Iowa Death Rate By County in 2020

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2020, the death rate for Iowa was 9.76, and the top three counties that had the highest death rate were:

  1. Monona County: 17.07
  2. Ida County: 15.82
  3. Cherokee County: 15.16

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest death rate were:

  1. Johnson County: 5.45
  2. Dallas County: 5.65
  3. Story County: 5.77

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each Iowa county in 2020. You can also find links to the historical death rate for each county below.

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Iowa Death Rate By County in 2020
Iowa Death Rate By County in 2020
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County Death Rate
Adair 13.56
Adams 10.85
Allamakee 14.06
Appanoose 13.79
Audubon 13.49
Benton 10.16
Black Hawk 9.79
Boone 12.09
Bremer 9.47
Buchanan 9.57
Buena Vista 7.45
Butler 13.36
Calhoun 14.88
Carroll 12.09
Cass 14.35
Cedar 10.53
Cerro Gordo 12.79
Cherokee 15.16
Chickasaw 11.02
Clarke 11.85
Clay 11.91
Clayton 12.06
Clinton 11.38
Crawford 9.31
Dallas 5.65
Davis 9.3
Decatur 9.99
Delaware 11.18
Des Moines 12.22
Dickinson 10.68
Dubuque 9.95
Emmet 12.34
Fayette 12
Floyd 11.31
Franklin 11.37
Fremont 14.07
Greene 12.45
Grundy 11.46
Guthrie 12.01
Hamilton 12.06
Hancock 11.24
Hardin 14.02
Harrison 13.59
Henry 10.68
Howard 13.54
Humboldt 13.07
Ida 15.82
Iowa 9.76
Jackson 12.55
Jasper 10.79
Jefferson 10.46
Johnson 5.45
Jones 11.15
Keokuk 11.24
Kossuth 12.09
Lee 13.77
Linn 8.44
Louisa 11.33
Lucas 11.24
Lyon 9.17
Madison 9.51
Mahaska 11.16
Marion 10.99
Marshall 12.06
Mills 10.1
Mitchell 12.16
Monona 17.07
Monroe 9.97
Montgomery 15.11
Muscatine 9.23
O'Brien 13.18
Osceola 12.55
Page 13.64
Palo Alto 13.88
Plymouth 9.36
Pocahontas 12.84
Polk 8.05
Pottawattamie 11.16
Poweshiek 12
Ringgold 13.66
Sac 12.35
Scott 9.07
Shelby 12.05
Sioux 7.52
Story 5.77
Tama 11.16
Taylor 11.24
Union 11.4
Van Buren 13.75
Wapello 11.55
Warren 8.92
Washington 10.27
Wayne 14.34
Webster 12.29
Winnebago 12.41
Winneshiek 9.94
Woodbury 9.39
Worth 8.94
Wright 13.94

Historical Death Rate for Counties in Iowa

Use the links below to find the historical death rate for each county in Iowa.