Iowa Counties by Population

The most populated counties in Iowa are Polk County with 493,378, Linn County at 229,308, Scott County with 174,315, Johnson County at 153,360, and Black Hawk County with 131,041. You can get the most current Census population data for all 99 Iowa counties, sorted from the most populous counties in Iowa to the least, according to the 2022 American Community Survey.

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Rank County Population
1 Polk County 493,378
2 Linn County 229,308
3 Scott County 174,315
4 Johnson County 153,360
5 Black Hawk County 131,041
6 Woodbury County 105,526
7 Dallas County 100,367
8 Dubuque County 98,812
9 Story County 98,573
10 Pottawattamie County 93,543
11 Warren County 52,709
12 Clinton County 46,488
13 Cerro Gordo County 42,979
14 Muscatine County 42,968
15 Marshall County 40,049
16 Des Moines County 38,824
17 Jasper County 37,808
18 Webster County 36,986
19 Sioux County 35,815
20 Wapello County 35,292
21 Marion County 33,487
22 Lee County 33,442
23 Boone County 26,700
24 Benton County 25,652
25 Plymouth County 25,621
26 Bremer County 25,012
27 Washington County 22,534
28 Mahaska County 22,059
29 Jones County 20,733
30 Carroll County 20,728
31 Buena Vista County 20,687
32 Buchanan County 20,631
33 Henry County 20,436
34 Winneshiek County 20,050
35 Fayette County 19,519
36 Jackson County 19,470
37 Poweshiek County 18,608
38 Cedar County 18,479
39 Dickinson County 17,692
40 Delaware County 17,523
41 Clayton County 17,123
42 Tama County 17,017
43 Hardin County 16,861
44 Madison County 16,609
45 Iowa County 16,575
46 Crawford County 16,450
47 Clay County 16,423
48 Jefferson County 15,785
49 Floyd County 15,601
50 Page County 15,225
51 Hamilton County 14,979
52 Kossuth County 14,718
53 Harrison County 14,623
54 Mills County 14,605
55 Butler County 14,376
56 O'Brien County 14,138
57 Allamakee County 14,046
58 Cass County 13,116
59 Wright County 12,897
60 Grundy County 12,351
61 Appanoose County 12,279
62 Union County 12,107
63 Lyon County 12,023
64 Chickasaw County 11,957
65 Shelby County 11,737
66 Cherokee County 11,601
67 Louisa County 10,823
68 Hancock County 10,790
69 Winnebago County 10,704
70 Guthrie County 10,619
71 Mitchell County 10,537
72 Montgomery County 10,285
73 Keokuk County 10,026
74 Franklin County 10,015
75 Calhoun County 9,893
76 Sac County 9,778
77 Clarke County 9,737
78 Humboldt County 9,606
79 Howard County 9,479
80 Emmet County 9,349
81 Davis County 9,093
82 Palo Alto County 8,938
83 Greene County 8,801
84 Monona County 8,671
85 Lucas County 8,666
86 Decatur County 7,684
87 Monroe County 7,574
88 Adair County 7,479
89 Worth County 7,417
90 Van Buren County 7,207
91 Pocahontas County 7,061
92 Ida County 6,969
93 Fremont County 6,639
94 Wayne County 6,484
95 Osceola County 6,149
96 Taylor County 5,916
97 Audubon County 5,651
98 Ringgold County 4,690
99 Adams County 3,680

United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 7 December 2023. http://www.census.gov/.

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