A Comparative Look at County Poverty Levels
The ten Idaho State counties with the greatest number of people living in poverty, from highest to lowest, are: Ada, Canyon, Kootenai, Madison, Bonneville, Twin Falls, Bannock, Nez Perce, Latah, and Bonner. The ten counties with the highest percentage of the population living in poverty, from highest to lowest, are: Madison, Butte, Minidoka, Boundary, Lewis, Latah, Adams, Jerome, Owyhee, and Custer.
County Number in Poverty Rank by Number Percent in Poverty Rank by Percent
Ada43,55319.17%40
Adams6883616.06%7
Bannock10,692712.7%21
Bear Lake8233413.11%19
Benewah1,3782814.7%13
Bingham5,1861111.04%31
Blaine2,369189.94%36
Boise8763311.63%27
Bonner5,3861011.69%26
Bonneville11,50659.53%38
Boundary2,0672017.39%4
Butte5853923%2
Camas1504314.37%15
Canyon24,863211.09%30
Caribou461426.67%43
Cassia2,4531610.15%35
Clark44445.24%44
Clearwater1,0763013.63%18
Custer6423715.13%10
Elmore3,9151214.26%16
Franklin1,5922511.44%29
Fremont1,5432612.05%24
Gem1,9552110.73%33
Gooding2,2941914.98%12
Idaho1,8782311.79%25
Jefferson2,415177.96%42
Jerome3,7811415.84%8
Kootenai15,50639.32%39
Latah5,900916.2%6
Lemhi9733112.43%22
Lewis5834016.21%5
Lincoln6353812.35%23
Madison12,296424.27%1
Minidoka3,8191317.99%3
Nez Perce5,986814.65%14
Oneida5204111.58%28
Owyhee1,7752415.21%9
Payette2,6761510.85%32
Power756359.67%37
Shoshone1,9532215.12%11
Teton935328.15%41
Twin Falls11,446613%20
Valley1,2052910.61%34
Washington1,4252713.79%17
This data from the US Census Bureau's American Communities Survey (ACS) report S1701 - Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months, 2017 - 2021 five year estimates. (data.census.gov)