Iowa Net Domestic Migration By County in 2012
According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2012, the net domestic migration for Iowa was -4,637. Dallas County had the highest net domestic migration (1,528) followed by Polk County (1,472), and Johnson County (1,153). On the other hand, Woodbury County had the lowest net domestic migration (-1,195), followed by Pottawattamie County (-928), and Clinton County (-465).
Net Domestic Migration for a given county refers to the the difference between number of people moving to the county from other parts of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) and number of people moving out of the county to other parts of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico).
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| County | Net Domestic Migration |
|---|---|
| Adair | -56 |
| Adams | -86 |
| Allamakee | -98 |
| Appanoose | -146 |
| Audubon | -100 |
| Benton | -318 |
| Black Hawk | -350 |
| Boone | -163 |
| Bremer | 44 |
| Buchanan | -14 |
| Buena Vista | 49 |
| Butler | 2 |
| Calhoun | -146 |
| Carroll | -241 |
| Cass | -14 |
| Cedar | -77 |
| Cerro Gordo | -281 |
| Cherokee | -36 |
| Chickasaw | -145 |
| Clarke | 27 |
| Clay | -39 |
| Clayton | -99 |
| Clinton | -465 |
| Crawford | -55 |
| Dallas | 1528 |
| Davis | -120 |
| Decatur | -16 |
| Delaware | -97 |
| Des Moines | 158 |
| Dickinson | 68 |
| Dubuque | 180 |
| Emmet | -136 |
| Fayette | -196 |
| Floyd | 0 |
| Franklin | -174 |
| Fremont | -210 |
| Greene | -114 |
| Grundy | -54 |
| Guthrie | -99 |
| Hamilton | -159 |
| Hancock | -92 |
| Hardin | 22 |
| Harrison | -267 |
| Henry | -273 |
| Howard | -11 |
| Humboldt | -44 |
| Ida | 15 |
| Iowa | -167 |
| Jackson | -14 |
| Jasper | -128 |
| Jefferson | -58 |
| Johnson | 1153 |
| Jones | -130 |
| Keokuk | -11 |
| Kossuth | 24 |
| Lee | -10 |
| Linn | -38 |
| Louisa | -82 |
| Lucas | -77 |
| Lyon | 37 |
| Madison | -147 |
| Mahaska | -116 |
| Marion | -14 |
| Marshall | -199 |
| Mills | -152 |
| Mitchell | 25 |
| Monona | -88 |
| Monroe | 17 |
| Montgomery | -71 |
| Muscatine | -75 |
| O'Brien | -30 |
| Osceola | -123 |
| Page | -163 |
| Palo Alto | -46 |
| Plymouth | -16 |
| Pocahontas | -60 |
| Polk | 1472 |
| Pottawattamie | -928 |
| Poweshiek | -140 |
| Ringgold | -2 |
| Sac | -35 |
| Scott | 797 |
| Shelby | 32 |
| Sioux | -25 |
| Story | -175 |
| Tama | -143 |
| Taylor | -53 |
| Union | 54 |
| Van Buren | -65 |
| Wapello | -124 |
| Warren | 88 |
| Washington | 49 |
| Wayne | 15 |
| Webster | -424 |
| Winnebago | -88 |
| Winneshiek | -7 |
| Woodbury | -1195 |
| Worth | -57 |
| Wright | -26 |