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Largest Scottish population, Iowa counties

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish ancestry, from the 2024 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,5469,998+26%

02Linn County, IAIA232,0283,928−3%

03Scott County, IAIA175,2593,134+30%

04Johnson County, IAIA160,0442,681−10%

05Dallas County, IAIA118,4571,660+86%

06Story County, IAIA101,2911,595−34%

07Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5321,591−30%

08Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9961,579+17%

09Woodbury County, IAIA106,6491,093−27%

10Warren County, IAIA57,331924+4%

11Dubuque County, IAIA99,381784−7%

12Jasper County, IAIA38,153745+3%

13Des Moines County, IAIA38,077718+48%

14Jones County, IAIA21,253638+81%

15Boone County, IAIA26,799579+4%

16Webster County, IAIA36,838562−19%

17Clinton County, IAIA46,002561−11%

18Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368501−6%

19Wapello County, IAIA35,210501−27%

20Marion County, IAIA34,192480−15%

21Lee County, IAIA32,306463−3%

22Muscatine County, IAIA41,853445−32%

23Jefferson County, IAIA15,291440+14%

24Marshall County, IAIA39,890437−31%

25Hardin County, IAIA16,455426+34%

26Washington County, IAIA22,667417+6%

27Benton County, IAIA26,004378−41%

28Buchanan County, IAIA20,883378+39%

29Dickinson County, IAIA18,077349+81%

30Madison County, IAIA17,270344+14%

31Mahaska County, IAIA21,880335−27%

32Hamilton County, IAIA14,944331+25%

33Cedar County, IAIA18,359326−9%

34Louisa County, IAIA10,416309+33%

35Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372299−65%

36Keokuk County, IAIA9,797296+96%

37Henry County, IAIA19,349292−13%

38Bremer County, IAIA25,296288−16%

39Clay County, IAIA16,202258+113%

40Page County, IAIA14,856247−39%

41Union County, IAIA11,829245+25%

42Sac County, IAIA9,525245+57%

43Cass County, IAIA12,960236+40%

44Plymouth County, IAIA25,697227−33%

45Carroll County, IAIA20,303223+59%

46Mills County, IAIA14,793221+12%

47Floyd County, IAIA14,901219+60%

48Appanoose County, IAIA12,077218−24%

49Jackson County, IAIA19,288212+83%

50Grundy County, IAIA12,361210+76%

51Decatur County, IAIA7,655204+36%

52Butler County, IAIA14,049194+67%

53Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733186−49%

54Cherokee County, IAIA11,369184−7%

55Tama County, IAIA16,796183−38%

56Fayette County, IAIA19,047162−9%

57Wright County, IAIA12,801160−27%

58Harrison County, IAIA14,623158−60%

59Iowa County, IAIA16,504156−50%

60Emmet County, IAIA9,107155−24%

61Van Buren County, IAIA7,131155−5%

62Greene County, IAIA8,658153−25%

63Wayne County, IAIA6,738152+9%

64Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663150+29%

65Monroe County, IAIA7,406145+7%

66Sioux County, IAIA36,774140−53%

67Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449139−32%

68Clayton County, IAIA16,845138−26%

69Mitchell County, IAIA10,650135−17%

70Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819135+45%

71Delaware County, IAIA17,674132+2%

72Shelby County, IAIA11,689131+15%

73Monona County, IAIA8,539129+139%

74Clarke County, IAIA9,574121−55%

75Guthrie County, IAIA10,782121−8%

76Davis County, IAIA9,230120−49%

77Humboldt County, IAIA9,409116−48%

78Taylor County, IAIA5,835111−34%

79Kossuth County, IAIA14,322103−63%

80Lyon County, IAIA12,354101+159%

81Fremont County, IAIA6,52297−48%

82Lucas County, IAIA8,84797+5%

83Montgomery County, IAIA10,00294−64%

84O'Brien County, IAIA14,22093−66%

85Ringgold County, IAIA4,64292−48%

86Ida County, IAIA6,77791+21%

87Adams County, IAIA3,61790+36%

88Winnebago County, IAIA10,25190−40%

89Allamakee County, IAIA14,23886−51%

90Calhoun County, IAIA9,56283−28%

91Franklin County, IAIA9,86878−58%

92Howard County, IAIA9,41565−40%

93Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89964−35%

94Worth County, IAIA7,33864+68%

95Adair County, IAIA7,40363−60%

96Crawford County, IAIA16,23760−53%

97Hancock County, IAIA10,52856−52%

98Audubon County, IAIA5,50933−13%

99Osceola County, IAIA5,98017−41%

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES