52.4% | 31.7% | 68.3% | 45.7% | $76,205 |
| Des Moines | 12.8% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 35.2% | 51.1% | 47.3% | $60,662 |
| Dickinson | 4.4% | 24.5% | 75.5% | 41.5% | 68.5% | 68.5% | $74,570 |
| Dubuque | 8.0% | 32.4% | 67.6% | 26.4% | 48.0% | 57.3% | $75,919 |
| Emmet | 8.1% | 35.9% | 64.1% | 30.0% | 49.2% | 48.3% | $65,181 |
| Fayette | 8.2% | 35.9% | 64.1% | 37.0% | 51.2% | 42.5% | $58,764 |
| Floyd | 8.3% | 36.6% | 63.4% | 35.1% | 51.6% | 47.0% | $64,500 |
| Franklin | 7.2% | 25.6% | 74.4% | 25.3% | 51.0% | 48.0% | $63,648 |
| Fremont | 10.7% | 41.7% | 58.3% | 48.6% | 54.8% | 66.7% | $73,750 |
| Greene | 10.0% | 29.9% | 70.1% | 43.4% | 42.3% | 71.4% | $59,159 |
| Grundy | 5.0% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 33.7% | 55.6% | 42.9% | $83,617 |
| Guthrie | 8.2% | 41.0% | 59.0% | 41.2% | 45.5% | 52.4% | $79,981 |
| Hamilton | 8.1% | 19.1% | 80.9% | 25.0% | 35.3% | 72.1% | $71,750 |
| Hancock | 8.0% | 41.1% | 58.9% | 41.7% | 36.0% | 35.5% | $70,212 |
| Hardin | 8.4% | 23.8% | 76.2% | 33.2% | 51.8% | 71.9% | $64,906 |
| Harrison | 6.1% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 28.9% | 46.6% | 51.2% | $77,027 |
| Henry | 8.8% | 31.0% | 69.0% | 27.9% | 41.7% | 59.8% | $64,604 |
| Howard | 6.3% | 49.3% | 50.7% | 41.6% | 43.7% | 26.4% | $67,336 |
| Humboldt | 10.5% | 39.6% | 60.4% | 31.7% | 57.1% | 46.3% | $66,994 |
| Ida | 7.4% | 26.8% | 73.2% | 33.5% | 47.5% | 53.8% | $62,841 |
| Iowa | 7.6% | 43.5% | 56.5% | 41.9% | 48.1% | 50.0% | $72,185 |
| Jackson | 10.3% | 39.7% | 60.3% | 24.5% | 38.9% | 54.6% | $71,605 |
| Jasper | 9.2% | 44.5% | 55.5% | 31.9% | 49.1% | 60.7% | $70,128 |
| Jefferson | 16.2% | 38.5% | 61.5% | 27.6% | 62.3% | 59.8% | $56,824 |
| Johnson | 6.2% | 18.7% | 81.3% | 25.2% | 41.2% | 51.8% | $74,721 |
| Jones | 10.0% | 48.0% | 52.0% | 21.3% | 46.4% | 55.4% | $73,071 |
| Keokuk | 9.8% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 32.6% | 47.9% | 52.4% | $60,856 |
| Kossuth | 5.8% | 31.3% | 68.7% | 35.7% | 49.9% | 49.1% | $65,656 |
| Lee | 14.6% | 53.8% | 46.2% | 35.6% | 50.0% | 48.4% | $59,803 |
| Linn | 8.8% | 36.5% | 63.5% | 29.0% | 39.4% | 59.7% | $76,421 |
| Louisa | 11.9% | 49.9% | 50.1% | 25.5% | 53.0% | 61.5% | $80,223 |
| Lucas | 9.6% | 45.0% | 55.0% | 48.1% | 67.2% | 27.6% | $67,921 |
| Lyon | 3.3% | 17.2% | 82.8% | 34.2% | 47.3% | 64.4% | $72,881 |
| Madison | 5.4% | 38.5% | 61.6% | 19.3% | 31.0% | 44.7% | $89,542 |
| Mahaska | 13.4% | 39.5% | 60.5% | 29.1% | 34.6% | 64.0% | $69,019 |
| Marion | 8.5% | 38.8% | 61.2% | 28.8% | 48.4% | 61.2% | $78,059 |
