Iowa Hispanic or Latino Population By County in 2016

Updated on December 18, 2022.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, there were 183,978 hispanics or latinos (of all racial backgrounds) in Iowa and they represented 5.87% of the total population of Iowa in 2016.

Polk County had the highest number of hispanics or latinos (38,820), followed by Woodbury County (16,629), and Scott County (11,521). On the other hand, Adams County had the lowest number of hispanics or latinos (52), followed by Audubon County (70), and Van Buren County (97).

When it comes to the ratio of hispanic to non-hispanic population, Crawford County had the highest percentage (27.6%), followed by Buena Vista County (25%), and Marshall County (21.43%).

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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.

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Iowa Hispanic or Latino Population By County in 2016
Iowa Hispanic or Latino Population By County in 2016
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County Population % of County Population
Adair 123 1.76
Adams 52 1.41
Allamakee 871 6.29
Appanoose 235 1.88
Audubon 70 1.24
Benton 379 1.48
Black Hawk 5784 4.34
Boone 714 2.7
Bremer 375 1.51
Buchanan 293 1.4
Buena Vista 5081 25
Butler 195 1.33
Calhoun 185 1.89
Carroll 471 2.31
Cass 360 2.73
Cedar 359 1.96
Cerro Gordo 2073 4.81
Cherokee 412 3.62
Chickasaw 283 2.34
Clarke 1268 13.65
Clay 575 3.53
Clayton 319 1.81
Clinton 1464 3.1
Crawford 4721 27.6
Dallas 5047 5.99
Davis 116 1.3
Decatur 228 2.83
Delaware 256 1.48
Des Moines 1263 3.18
Dickinson 343 2
Dubuque 2356 2.43
Emmet 913 9.52
Fayette 473 2.38
Floyd 484 3.05
Franklin 1274 12.52
Fremont 178 2.56
Greene 242 2.69
Grundy 150 1.22
Guthrie 267 2.5
Hamilton 889 5.89
Hancock 454 4.17
Hardin 732 4.26
Harrison 245 1.74
Henry 952 4.8
Howard 140 1.51
Humboldt 388 4.07
Ida 158 2.27
Iowa 436 2.69
Jackson 262 1.35
Jasper 753 2.05
Jefferson 511 2.84
Johnson 8127 5.52
Jones 379 1.86
Keokuk 174 1.71
Kossuth 375 2.48
Lee 1238 3.6
Linn 7162 3.22
Louisa 1747 15.57
Lucas 156 1.82
Lyon 313 2.65
Madison 320 2.03
Mahaska 461 2.07
Marion 644 1.94
Marshall 8596 21.43
Mills 467 3.11
Mitchell 156 1.47
Monona 164 1.87
Monroe 227 2.9
Montgomery 369 3.64
Muscatine 7604 17.71
O'Brien 644 4.63
Osceola 470 7.72
Page 527 3.44
Palo Alto 228 2.52
Plymouth 1254 4.97
Pocahontas 263 3.84
Polk 38820 8.18
Pottawattamie 7162 7.65
Poweshiek 568 3.1
Ringgold 125 2.5
Sac 284 2.9
Scott 11521 6.68
Shelby 344 2.95
Sioux 3603 10.31
Story 3255 3.36
Tama 1633 9.49
Taylor 469 7.54
Union 360 2.91
Van Buren 97 1.34
Wapello 3750 10.63
Warren 1340 2.71
Washington 1309 5.91
Wayne 110 1.71
Webster 1788 4.86
Winnebago 468 4.42
Winneshiek 448 2.19
Woodbury 16629 16.2
Worth 205 2.74
Wright 1453 11.33