Iowa Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of Iowa was 173,864, which was 5.47% of the population of Iowa.
The highest percentage of the Iowa foreign-born population where born in Mexico (23.87%), followed by India (6.36%), and China (5.54%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Iowa Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Iowa foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Iowa foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: Iowa ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Iowa Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 41503 | 23.87 |
| India | 11054 | 6.36 |
| China | 9630 | 5.54 |
| Vietnam | 7886 | 4.54 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5758 | 3.31 |
| Guatemala | 5373 | 3.09 |
| Korea | 5072 | 2.92 |
| Philippines | 4489 | 2.58 |
| Burma | 4386 | 2.52 |
| El Salvador | 4348 | 2.50 |
| Sudan | 4195 | 2.41 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 3899 | 2.24 |
| Thailand | 3607 | 2.08 |
| Laos | 3542 | 2.04 |
| Canada | 2752 | 1.58 |
| Liberia | 2628 | 1.51 |
| Germany | 2582 | 1.49 |
| Honduras | 1923 | 1.11 |
| Ethiopia | 1637 | 0.94 |
| Iraq | 1504 | 0.87 |
| Russia | 1365 | 0.79 |
| Pakistan | 1335 | 0.77 |
| Brazil | 1279 | 0.74 |
| Colombia | 1170 | 0.67 |
| Nepal | 1169 | 0.67 |
| Congo | 1122 | 0.65 |
| Nigeria | 1111 | 0.64 |
| Kenya | 1026 | 0.59 |
| Japan | 981 | 0.56 |
| England | 948 | 0.55 |
| Micronesia | 908 | 0.52 |
| Cuba | 901 | 0.52 |
| Eritrea | 898 | 0.52 |
| Malaysia | 788 | 0.45 |
| Lebanon | 764 | 0.44 |
| Somalia | 718 | 0.41 |
| Egypt | 698 | 0.40 |
| Haiti | 695 | 0.40 |
| Ukraine | 662 | 0.38 |
| Bangladesh | 606 | 0.35 |
| Peru | 530 | 0.31 |
| Sri Lanka | 521 | 0.30 |
| Cambodia | 521 | 0.30 |
| Ghana | 517 | 0.30 |
| Morocco | 516 | 0.30 |
| Netherlands | 494 | 0.28 |
| Saudi Arabia | 488 | 0.28 |
| Poland | 457 | 0.26 |
| Jordan | 436 | 0.25 |
| Spain | 427 | 0.25 |
| Taiwan | 426 | 0.25 |
| Iran | 420 | 0.24 |
| Australia | 412 | 0.24 |
| Venezuela | 407 | 0.23 |
| Dominican Republic | 402 | 0.23 |
| Sierra Leone | 381 | 0.22 |
| Croatia | 379 | 0.22 |
| Nicaragua | 356 | 0.21 |
| Jamaica | 355 | 0.20 |
| Romania | 329 | 0.19 |
| Italy | 326 | 0.19 |
| Panama | 324 | 0.19 |
| Bulgaria | 305 | 0.18 |
| Afghanistan | 304 | 0.18 |
| Ecuador | 301 | 0.17 |
| Indonesia | 299 | 0.17 |
| Sweden | 269 | 0.16 |
| Uganda | 259 | 0.15 |
| Hong Kong | 254 | 0.15 |
| Cameroon | 253 | 0.15 |
| Argentina | 231 | 0.13 |
| France | 223 | 0.13 |
| Greece | 218 | 0.13 |
| Norway | 213 | 0.12 |
| Chile | 209 | 0.12 |
| Turkey | 180 | 0.10 |
| Costa Rica | 176 | 0.10 |
| Uruguay | 170 | 0.10 |
| Guyana | 166 | 0.10 |
| Czechoslovakia | 154 | 0.09 |
| North Macedonia | 150 | 0.09 |
| Scotland | 143 | 0.08 |
| Belarus | 142 | 0.08 |
| Ireland | 141 | 0.08 |
| Israel | 136 | 0.08 |
| Latvia | 116 | 0.07 |
| Senegal | 113 | 0.07 |
| Moldova | 107 | 0.06 |
| Syria | 105 | 0.06 |
| Austria | 104 | 0.06 |
| Hungary | 100 | 0.06 |
| Singapore | 98 | 0.06 |
| Zimbabwe | 90 | 0.05 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 0.05 |
| Lithuania | 86 | 0.05 |
| Switzerland | 76 | 0.04 |
| Serbia | 74 | 0.04 |
| Kazakhstan | 69 | 0.04 |
| Denmark | 67 | 0.04 |
| Grenada | 66 | 0.04 |
| Bahamas | 56 | 0.03 |
| Belgium | 49 | 0.03 |
| Portugal | 44 | 0.03 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 43 | 0.03 |
| Armenia | 41 | 0.02 |
| Barbados | 38 | 0.02 |
| Albania | 31 | 0.02 |
| Yemen | 28 | 0.02 |
| Uzbekistan | 26 | 0.02 |
| Belize | 15 | 0.01 |
| Azores Islands | 2 | 0.00 |