Ranking of Iowa Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017

Updated on June 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Death Rate per 1K for Iowa was 9.74. Among all Iowa counties, Monona County had the highest death rate (15.89), followed by Audubon County (15.75), and Greene County (15.47).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties.

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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
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Rank County Death Rate
1 Monona County 15.89
2 Audubon County 15.75
3 Greene County 15.47
4 Ringgold County 15.37
5 Cass County 15.18
6 Calhoun County 15.15
7 Taylor County 15.08
8 Cherokee County 14.63
9 Ida County 14.61
10 Monroe County 14.47
11 Mitchell County 14.34
12 O'Brien County 14.3
13 Wright County 14.23
14 Palo Alto County 14.16
15 Adair County 14.09
16 Montgomery County 14.02
17 Page County 13.92
18 Emmet County 13.78
18 Sac County 13.78
19 Lucas County 13.33
20 Pocahontas County 13.31
21 Carroll County 13.1
22 Wayne County 13
23 Chickasaw County 12.94
24 Van Buren County 12.92
25 Lee County 12.9
26 Clinton County 12.89
27 Osceola County 12.88
28 Fayette County 12.85
29 Shelby County 12.82
30 Fremont County 12.69
31 Butler County 12.63
32 Appanoose County 12.62
33 Hamilton County 12.55
34 Dickinson County 12.54
35 Tama County 12.5
36 Humboldt County 12.36
37 Hardin County 12.31
37 Webster County 12.31
38 Washington County 12.3
39 Poweshiek County 12.28
40 Clayton County 12.24
41 Keokuk County 12.01
42 Allamakee County 12
42 Marshall County 12
43 Floyd County 11.94
44 Worth County 11.93
45 Des Moines County 11.88
46 Grundy County 11.87
47 Harrison County 11.86
48 Cerro Gordo County 11.84
49 Guthrie County 11.82
50 Adams County 11.71
50 Franklin County 11.71
51 Kossuth County 11.65
52 Decatur County 11.61
53 Hancock County 11.55
54 Jasper County 11.5
55 Marion County 11.47
56 Wapello County 11.41
57 Clarke County 11.34
58 Jefferson County 11.24
59 Howard County 11.14
60 Henry County 11.13
61 Jackson County 11.04
62 Crawford County 11
63 Winnebago County 10.95
64 Union County 10.79
65 Boone County 10.77
65 Mahaska County 10.77
66 Iowa County 10.45
67 Buchanan County 10.3
68 Louisa County 10.26
69 Delaware County 10.17
70 Plymouth County 10.15
71 Pottawattamie County 10.11
72 Muscatine County 10.05
73 Woodbury County 9.94
74 Warren County 9.87
75 Clay County 9.86
76 Black Hawk County 9.77
77 Bremer County 9.59
78 Winneshiek County 9.56
79 Lyon County 9.41
80 Madison County 9.37
81 Dubuque County 9.33
82 Benton County 9.2
83 Mills County 9.1
83 Scott County 9.1
84 Davis County 9.07
85 Cedar County 8.85
86 Jones County 8.78
87 Buena Vista County 8.5
88 Linn County 7.97
89 Polk County 7.86
90 Sioux County 7.66
91 Dallas County 5.94
92 Story County 5.74
93 Johnson County 4.98