Iowa Hispanic or Latino Population By County in 2012
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, there were 162,814 hispanics or latinos (of all racial backgrounds) in Iowa and they represented 5.29% of the total population of Iowa in 2012.
Polk County had the highest number of hispanics or latinos (34,469), followed by Woodbury County (14,928), and Scott County (10,222). On the other hand, Adams County had the lowest number of hispanics or latinos (37), followed by Audubon County (60), and Wayne County (80).
When it comes to the ratio of hispanic to non-hispanic population, Crawford County had the highest percentage (26.67%), followed by Buena Vista County (24.24%), and Marshall County (18.59%).
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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's hispanic or latino population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
| County | Population | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| Adair | 97 | 1.3 |
| Adams | 37 | 0.95 |
| Allamakee | 780 | 5.51 |
| Appanoose | 219 | 1.72 |
| Audubon | 60 | 1.02 |
| Benton | 329 | 1.27 |
| Black Hawk | 5190 | 3.94 |
| Boone | 567 | 2.17 |
| Bremer | 281 | 1.15 |
| Buchanan | 295 | 1.41 |
| Buena Vista | 4983 | 24.24 |
| Butler | 165 | 1.1 |
| Calhoun | 144 | 1.45 |
| Carroll | 418 | 2.02 |
| Cass | 315 | 2.3 |
| Cedar | 328 | 1.79 |
| Cerro Gordo | 1786 | 4.09 |
| Cherokee | 324 | 2.71 |
| Chickasaw | 283 | 2.3 |
| Clarke | 990 | 10.6 |
| Clay | 481 | 2.91 |
| Clayton | 335 | 1.87 |
| Clinton | 1391 | 2.86 |
| Crawford | 4612 | 26.67 |
| Dallas | 4409 | 6.1 |
| Davis | 101 | 1.16 |
| Decatur | 235 | 2.85 |
| Delaware | 187 | 1.06 |
| Des Moines | 1067 | 2.65 |
| Dickinson | 268 | 1.58 |
| Dubuque | 1943 | 2.04 |
| Emmet | 893 | 8.98 |
| Fayette | 428 | 2.06 |
| Floyd | 349 | 2.17 |
| Franklin | 1167 | 11.11 |
| Fremont | 170 | 2.38 |
| Greene | 216 | 2.35 |
| Grundy | 139 | 1.12 |
| Guthrie | 213 | 1.98 |
| Hamilton | 774 | 5.05 |
| Hancock | 401 | 3.59 |
| Hardin | 665 | 3.83 |
| Harrison | 215 | 1.49 |
| Henry | 864 | 4.32 |
| Howard | 139 | 1.46 |
| Humboldt | 346 | 3.56 |
| Ida | 133 | 1.89 |
| Iowa | 328 | 2.03 |
| Jackson | 269 | 1.37 |
| Jasper | 544 | 1.49 |
| Jefferson | 474 | 2.74 |
| Johnson | 6881 | 5.02 |
| Jones | 296 | 1.44 |
| Keokuk | 135 | 1.3 |
| Kossuth | 257 | 1.67 |
| Lee | 1179 | 3.32 |
| Linn | 6115 | 2.84 |
| Louisa | 1831 | 16.11 |
| Lucas | 102 | 1.16 |
| Lyon | 253 | 2.15 |
| Madison | 225 | 1.44 |
| Mahaska | 380 | 1.7 |
| Marion | 586 | 1.76 |
| Marshall | 7626 | 18.59 |
| Mills | 396 | 2.66 |
| Mitchell | 129 | 1.2 |
| Monona | 129 | 1.42 |
| Monroe | 196 | 2.43 |
| Montgomery | 326 | 3.09 |
| Muscatine | 7106 | 16.56 |
| O'Brien | 541 | 3.82 |
| Osceola | 371 | 5.98 |
| Page | 448 | 2.85 |
| Palo Alto | 175 | 1.89 |
| Plymouth | 832 | 3.35 |
| Pocahontas | 217 | 3.04 |
| Polk | 34469 | 7.75 |
| Pottawattamie | 6389 | 6.87 |
| Poweshiek | 508 | 2.71 |
| Ringgold | 97 | 1.93 |
| Sac | 244 | 2.4 |
| Scott | 10222 | 6.07 |
| Shelby | 259 | 2.15 |
| Sioux | 3141 | 9.16 |
| Story | 2856 | 3.1 |
| Tama | 1344 | 7.68 |
| Taylor | 445 | 7.11 |
| Union | 269 | 2.14 |
| Van Buren | 87 | 1.17 |
| Wapello | 3463 | 9.77 |
| Warren | 993 | 2.12 |
| Washington | 1173 | 5.35 |
| Wayne | 80 | 1.26 |
| Webster | 1557 | 4.17 |
| Winnebago | 352 | 3.32 |
| Winneshiek | 419 | 1.99 |
| Woodbury | 14928 | 14.59 |
| Worth | 181 | 2.42 |
| Wright | 1259 | 9.67 |