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Largest American population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 728.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,54618,9000%

02Linn County, IAIA232,0289,353+4%

03Scott County, IAIA175,2596,913−26%

04Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5325,619−38%

05Johnson County, IAIA160,0445,493+20%

06Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9964,765+11%

07Dubuque County, IAIA99,3814,534−12%

08Woodbury County, IAIA106,6493,796−8%

09Dallas County, IAIA118,4573,765+3%

10Story County, IAIA101,2912,570−4%

11Wapello County, IAIA35,2102,525−30%

12Des Moines County, IAIA38,0772,391−36%

13Warren County, IAIA57,3312,390−22%

14Jasper County, IAIA38,1532,388−5%

15Clinton County, IAIA46,0022,242−30%

16Muscatine County, IAIA41,8532,060−21%

17Lee County, IAIA32,3061,956−42%

18Fayette County, IAIA19,0471,760+16%

19Marion County, IAIA34,1921,707−32%

20Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3721,675−1%

21Webster County, IAIA36,8381,665+36%

22Washington County, IAIA22,6671,644+6%

23Benton County, IAIA26,0041,628+49%

24Mahaska County, IAIA21,8801,586−15%

25Marshall County, IAIA39,8901,430−28%

26Buchanan County, IAIA20,8831,368−7%

27Bremer County, IAIA25,2961,290−11%

28Henry County, IAIA19,3491,263−33%

29Sioux County, IAIA36,7741,183+4%

30Jefferson County, IAIA15,2911,079+5%

31Cedar County, IAIA18,3591,072−7%

32Carroll County, IAIA20,3031,065−3%

33Madison County, IAIA17,2701,013−14%

34Union County, IAIA11,8291,001−31%

35Delaware County, IAIA17,674989−13%

36Boone County, IAIA26,799975−34%

37Clayton County, IAIA16,845969+5%

38Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368944−4%

39Clay County, IAIA16,202936+16%

40Jones County, IAIA21,253913−22%

41Jackson County, IAIA19,288893−34%

42Harrison County, IAIA14,623852+2%

43Mitchell County, IAIA10,650850+10%

44Plymouth County, IAIA25,697847−43%

45Allamakee County, IAIA14,238836+2%

46Iowa County, IAIA16,504827+11%

47Davis County, IAIA9,230790−33%

48Appanoose County, IAIA12,077769−22%

49Lucas County, IAIA8,847755−2%

50Butler County, IAIA14,049728−29%

51Hardin County, IAIA16,455709−6%

52Wayne County, IAIA6,738681+7%

53Crawford County, IAIA16,237673+16%

54Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733641−10%

55Page County, IAIA14,856636−67%

56Cass County, IAIA12,960635−13%

57Mills County, IAIA14,793634−41%

58Dickinson County, IAIA18,077625+51%

59Keokuk County, IAIA9,797621−37%

60Grundy County, IAIA12,361616−30%

61Tama County, IAIA16,796605−51%

62Kossuth County, IAIA14,322583−19%

63O'Brien County, IAIA14,220563−45%

64Monroe County, IAIA7,406538−23%

65Louisa County, IAIA10,416537−45%

66Decatur County, IAIA7,655532−32%

67Floyd County, IAIA14,901529−51%

68Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899529−11%

69Guthrie County, IAIA10,782524−49%

70Montgomery County, IAIA10,002511−54%

71Shelby County, IAIA11,689510−20%

72Calhoun County, IAIA9,562506−1%

73Winnebago County, IAIA10,251488+57%

74Greene County, IAIA8,658470−11%

75Van Buren County, IAIA7,131465−44%

76Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449460−34%

77Fremont County, IAIA6,522460−60%

78Hamilton County, IAIA14,944457−40%

79Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663448−59%

80Sac County, IAIA9,525437−28%

81Taylor County, IAIA5,835433−41%

82Cherokee County, IAIA11,369429−31%

83Hancock County, IAIA10,528410−17%

84Osceola County, IAIA5,980402+42%

85Howard County, IAIA9,415401+23%

86Ringgold County, IAIA4,642385−34%

87Lyon County, IAIA12,354379−34%

88Monona County, IAIA8,539371−21%

89Humboldt County, IAIA9,409367−37%

90Adair County, IAIA7,403356−28%

91Franklin County, IAIA9,868352−41%

92Wright County, IAIA12,801335−55%

93Ida County, IAIA6,777333−1%

94Clarke County, IAIA9,574297−49%

95Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819283−42%

96Emmet County, IAIA9,107280−14%

97Audubon County, IAIA5,509277−20%

98Adams County, IAIA3,6172050%

99Worth County, IAIA7,338186−28%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS