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Counties of Iowa

Iowa, often called the Hawkeye State, is a charming Midwestern state known for its rich agricultural heritage, friendly communities, and scenic landscapes. Located in the heart of the United States, Iowa is bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, and Nebraska and South Dakota to the west. From its rolling prairies and fertile farmland to its vibrant cities and cultural attractions, Iowa offers a diverse array of experiences.

At the heart of Iowa's identity is its strong agricultural heritage. Known as one of the nation's top producers of corn, soybeans, and pork, Iowa's countryside is characterized by vast fields of crops, family-owned farms, and picturesque barns. Visitors can explore the state's agricultural roots at attractions like Living History Farms in Urbandale, which offers a glimpse into Iowa's farming history through interactive exhibits and demonstrations.

In addition to its agricultural landscapes, Iowa has several scenic natural areas that offer outdoor recreation and relaxation opportunities. The Loess Hills, located in the western part of the state, features unique landforms formed by wind-blown silt deposits, offering hiking, birdwatching, and stunning views of the surrounding countryside. The Great River Road, which follows the course of the Mississippi River along Iowa's eastern border, offers scenic drives, historic sites, and charming river towns to explore.

Iowa's vibrant cities offer a mix of cultural attractions, dining options, and entertainment venues. Des Moines, the state capital and largest city, is a bustling metropolis known for its thriving arts scene, eclectic dining options, and outdoor recreational opportunities. Visitors can explore attractions like the Des Moines Art Center, catch a Broadway show at the Civic Center, or stroll through the scenic trails of Gray's Lake Park.

Beyond Des Moines, Iowa is home to several other dynamic cities and towns that offer unique attractions and experiences. Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa, is known for its historic downtown district, vibrant cultural scene, and literary heritage, as the only UNESCO City of Literature in the United States. Cedar Rapids, the state's second-largest city, is famous for its museums, including the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.

Visitors will encounter warm hospitality, small-town charm, and a strong sense of community throughout Indiana. From attending county fairs and festivals to exploring historic landmarks and scenic byways, there's always something new to discover in the Hawkeye State.

Iowa has natural beauty, agricultural abundance, and friendly communities that invite visitors to explore its diverse landscapes and rich cultural heritage. Whether enjoying outdoor recreation, experiencing small-town hospitality, or immersing oneself in the vibrant culture of its cities, visitors to Iowa are sure to be charmed by its timeless appeal.

County Statistics: STI: PopStats

City Name↑↓	Population↑↓	Density↑↓	White↑↓	Black↑↓	Asian↑↓	Hispanic↑↓	Education↑↓	Income↑↓	SSA↑↓	Poverty↑↓	Land Area↑↓
Altoona	20,017	1,704.77	87.22	3.37	1.15	4.54	44.61	89,100	27.84	6.02	11.7417
Ames	66,265	2,379.44	78.32	3.18	10.08	3.89	70.49	57,428	19.34	26.81	27.849
Ankeny	68,392	2,243.77	88.64	1	3.15	3.75	64.99	101,151	20.4	4.74	30.4808
Bettendorf	38,997	1,830.71	82.62	1.68	6.7	5.02	61.3	100,570	30.74	7.35	21.3015
Burlington	23,976	1,664.11	83.29	5.74	1.52	4.6	33.92	51,628	40.35	17.84	14.4077
Cedar Falls	40,686	1,382.32	90.25	1.17	3.84	2.77	59.95	71,011	29.69	16.96	29.4332
Cedar Rapids	136,929	1,875.03	78.51	8.45	2.68	4.29	45.43	66,895	28.17	11.37	73.0275
Clinton	24,524	688.88	86.57	5.12	0.27	4.79	30.15	55,196	38.57	16.98	35.5999
Clive	18,576	2,429.91	77.21	4.97	6.15	9.78	68.22	124,908	25.63	2.72	7.6447
Coralville	22,494	1,775.59	67.83	13.92	9.42	4.21	64.64	67,691	20.94	10.67	12.6684
Council Bluffs	62,670	1,458.68	83.4	2.02	1.22	10.29	32.6	61,181	31.44	13.59	42.9634
Davenport	101,448	1,590.21	72.35	10.84	1.89	9.07	40.29	59,890	29.92	15.8	63.7954
Des Moines	213,164	2,417.4	63.37	11.44	6.53	14.34	38.11	62,378	25.79	15.2	88.1792
Dubuque	59,315	1,899.12	86.41	4.03	1.46	2.84	43.05	63,520	34.13	13	31.2328
Fort Dodge	24,850	1,552.34	81.14	4.89	1.62	7.38	32.01	59,452	34.13	15.1	16.0081
Grimes	15,402	1,284.08	89.64	1.02	2.64	5.06	52.49	99,896	18.29	6.46	11.9946
Indianola	15,845	1,385.64	91.71	0.71	1.67	2.49	45.66	73,534	32.81	8.7	11.4351
Iowa City	74,878	2,918.87	73.21	8.36	7.8	6.7	66.56	54,879	20.11	26.73	25.653
Johnston	23,856	1,225.15	77.6	10.44	5.83	3.09	64.39	98,324	23.12	10.45	19.472
Marion	41,401	2,325.67	89.27	2.6	1.69	3.31	52.74	81,519	29.76	7.06	17.8017
Marshalltown	27,511	1,432.98	55.7	2.32	5.19	33.56	29.09	65,000	30.73	14.29	19.1984
Mason City	27,271	979.01	87.38	2.17	0.77	6.58	36.41	60,786	35.33	10.55	27.8556
Muscatine	23,671	1,300.89	71.57	4.06	0.8	20.1	32.85	58,474	29	17.38	18.196
Newton	15,692	1,384.02	89.93	2.21	0.1	4.17	30.67	53,873	40.08	12.35	11.338
North Liberty	20,393	2,177.44	78.8	4.4	4.7	6.4	67.71	100,197	12.68	4.52	9.3656
Ottumwa	25,359	1,578.91	73.71	4.08	1.87	14.9	30.19	53,085	31.85	18.99	16.0611
Sioux City	85,469	1,462.0	64.01	5.11	2.58	21.37	33.04	64,250	30.33	14.8	58.4604
Urbandale	45,591	2,023.77	82.02	4.33	5.22	5.74	61.36	111,888	25.92	5.49	22.5278
Waterloo	67,256	1,091.9	67.81	17.45	2.66	7.13	33.27	54,104	34.15	17.39	61.5952
Waukee	25,045	1,168.0	80.67	3.4	6.49	4.85	67.97	106,846	18.46	5.8	21.4426
West Des Moines	68,744	1,453.57	79.11	4.39	6.05	5.67	63.25	82,345	22.31	7.53	47.2931

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Population

County Name↑↓	Population↑↓	Density↑↓	White↑↓	Black↑↓	Asian↑↓	Hispanic↑↓	Education↑↓	Income↑↓	SSA↑↓	Poverty↑↓	Land Area↑↓
Adair	7,413	13.02	94.2	0.63	0.2	2.59	32.1	64,756	24.27	11.53	569.271
Adams	3,731	8.81	94.67	0.29	0.16	1.53	38.27	70,150	27.39	10.63	423.433
Allamakee	14,309	22.39	88.86	1.35	0.43	7.87	31.49	66,642	25.41	10.17	639.044
Appanoose	12,427	24.99	94.01	0.52	0.43	2.08	32.16	54,276	27.67	15.83	497.289
Audubon	5,584	12.61	95.45	0.3	0.04	1.84	33.48	59,012	28.58	9.96	442.961
Benton	25,862	36.11	94.61	0.4	0.27	1.79	38.72	82,012	23.09	9.42	716.102
Black Hawk	131,901	233.14	78.39	9.92	2.59	4.8	41.99	64,849	21.37	15.2	565.757
Boone	27,020	47.36	93.13	1.18	0.26	2.73	41.67	76,713	22.73	8.54	570.488
Bremer	25,491	58.54	93.53	1.07	0.83	1.93	48.59	86,745	22.64	6.8	435.479
Buchanan	20,892	36.58	95.24	0.54	0.16	1.73	34.88	73,344	22.71	9.96	571.079
Buena Vista	20,738	36.07	54.87	2.85	9.73	27.77	32.45	65,795	17.89	7.07	574.899
Butler	14,278	24.61	95.69	0.34	0.59	1.44	34.97	68,279	27.58	12.23	580.138
Calhoun	9,968	17.49	93.01	1.37	0.28	2.26	35.73	67,539	26.78	9.87	569.846
Carroll	21,028	36.93	93.34	1.15	0.4	2.97	36.76	70,679	23.92	10.32	569.453
Cass	13,095	23.21	93.95	0.53	0.31	2.69	30.21	62,964	29.16	15.23	564.258
Cedar	18,731	32.32	94.13	0.45	0.45	2.47	35.46	79,711	22.91	7.85	579.462
Cerro Gordo	43,082	75.81	88.52	1.71	1.23	5.28	39.55	65,447	27.25	10.4	568.3
Cherokee	11,717	20.31	91.33	1.02	0.25	4.4	34.16	66,765	26.47	10.19	576.907
Chickasaw	12,090	23.97	93.99	0.7	0.14	3.47	31.66	74,025	25.01	8.45	504.324
Clarke	9,731	22.57	79.91	0.25	0.65	15.61	24.58	66,680	22.48	15.05	431.112
Clay	16,404	28.92	91.92	0.59	0.49	4.28	39.13	64,503	26.21	12.03	567.238
Clayton	17,278	22.19	94.88	0.67	0.34	2.12	28.17	62,521	28.61	11.96	778.496
Clinton	46,449	66.84	89.44	2.97	0.72	3.33	34.34	65,017	24.88	10.74	694.959
Crawford	16,488	23.09	64.37	2.26	1.89	29.24	26.89	61,942	21.89	13.94	714.198
Dallas	114,602	194.8	82.43	2.5	4.78	6.22	61.93	105,419	12.43	6.24	588.298
Davis	9,227	18.37	95.61	0.04	0.33	1.66	31.39	80,003	19.58	9.07	502.188
Decatur	7,741	14.55	91.6	1.25	0.53	3.02	32.59	57,276	24.39	14.07	531.883
Delaware	17,790	30.8	95.46	0.37	0.22	1.52	32.35	79,282	23.46	8.91	577.683
Des Moines	38,588	92.73	84.63	5.86	1.09	3.48	36.46	59,734	25.45	15.68	416.129
Dickinson	19,304	50.73	94.05	0.27	0.68	2.51	46.58	75,902	29.13	5.4	380.533
Dubuque	100,517	165.24	88.96	3.45	1.13	2.85	42.83	76,898	22.21	10.47	608.299
Emmet	9,401	23.75	84.87	2.12	0.3	9.73	32.08	63,488	25.59	12.96	395.89
Fayette	19,388	26.53	92.15	0.9	0.44	2.76	29.79	57,279	26.5	13.04	730.817
Floyd	15,663	31.29	89.29	1.82	1.67	3.79	31.57	65,387	25.95	11.77	500.571
Franklin	9,768	16.78	81.62	0.38	0.26	15.27	30.34	63,155	25.32	13.44	581.969
Fremont	6,589	12.89	92.97	0.32	0.05	3.04	35.05	72,433	27.77	8.91	511.168
Greene	8,855	15.55	92.91	0.23	0.68	3.17	34.76	57,113	27.66	10.34	569.56
Grundy	12,603	25.11	95.49	0.6	0.33	1.49	42.4	80,045	24.07	6.73	501.856
Guthrie	10,879	18.42	93.78	0.36	0.31	2.76	36.12	78,923	29.19	10.64	590.604
Hamilton	15,208	26.37	86.15	1.05	1.85	8.05	38.4	67,353	23.22	9.56	576.729
Hancock	10,668	18.68	91.18	0.79	0.36	5.4	34.32	68,743	24.63	11.56	571.005
Hardin	16,654	29.25	90.84	0.7	0.67	4.75	35.22	65,748	26.17	10.72	569.307
Harrison	14,772	21.2	94.93	0.17	0.32	2.04	30.85	78,893	23.71	8.67	696.874
Henry	20,474	47.14	86.49	2.58	2.22	5.15	35.07	65,044	22.45	10.4	434.288
Howard	9,631	20.35	94.45	0.21	0.31	2.25	31.78	66,004	24.24	10.23	473.247
Humboldt	9,604	22.11	91.81	0.46	0.47	4.76	37.15	68,610	23.79	13.11	434.372
Ida	6,946	16.1	93.29	0.58	0.35	3.61	34.62	64,695	24.34	13.82	431.513
Iowa	17,018	29.02	92.64	0.55	0.35	3.44	37.09	73,422	23.12	8.64	586.455
Jackson	19,537	30.72	94.51	0.69	0.32	1.45	29.36	69,318	26.39	11.99	636.043
Jasper	38,213	52.32	91.63	1.84	0.55	2.85	31.81	70,391	23.33	9.22	730.426
Jefferson	15,490	35.57	84.95	3.45	4.38	3.69	50.67	55,281	30.37	16.58	435.524
Johnson	159,881	260.82	75.51	7.86	5.89	6.35	62.92	79,090	14.14	15.98	613
Jones	20,745	36.04	92.31	2.09	0.46	2.28	36.62	73,856	24.63	9.19	575.618
Keokuk	10,087	17.42	95.01	0.53	0.14	2.19	29.47	61,755	26.19	13.27	579.175
Kossuth	14,577	14.99	92.71	0.62	0.54	3.93	35.99	65,085	28.28	9.25	972.731
Lee	32,848	63.47	89.71	2.73	0.44	3.5	34.64	59,960	26.94	13.23	517.55
Linn	231,153	322.36	82.72	6.37	2.31	3.74	47.59	77,611	19.7	9.32	717.058
Louisa	10,676	26.57	78.23	0.61	2.14	15.86	25.92	74,408	23.92	9.69	401.772
Lucas	8,807	20.45	94.73	0.28	0.37	2.37	24.92	63,699	25.56	16.13	430.681
Lyon	12,307	20.94	94.08	0.27	0.26	3.29	34.74	76,173	19.46	5.66	587.609
Madison	17,087	30.46	93.95	0.53	0.44	2.18	37.46	88,239	21.13	6.1	561.006
Mahaska	22,028	38.59	92	1.65	1.08	2.26	34.52	66,676	22.2	12.41	570.851
Marion	34,180	61.64	93.27	0.68	1.06	2.16	43.06	76,943	22.58	8.66	554.49
Marshall	40,449	70.65	68.41	1.81	3.95	22.98	32.8	72,220	21.88	11.64	572.503
Mills	14,837	33.92	92.79	0.39	0.52	3.42	43.24	84,201	22.88	6.89	437.431
Mitchell	10,610	22.61	95.75	0.45	0.64	1.79	37.17	68,747	23.88	9.07	469.256
Monona	8,775	12.64	93.11	0.3	0.15	2.42	26.76	62,587	27.84	11.29	694.072
Monroe	7,543	17.39	94.71	0.23	0.37	0.99	33.42	73,985	25.41	11.59	433.717
Montgomery	10,304	24.3	92.63	0.35	0.24	2.37	33.48	62,105	27.29	14.59	424.097
Muscatine	42,757	97.74	75.97	2.54	0.83	17.68	35.94	69,400	22.1	11.89	437.445
O'Brien	14,104	24.61	89.71	1.23	0.65	6.28	35.95	66,384	24.3	11.15	573.035
Osceola	6,201	15.55	86.6	0.71	0.82	9.06	28.55	68,446	23.46	11.1	398.687
Page	15,049	28.13	89.93	2.25	0.77	3.49	29.21	61,155	28.15	14.24	534.944
Palo Alto	9,034	16.02	92.21	1.32	0.51	3.23	35.45	68,220	25.13	9.04	563.864
Plymouth	26,000	30.13	89.52	1.55	0.49	5.73	38.76	82,621	21.65	6.45	862.828
Pocahontas	6,984	12.1	90.71	0.57	0.52	4.81	32.47	64,120	26.8	10.1	577.241
Polk	513,344	897.14	75.15	6.91	4.74	9.14	49.63	81,902	16.32	9.53	572.199
Pottawattamie	94,088	98.91	85.31	1.76	0.87	8.17	35.28	70,912	21.99	11.32	951.268
Poweshiek	18,888	32.29	91.22	1.38	1.73	3.14	38.92	63,885	23.23	13.36	584.924
Ringgold	4,690	8.76	94.88	0.09	0.13	2.17	34.81	70,858	27.97	8.18	535.498
Sac	9,786	17.02	93.74	0.38	0.41	3.61	35.44	70,295	26.9	9.72	575.022
Scott	176,245	384.73	77.82	7.23	2.81	7.01	46.74	75,775	20.09	11.29	458.096
Shelby	11,900	20.14	92.76	0.69	0.21	3.44	37.78	69,575	27.18	10.33	590.779
Sioux	36,966	48.14	84.68	0.5	0.54	12.62	44.99	82,269	16.62	6.98	767.914
Story	98,592	172.2	82.33	2.59	6.15	4.38	63.63	71,173	14.9	20.09	572.544
Tama	17,108	23.73	77.86	0.82	0.53	11.06	29.96	66,454	24.78	14.04	721.011
Taylor	5,913	11.12	89.18	0.07	0.1	7.75	27.82	65,556	26.67	10.02	531.902
Union	11,973	28.26	92.97	0.64	0.53	3.16	32.08	58,496	25.96	12.03	423.645
Van Buren	7,324	15.11	95.62	0.4	0.53	1.58	28.99	61,342	26.02	11.89	484.792
Wapello	35,397	81.97	78.32	3.6	1.58	11.86	30.34	59,443	22.65	17.03	431.842
Warren	56,421	99.01	92.14	0.77	0.74	3.17	46	92,146	18.38	7.18	569.837
Washington	22,769	40.03	89.09	0.6	0.44	7.01	34.38	73,682	23.71	6.91	568.828
Wayne	6,625	12.61	95.06	0.23	0.23	1.36	27.48	61,647	26.32	12.17	525.469
Webster	36,697	51.27	84.88	4.24	0.95	5.61	33.76	67,097	22.48	11.43	715.706
Winnebago	10,592	26.45	89.26	1.23	1.97	5.52	42.83	64,376	25.81	10.26	400.489
Winneshiek	20,069	29.09	93.89	0.65	0.76	2.68	45.24	72,907	24.81	8.91	689.836
Woodbury	107,204	122.81	68.82	4.4	2.58	17.81	34.88	70,023	18.53	13.72	872.896
Worth	7,400	18.49	93.69	0.92	0.32	3	36.33	71,537	24.54	7.98	400.123
Wright	12,749	21.97	80.64	0.36	0.37	15.89	32.37	61,302	24.35	12.84	580.415

City Statistics: American Community Survey 2022,
County Statistics: STI: PopStats