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Highest renter share, Iowa counties · 2000

Iowa counties with the highest share of renter-occupied housing units (2023 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRENTER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000

01Johnson County, IAIA160,04443.4%+0%

02Story County, IAIA101,29141.7%+0%

03Jefferson County, IAIA15,29132.8%+0%

04Woodbury County, IAIA106,64931.4%+0%

05Polk County, IAIA516,54631.2%+0%

06Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53231.1%+0%

07Clay County, IAIA16,20230.9%+0%

08Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44929.6%+0%

09Scott County, IAIA175,25929.4%+0%

10Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99628.9%+0%

11Mahaska County, IAIA21,88028.9%+0%

12Decatur County, IAIA7,65528.9%+0%

13Webster County, IAIA36,83828.7%+0%

14Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37228.5%+0%

15Page County, IAIA14,85628.4%+0%

16Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36828.1%+0%

17Union County, IAIA11,82927.9%+0%

18Clarke County, IAIA9,57427.6%+0%

19Linn County, IAIA232,02827.3%+0%

20Hamilton County, IAIA14,94427.2%+0%

21Clinton County, IAIA46,00227.1%+0%

22Crawford County, IAIA16,23727.0%+0%

23Henry County, IAIA19,34927.0%+0%

24Montgomery County, IAIA10,00226.9%+0%

25Ida County, IAIA6,77726.8%+0%

26Dubuque County, IAIA99,38126.5%+0%

27Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73326.5%+0%

28Cherokee County, IAIA11,36926.3%+0%

29Marshall County, IAIA39,89026.3%+0%

30Appanoose County, IAIA12,07726.0%+0%

31Floyd County, IAIA14,90125.9%+0%

32Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89925.9%+0%

33Wright County, IAIA12,80125.8%+0%

34Des Moines County, IAIA38,07725.8%+0%

35Carroll County, IAIA20,30325.6%+0%

36Fremont County, IAIA6,52225.5%+0%

37Hardin County, IAIA16,45525.4%+0%

38Cass County, IAIA12,96025.4%+0%

39Adams County, IAIA3,61725.3%+0%

40Franklin County, IAIA9,86825.0%+0%

41Adair County, IAIA7,40325.0%+0%

42Emmet County, IAIA9,10724.9%+0%

43Washington County, IAIA22,66724.7%+0%

44Muscatine County, IAIA41,85324.6%+0%

45Lee County, IAIA32,30624.5%+0%

46Marion County, IAIA34,19224.4%+0%

47Wapello County, IAIA35,21024.4%+0%

48Greene County, IAIA8,65824.4%+0%

49Fayette County, IAIA19,04724.3%+0%

50Ringgold County, IAIA4,64224.3%+0%

51Jasper County, IAIA38,15324.3%+0%

52Boone County, IAIA26,79924.2%+0%

53Jones County, IAIA21,25324.1%+0%

54Monona County, IAIA8,53924.0%+0%

55Jackson County, IAIA19,28824.0%+0%

56Humboldt County, IAIA9,40924.0%+0%

57Winnebago County, IAIA10,25123.9%+0%

58Dallas County, IAIA118,45723.7%+0%

59Taylor County, IAIA5,83523.6%+0%

60Allamakee County, IAIA14,23823.6%+0%

61Clayton County, IAIA16,84523.5%+0%

62Harrison County, IAIA14,62323.4%+0%

63Cedar County, IAIA18,35923.2%+0%

64Sac County, IAIA9,52523.2%+0%

65O'Brien County, IAIA14,22023.1%+0%

66Shelby County, IAIA11,68923.0%+0%

67Louisa County, IAIA10,41622.7%+0%

68Calhoun County, IAIA9,56222.6%+0%

69Plymouth County, IAIA25,69722.5%+0%

70Osceola County, IAIA5,98022.5%+0%

71Tama County, IAIA16,79622.5%+0%

72Kossuth County, IAIA14,32222.2%+0%

73Delaware County, IAIA17,67422.2%+0%

74Iowa County, IAIA16,50422.1%+0%

75Madison County, IAIA17,27022.0%+0%

76Dickinson County, IAIA18,07722.0%+0%

77Bremer County, IAIA25,29621.8%+0%

78Buchanan County, IAIA20,88321.8%+0%

79Hancock County, IAIA10,52821.8%+0%

80Lucas County, IAIA8,84721.7%+0%

81Monroe County, IAIA7,40621.6%+0%

82Keokuk County, IAIA9,79721.3%+0%

83Worth County, IAIA7,33821.0%+0%

84Audubon County, IAIA5,50920.8%+0%

85Howard County, IAIA9,41520.8%+0%

86Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81920.7%+0%

87Wayne County, IAIA6,73820.7%+0%

88Benton County, IAIA26,00420.6%+0%

89Mills County, IAIA14,79320.5%+0%

90Guthrie County, IAIA10,78220.4%+0%

91Van Buren County, IAIA7,13120.3%+0%

92Davis County, IAIA9,23020.3%+0%

93Grundy County, IAIA12,36120.1%+0%

94Warren County, IAIA57,33120.1%+0%

95Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66319.8%+0%

96Butler County, IAIA14,04919.6%+0%

97Sioux County, IAIA36,77419.5%+0%

98Mitchell County, IAIA10,65018.4%+0%

99Lyon County, IAIA12,35418.2%+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES