Iowa Non-Hispanic White alone Population By County in 2016

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, there were 2,697,865 people that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone in Iowa and they represented 86.11% of the total population of Iowa in 2016. Polk County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic White alone population (371,025), followed by Linn County (192,282), and Scott County (138,475). On the other hand, Adams County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic White alone (3,565), followed by Ringgold County (4,768), and Audubon County (5,457).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone, Davis County had the highest percentage (97.11%), followed by Grundy County (97.07%), and Audubon County (97.01%).

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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic White alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

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Iowa Non-Hispanic White alone Population By County in 2016
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Iowa Non-Hispanic White alone Population By County in 2016
County
Non-Hispanic White alone Population
% of County Population
Polk 371,025 78.18
Linn 192,282 86.5
Scott 138,475 80.34
Johnson 116,075 78.87
Black Hawk 108,583 81.55
Dubuque 88,197 91.1
Pottawattamie 82,325 87.91
Story 81,559 84.07
Woodbury 76,033 74.07
Dallas 72,471 85.99
Warren 46,654 94.47
Clinton 43,168 91.29
Cerro Gordo 39,163 90.85
Des Moines 34,844 87.73
Jasper 34,547 94.08
Muscatine 33,279 77.5
Webster 32,176 87.4
Marion 31,388 94.67
Lee 31,318 90.93
Sioux 30,557 87.42
Wapello 29,213 82.83
Marshall 28,787 71.75
Boone 24,939 94.34
Benton 24,737 96.5
Bremer 23,624 95.27
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