Ranking of Iowa Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 796.79K people in Iowa with Unclassified ancestry. Among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest population with Unclassified ancestry (112.79K), followed by Linn County (60.54K), and Scott County (42.24K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Iowa.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Polk County
Linn County
Scott County
Black Hawk County
Johnson County
Story County
Dallas County
Pottawattamie County
Woodbury County
Dubuque County
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Polk County 112787
2 Linn County 60543
3 Scott County 42243
4 Black Hawk County 36493
5 Johnson County 30681
6 Story County 23755
7 Dallas County 23109
8 Pottawattamie County 21621
9 Woodbury County 21155
10 Dubuque County 20333
11 Muscatine County 15447
12 Warren County 13871
13 Clinton County 13579
14 Webster County 12745
15 Des Moines County 12092
16 Cerro Gordo County 11152
17 Lee County 10583
18 Wapello County 10436
19 Marshall County 10230
20 Jasper County 9654
21 Marion County 8436
22 Benton County 7631
23 Boone County 7106
24 Washington County 6739
25 Buchanan County 5877
26 Plymouth County 5856
27 Henry County 5813
28 Bremer County 5659
29 Sioux County 5585
30 Mahaska County 5569
31 Madison County 5282
32 Poweshiek County 5199
33 Jackson County 5029
34 Jones County 4980
35 Hardin County 4907
36 Cedar County 4879
37 Appanoose County 4696
38 Carroll County 4659
39 Jefferson County 4498
40 Fayette County 4463
41 Delaware County 4454
42 Clayton County 4389
43 Tama County 4351
44 Page County 4296
45 Louisa County 4223
46 Iowa County 4146
47 Buena Vista County 4144
48 Dickinson County 4030
49 Mills County 3944
50 Hamilton County 3927
51 Clay County 3919
52 Floyd County 3898
53 Cass County 3869
54 Union County 3823
55 O'Brien County 3694
56 Harrison County 3495
57 Cherokee County 3471
58 Winneshiek County 3435
59 Kossuth County 3361
60 Butler County 3274
61 Greene County 3240
62 Grundy County 3209
63 Montgomery County 3136
64 Crawford County 3118
65 Shelby County 3094
66 Guthrie County 3077
67 Hancock County 3019
68 Emmet County 2996
69 Keokuk County 2938
70 Humboldt County 2911
71 Chickasaw County 2845
72 Davis County 2802
73 Clarke County 2775
74 Calhoun County 2764
75 Allamakee County 2729
76 Van Buren County 2699
77 Wright County 2687
78 Mitchell County 2532
79 Sac County 2503
80 Decatur County 2478
81 Howard County 2355
82 Lucas County 2340
83 Lyon County 2312
84 Monroe County 2261
85 Winnebago County 2244
86 Franklin County 2181
87 Wayne County 2129
88 Pocahontas County 1980
89 Adair County 1906
90 Monona County 1905
91 Worth County 1869
92 Palo Alto County 1861
93 Taylor County 1741
94 Fremont County 1724
95 Audubon County 1636
96 Ringgold County 1628
97 Ida County 1505
98 Osceola County 1205
99 Adams County 941