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Largest Irish population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish 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 1,771.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,54662,597−3%

02Linn County, IAIA232,02832,411−14%

03Scott County, IAIA175,25927,100+2%

04Johnson County, IAIA160,04419,942−11%

05Dubuque County, IAIA99,38119,650−9%

06Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53215,801−12%

07Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99612,909−23%

08Woodbury County, IAIA106,64912,290−23%

09Dallas County, IAIA118,45712,177+24%

10Story County, IAIA101,29111,708+5%

11Clinton County, IAIA46,0028,031−10%

12Warren County, IAIA57,3316,819−8%

13Jasper County, IAIA38,1535,388+2%

14Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3725,318−10%

15Des Moines County, IAIA38,0774,959−26%

16Lee County, IAIA32,3064,867−16%

17Webster County, IAIA36,8384,385−34%

18Marion County, IAIA34,1924,376−7%

19Muscatine County, IAIA41,8533,991−29%

20Wapello County, IAIA35,2103,959−36%

21Benton County, IAIA26,0043,609−17%

22Boone County, IAIA26,7993,570+4%

23Jones County, IAIA21,2533,520−7%

24Buchanan County, IAIA20,8833,181−22%

25Marshall County, IAIA39,8903,153−41%

26Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3683,077+3%

27Washington County, IAIA22,6673,037−8%

28Jackson County, IAIA19,2882,946−9%

29Mahaska County, IAIA21,8802,833−10%

30Fayette County, IAIA19,0472,811−8%

31Bremer County, IAIA25,2962,806−1%

32Plymouth County, IAIA25,6972,702−16%

33Delaware County, IAIA17,6742,701−13%

34Cedar County, IAIA18,3592,598+1%

35Carroll County, IAIA20,3032,453−3%

36Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7332,420−24%

37Madison County, IAIA17,2702,408−22%

38Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382,393−11%

39Iowa County, IAIA16,5042,316−21%

40Floyd County, IAIA14,9012,205+28%

41Harrison County, IAIA14,6232,160−26%

42Mills County, IAIA14,7932,136−9%

43Clayton County, IAIA16,8452,096−12%

44Page County, IAIA14,8562,069−23%

45Jefferson County, IAIA15,2912,009−8%

46Henry County, IAIA19,3491,965−39%

47Dickinson County, IAIA18,0771,918−11%

48Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4491,909−10%

49Cass County, IAIA12,9601,831−5%

50Hardin County, IAIA16,4551,771−9%

51Tama County, IAIA16,7961,769−11%

52Sioux County, IAIA36,7741,721−22%

53Appanoose County, IAIA12,0771,692−17%

54Clay County, IAIA16,2021,664−23%

55Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8991,649−4%

56Shelby County, IAIA11,6891,548+1%

57Keokuk County, IAIA9,7971,477−19%

58Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6631,471−7%

59Monroe County, IAIA7,4061,469−10%

60Kossuth County, IAIA14,3221,451−37%

61Hamilton County, IAIA14,9441,446−32%

62Guthrie County, IAIA10,7821,371−7%

63Crawford County, IAIA16,2371,342−30%

64Monona County, IAIA8,5391,332−18%

65Butler County, IAIA14,0491,297−23%

66Greene County, IAIA8,6581,281−18%

67Wright County, IAIA12,8011,209−45%

68Mitchell County, IAIA10,6501,203−10%

69Humboldt County, IAIA9,4091,180+8%

70Calhoun County, IAIA9,5621,167−14%

71Louisa County, IAIA10,4161,167−17%

72Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8191,162+23%

73Montgomery County, IAIA10,0021,131−24%

74Lucas County, IAIA8,8471,113−26%

75Union County, IAIA11,8291,086−47%

76Adair County, IAIA7,4031,066+9%

77Howard County, IAIA9,4151,041−33%

78Grundy County, IAIA12,3611,018−46%

79Cherokee County, IAIA11,3691,012−41%

80Davis County, IAIA9,2301,009−4%

81Hancock County, IAIA10,528980−6%

82Sac County, IAIA9,525946−23%

83Clarke County, IAIA9,574941−25%

84Van Buren County, IAIA7,131929−12%

85Fremont County, IAIA6,522879−26%

86Emmet County, IAIA9,107874−39%

87Decatur County, IAIA7,655848−35%

88Lyon County, IAIA12,354842−11%

89O'Brien County, IAIA14,220763−26%

90Franklin County, IAIA9,868746−31%

91Worth County, IAIA7,338710−24%

92Wayne County, IAIA6,738701−21%

93Ringgold County, IAIA4,642682−24%

94Taylor County, IAIA5,835618−39%

95Winnebago County, IAIA10,251604−33%

96Ida County, IAIA6,777599−45%

97Adams County, IAIA3,617574−13%

98Osceola County, IAIA5,980535+8%

99Audubon County, IAIA5,509419−35%

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