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Largest South American population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are South American origin, 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 54 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSOUTH AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,5461,100+36%

02Johnson County, IAIA160,044809+50%

03Linn County, IAIA232,028433+99%

04Story County, IAIA101,291402+89%

05Dallas County, IAIA118,457316−1%

06Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996256+726%

07Clarke County, IAIA9,574207–

08Woodbury County, IAIA106,649170+139%

09Scott County, IAIA175,259140−46%

10Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532137−37%

11Jefferson County, IAIA15,29189+128%

12Dubuque County, IAIA99,38183−23%

13Warren County, IAIA57,33177+381%

14Des Moines County, IAIA38,07775+178%

15Bremer County, IAIA25,29670+192%

16Muscatine County, IAIA41,85358−36%

17Page County, IAIA14,85656+211%

18Kossuth County, IAIA14,32253–

19Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73350+525%

20Dickinson County, IAIA18,07748+433%

21Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36846+283%

22Hardin County, IAIA16,45541+8%

23Lucas County, IAIA8,84736–

24Buchanan County, IAIA20,88331–

25Grundy County, IAIA12,36130–

26O'Brien County, IAIA14,22029+190%

27Butler County, IAIA14,04928–

28Webster County, IAIA36,83823–

29Marshall County, IAIA39,89021+200%

30Sioux County, IAIA36,77420−26%

31Wright County, IAIA12,80119+217%

32Jasper County, IAIA38,15318+29%

33Montgomery County, IAIA10,00217–

34Floyd County, IAIA14,90116−61%

35Fayette County, IAIA19,04713–

36Benton County, IAIA26,00413–

37Decatur County, IAIA7,65512−48%

38Henry County, IAIA19,34912−74%

39Louisa County, IAIA10,41612–

40Marion County, IAIA34,19210+400%

41Union County, IAIA11,8298–

42Carroll County, IAIA20,3037–

43Hamilton County, IAIA14,9446−63%

44Lee County, IAIA32,3066–

45Cedar County, IAIA18,3595–

46Guthrie County, IAIA10,7825–

47Clay County, IAIA16,2024–

48Sac County, IAIA9,5253–

49Van Buren County, IAIA7,1313–

50Calhoun County, IAIA9,5622–

51Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6632–

52Madison County, IAIA17,2702−83%

53Humboldt County, IAIA9,4091−88%

54Tama County, IAIA16,7961–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS

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