| Marshall | 9.8% | 37.7% | 62.3% | 31.2% | 38.4% | 57.7% | $72,785 |
| Mills | 6.2% | 31.3% | 68.7% | 36.5% | 41.6% | 60.2% | $87,810 |
| Mitchell | 6.8% | 25.7% | 74.4% | 52.0% | 32.0% | 64.7% | $68,704 |
| Monona | 8.3% | 30.9% | 69.1% | 39.9% | 60.4% | 60.7% | $62,944 |
| Monroe | 8.3% | 42.5% | 57.5% | 47.4% | 40.1% | 51.4% | $72,518 |
| Montgomery | 12.5% | 51.7% | 48.3% | 36.2% | 58.9% | 42.5% | $63,190 |
| Muscatine | 12.4% | 51.4% | 48.6% | 30.3% | 51.4% | 46.9% | $69,512 |
| O'Brien | 7.1% | 31.9% | 68.1% | 22.1% | 46.8% | 46.1% | $68,216 |
| Osceola | 6.4% | 29.4% | 70.6% | 48.5% | 60.5% | 39.5% | $69,138 |
| Page | 14.4% | 40.2% | 59.8% | 31.2% | 53.4% | 57.5% | $57,752 |
| Palo Alto | 9.1% | 44.0% | 56.0% | 25.1% | 43.9% | 45.6% | $68,963 |
| Plymouth | 7.0% | 39.1% | 60.9% | 33.2% | 53.5% | 56.4% | $81,600 |
| Pocahontas | 7.7% | 31.9% | 68.1% | 43.7% | 55.5% | 60.1% | $63,423 |
| Polk | 10.1% | 41.5% | 58.5% | 26.6% | 44.7% | 59.8% | $81,621 |
| Pottawattamie | 10.3% | 42.2% | 57.8% | 38.5% | 59.4% | 53.5% | $71,446 |
| Poweshiek | 10.1% | 36.6% | 63.4% | 55.7% | 50.0% | 49.5% | $64,837 |
| Ringgold | 13.2% | 56.8% | 43.2% | 38.2% | 48.0% | 61.0% | $69,821 |
| Sac | 8.0% | 23.3% | 76.7% | 37.8% | 33.4% | 74.2% | $70,991 |
| Scott | 11.2% | 45.3% | 54.7% | 30.3% | 46.4% | 52.6% | $76,363 |
| Shelby | 7.6% | 33.9% | 66.1% | 40.9% | 18.4% | 49.6% | $67,690 |
| Sioux | 3.0% | 12.9% | 87.1% | 28.7% | 38.9% | 67.1% | $84,736 |
| Story | 4.8% | 12.4% | 87.6% | 28.4% | 48.9% | 50.1% | $69,006 |
| Tama | 10.2% | 36.5% | 63.5% | 26.2% | 29.1% | 49.1% | $67,955 |
| Taylor | 8.7% | 32.6% | 67.4% | 40.9% | 37.2% | 58.1% | $67,279 |
| Union | 17.9% | 55.4% | 44.6% | 31.1% | 48.7% | 61.8% | $56,813 |
| Van Buren | 9.5% | 29.9% | 70.1% | 38.4% | 64.9% | 56.9% | $60,183 |
| Wapello | 15.7% | 47.1% | 52.9% | 32.0% | 42.7% | 51.9% | $60,034 |
| Warren | 6.6% | 38.4% | 61.6% | 27.1% | 45.5% | 62.4% | $92,990 |
| Washington | 8.7% | 55.3% | 44.7% | 49.4% | 59.0% | 49.9% | $71,339 |
| Wayne | 10.1% | 38.3% | 61.7% | 29.7% | 46.7% | 47.5% | $59,118 |
| Webster | 11.5% | 39.5% | 60.5% | 31.2% | 42.6% | 58.6% | $68,054 |
| Winnebago | 10.2% | 35.8% | 64.2% | 46.6% | 51.9% | 59.6% | $63,719 |
| Winneshiek | 3.2% | 10.5% | 89.5% | 56.3% | 25.9% | 70.3% | $75,652 |
| Woodbury | 12.3% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 31.0% | 55.4% | 48.5% | $70,147 |
| Worth | 7.7% | 37.4% | 62.6% | 45.9% | 53.7% | 60.2% | $76,875 |
| Wright | 7.6% | 35.6% | 64.4% | 38.6% | 35.7% | 43.0% | $64,033 |
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