Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of 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 (25.06% of Iowa population). Among all Iowa counties, Louisa County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (38.78%), followed by Appanoose County (38.15%), and Van Buren County (37.51%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified ancestry.
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Related Topics: Iowa ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisa County | 38.78 |
| 2 | Appanoose County | 38.15 |
| 3 | Van Buren County | 37.51 |
| 4 | Greene County | 36.69 |
| 5 | Muscatine County | 35.80 |
| 6 | Ringgold County | 34.35 |
| 7 | Webster County | 34.34 |
| 8 | Wayne County | 32.73 |
| 9 | Madison County | 32.18 |
| 10 | Decatur County | 32.11 |
| 11 | Emmet County | 31.76 |
| 12 | Lee County | 31.38 |
| 13 | Union County | 31.35 |
| 14 | Des Moines County | 30.95 |
| 15 | Davis County | 30.91 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 30.37 |
| 17 | Humboldt County | 30.25 |
| 18 | Washington County | 29.92 |
| 19 | Cherokee County | 29.91 |
| 20 | Monroe County | 29.79 |
| 21 | Benton County | 29.75 |
| 22 | Wapello County | 29.53 |
| 23 | Cass County | 29.40 |
| 24 | Taylor County | 29.35 |
| 25 | Keokuk County | 29.23 |
| 26 | Clinton County | 29.15 |
| 27 | Guthrie County | 29.03 |
| 28 | Audubon County | 28.92 |
| 29 | Hardin County | 28.87 |
| 30 | Buchanan County | 28.53 |
| 31 | Clarke County | 28.50 |
| 32 | Jefferson County | 28.39 |
| 33 | Henry County | 28.37 |
| 34 | Page County | 28.17 |
| 35 | Pocahontas County | 27.92 |
| 36 | Poweshiek County | 27.91 |
| 37 | Hancock County | 27.86 |
| 38 | Black Hawk County | 27.77 |
| 39 | Calhoun County | 27.75 |
| 40 | Lucas County | 27.05 |
| 41 | Mills County | 26.91 |
| 42 | Warren County | 26.75 |
| 43 | Boone County | 26.59 |
| 44 | Linn County | 26.49 |
| 45 | Cedar County | 26.38 |
| 46 | Shelby County | 26.33 |
| 47 | O'Brien County | 26.13 |
| 48 | Hamilton County | 26.05 |
| 49 | Grundy County | 26.01 |
| 50 | Cerro Gordo County | 25.82 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 25.79 |
| 52 | Fremont County | 25.72 |
| 53 | Adair County | 25.62 |
| 53 | Jasper County | 25.62 |
| 54 | Clayton County | 25.56 |
| 55 | Marshall County | 25.49 |
| 56 | Tama County | 25.48 |
| 57 | Sac County | 25.47 |
| 58 | Adams County | 25.45 |
| 59 | Delaware County | 25.44 |
| 60 | Marion County | 25.27 |
| 61 | Mahaska County | 25.16 |
| 62 | Worth County | 25.09 |
| 63 | Iowa County | 24.98 |
| 64 | Howard County | 24.91 |
| 65 | Floyd County | 24.87 |
| 66 | Scott County | 24.25 |
| 67 | Story County | 24.21 |
| 68 | Jones County | 24.08 |
| 69 | Mitchell County | 24.06 |
| 70 | Harrison County | 23.96 |
| 71 | Dallas County | 23.92 |
| 72 | Clay County | 23.88 |
| 73 | Chickasaw County | 23.67 |
| 74 | Pottawattamie County | 23.11 |
| 75 | Polk County | 23.07 |
| 76 | Dickinson County | 22.98 |
| 77 | Plymouth County | 22.93 |
| 78 | Fayette County | 22.79 |
| 79 | Bremer County | 22.76 |
| 80 | Butler County | 22.70 |
| 81 | Kossuth County | 22.67 |
| 82 | Carroll County | 22.45 |
| 83 | Monona County | 21.82 |
| 84 | Franklin County | 21.69 |
| 85 | Ida County | 21.57 |
| 86 | Winnebago County | 20.89 |
| 87 | Wright County | 20.70 |
| 88 | Palo Alto County | 20.69 |
| 89 | Dubuque County | 20.60 |
| 90 | Johnson County | 20.21 |
| 91 | Woodbury County | 20.13 |
| 92 | Buena Vista County | 20.00 |
| 93 | Osceola County | 19.54 |
| 94 | Allamakee County | 19.40 |
| 95 | Lyon County | 19.34 |
| 96 | Crawford County | 18.83 |
| 97 | Winneshiek County | 17.09 |
| 98 | Sioux County | 15.67 |