Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 511.26K people in Iowa with Other Groups ancestry (16.08% of Iowa population). Among all Iowa counties, Buena Vista County had the highest percentage of its population with Other Groups ancestry (37.94%), followed by Crawford County (32.27%), and Marshall County (29.51%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Other Groups 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 Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Buena Vista County
Crawford County
Marshall County
Woodbury County
Clarke County
Wapello County
Louisa County
Polk County
Tama County
Scott County
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Buena Vista County 37.94
2 Crawford County 32.27
3 Marshall County 29.51
4 Woodbury County 27.50
5 Clarke County 23.27
6 Wapello County 22.26
7 Louisa County 22.04
8 Polk County 21.71
9 Tama County 21.63
10 Scott County 20.93
11 Taylor County 20.84
12 Muscatine County 20.74
13 Page County 20.29
14 Johnson County 19.64
15 Jefferson County 19.51
16 Franklin County 17.62
17 Wright County 17.08
18 Decatur County 16.92
19 Story County 16.69
20 Henry County 16.67
21 Fremont County 16.52
22 Black Hawk County 16.50
23 Union County 16.21
24 Des Moines County 15.64
25 Webster County 15.53
26 Pottawattamie County 15.52
27 Osceola County 15.37
28 Dallas County 15.29
29 Montgomery County 15.01
30 Lee County 14.68
31 Linn County 14.54
32 Adams County 14.53
33 Washington County 13.98
34 Mills County 13.59
35 Plymouth County 13.39
36 Emmet County 12.84
37 Poweshiek County 12.78
38 Clay County 12.72
39 Cerro Gordo County 12.60
40 Lucas County 12.51
41 Davis County 12.43
42 Dubuque County 12.21
43 Hamilton County 12.20
44 Warren County 12.19
45 Appanoose County 12.06
46 Floyd County 11.89
47 Humboldt County 11.87
48 Mahaska County 11.83
49 Ringgold County 11.65
50 Cass County 11.50
51 Clinton County 11.48
52 Adair County 11.33
53 Sioux County 11.17
54 Jasper County 11.13
55 Sac County 10.77
56 Madison County 10.73
57 Guthrie County 10.72
58 Allamakee County 10.71
59 Marion County 10.55
60 Winnebago County 10.42
61 Calhoun County 10.33
62 Hancock County 10.32
62 Monona County 10.32
63 Wayne County 10.01
64 Monroe County 9.99
65 Iowa County 9.88
66 Jones County 9.51
67 Kossuth County 9.47
68 Ida County 9.39
69 Keokuk County 9.37
70 Hardin County 9.24
71 Pocahontas County 9.12
72 Worth County 8.94
73 Palo Alto County 8.65
74 Fayette County 8.58
75 Grundy County 8.23
76 Chickasaw County 8.20
77 Delaware County 8.19
78 Cedar County 8.18
79 Boone County 8.05
80 Harrison County 8.04
81 Van Buren County 7.89
82 Jackson County 7.88
83 Buchanan County 7.83
84 Carroll County 7.77
85 O'Brien County 7.69
86 Benton County 7.54
87 Butler County 7.39
88 Lyon County 7.38
89 Shelby County 7.35
90 Mitchell County 7.34
91 Audubon County 7.11
92 Dickinson County 7.09
93 Bremer County 6.99
94 Clayton County 6.96
95 Greene County 6.90
96 Cherokee County 6.76
97 Howard County 6.11
98 Winneshiek County 5.98