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Largest Scottish population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish 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 198.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,5467,876−1%

02Linn County, IAIA232,0284,017−1%

03Johnson County, IAIA160,0442,992+1%

04Scott County, IAIA175,2592,790+16%

05Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5322,099−8%

06Story County, IAIA101,2911,697−30%

07Dallas County, IAIA118,4571,464+64%

08Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9961,209−11%

09Woodbury County, IAIA106,649965−36%

10Warren County, IAIA57,331920+3%

11Dubuque County, IAIA99,381871+3%

12Jones County, IAIA21,253831+136%

13Muscatine County, IAIA41,853778+19%

14Clinton County, IAIA46,002649+3%

15Wapello County, IAIA35,210647−5%

16Jasper County, IAIA38,153636−12%

17Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372579−32%

18Marshall County, IAIA39,890571−10%

19Lee County, IAIA32,306540+13%

20Webster County, IAIA36,838499−28%

21Des Moines County, IAIA38,077480−1%

22Mahaska County, IAIA21,880461+1%

23Boone County, IAIA26,799458−17%

24Marion County, IAIA34,192433−23%

25Washington County, IAIA22,667431+10%

26Jefferson County, IAIA15,291406+5%

27Union County, IAIA11,829378+93%

28Mills County, IAIA14,793378+92%

29Henry County, IAIA19,349368+9%

30Buchanan County, IAIA20,883365+35%

31Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368356−33%

32Bremer County, IAIA25,296324−5%

33O'Brien County, IAIA14,220296+7%

34Keokuk County, IAIA9,797287+90%

35Madison County, IAIA17,270270−11%

36Page County, IAIA14,856269−33%

37Plymouth County, IAIA25,697269−20%

38Iowa County, IAIA16,504265−16%

39Benton County, IAIA26,004262−59%

40Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733260−29%

41Grundy County, IAIA12,361255+114%

42Decatur County, IAIA7,655226+51%

43Clay County, IAIA16,202217+79%

44Sac County, IAIA9,525214+37%

45Fayette County, IAIA19,047213+20%

46Hardin County, IAIA16,455212−34%

47Kossuth County, IAIA14,322207−25%

48Appanoose County, IAIA12,077202−29%

49Clarke County, IAIA9,574198−26%

50Tama County, IAIA16,796198−33%

51Sioux County, IAIA36,774194−35%

52Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449188−8%

53Hamilton County, IAIA14,944182−31%

54Montgomery County, IAIA10,002173−34%

55Clayton County, IAIA16,845172−8%

56Cass County, IAIA12,960166−2%

57Taylor County, IAIA5,835165−2%

58Wayne County, IAIA6,738162+17%

59Carroll County, IAIA20,303161+15%

60Van Buren County, IAIA7,131158−3%

61Davis County, IAIA9,230157−33%

62Dickinson County, IAIA18,077152−21%

63Jackson County, IAIA19,288152+31%

64Guthrie County, IAIA10,782148+12%

65Humboldt County, IAIA9,409147−35%

66Greene County, IAIA8,658146−29%

67Cherokee County, IAIA11,369145−27%

68Hancock County, IAIA10,528143+22%

69Allamakee County, IAIA14,238141−19%

70Monona County, IAIA8,539140+159%

71Louisa County, IAIA10,416138−41%

72Wright County, IAIA12,801138−37%

73Lucas County, IAIA8,847135+47%

74Crawford County, IAIA16,2371280%

75Cedar County, IAIA18,359126−65%

76Fremont County, IAIA6,522121−35%

77Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899120+22%

78Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819117+26%

79Floyd County, IAIA14,901116−15%

80Butler County, IAIA14,049114−2%

81Delaware County, IAIA17,674106−18%

82Harrison County, IAIA14,62397−76%

83Emmet County, IAIA9,10793−54%

84Calhoun County, IAIA9,56292−21%

85Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66392−21%

86Monroe County, IAIA7,40692−32%

87Howard County, IAIA9,41587−19%

88Winnebago County, IAIA10,25187−42%

89Adair County, IAIA7,40384−46%

90Ringgold County, IAIA4,64281−54%

91Ida County, IAIA6,77766−12%

92Franklin County, IAIA9,86863−66%

93Audubon County, IAIA5,50955+45%

94Mitchell County, IAIA10,65050−69%

95Worth County, IAIA7,33844+16%

96Lyon County, IAIA12,35438−3%

97Shelby County, IAIA11,68937−68%

98Osceola County, IAIA5,98030+3%

99Adams County, IAIA3,61728−58%

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