Iowa Non-Hispanic White alone Population By County in 2017

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, there were 2,692,727 people that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone in Iowa and they represented 85.65% of the total population of Iowa in 2017. Polk County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic White alone population (373,214), followed by Linn County (192,917), and Scott County (138,046). On the other hand, Adams County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic White alone (3,532), followed by Ringgold County (4,803), and Audubon County (5,360).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone, Grundy County had the highest percentage (97.02%), followed by Davis County (96.91%), and Mitchell County (96.9%).

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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 2017
Iowa Non-Hispanic White alone Population By County in 2017
County
Non-Hispanic White alone Population
% of County Population
Polk 373,214 77.6
Linn 192,917 85.91
Scott 138,046 79.94
Johnson 117,215 78.3
Black Hawk 107,295 81.11
Dubuque 87,952 90.52
Pottawattamie 81,959 87.6
Story 81,552 83.79
Woodbury 74,836 73.3
Dallas 74,622 85.56
Warren 47,199 94.23
Clinton 42,696 90.99
Cerro Gordo 38,974 90.57
Jasper 34,662 93.69
Des Moines 34,384 87.27
Muscatine 33,042 77.16
Webster 31,799 86.76
Marion 31,328 94.63
Lee 31,092 90.81
Sioux 30,298 87.1
Wapello 28,890 82.44
Marshall 28,283 70.62
Boone 24,983 94.28
Benton 24,707 96.32
Bremer 23,640 95.09
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