Ranking of Iowa Counties By Number of Deaths in 2016

Updated on July 28, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, the Number of Deaths for Iowa was 29.16K. Among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of deaths (3.38K), followed by Linn County (1.78K), and Scott County (1.48K).

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 Number of Deaths in 2016
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Number of Deaths in 2016
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Polk County 3376
2 Linn County 1778
3 Scott County 1481
4 Black Hawk County 1172
5 Woodbury County 908
6 Pottawattamie County 881
7 Dubuque County 864
8 Johnson County 744
9 Clinton County 576
10 Cerro Gordo County 546
11 Story County 532
12 Marshall County 470
13 Des Moines County 456
14 Dallas County 450
15 Webster County 438
16 Lee County 437
17 Muscatine County 413
18 Wapello County 407
19 Warren County 391
20 Jasper County 345
21 Marion County 326
22 Boone County 315
23 Sioux County 266
24 Fayette County 263
25 Carroll County 245
26 Mahaska County 243
27 Benton County 232
28 Hardin County 230
29 Washington County 225
30 Plymouth County 222
31 Henry County 216
32 Bremer County 212
32 Jones County 212
33 Buchanan County 203
33 Poweshiek County 203
34 Tama County 200
35 Clay County 199
35 Jackson County 199
35 O'Brien County 199
36 Cass County 197
37 Page County 196
38 Dickinson County 191
38 Iowa County 191
39 Cedar County 189
39 Clayton County 189
40 Harrison County 187
41 Buena Vista County 186
42 Kossuth County 180
43 Allamakee County 178
43 Butler County 178
44 Floyd County 176
45 Cherokee County 171
45 Delaware County 171
46 Appanoose County 170
47 Crawford County 165
47 Madison County 165
48 Winneshiek County 163
49 Jefferson County 161
50 Hamilton County 159
51 Monona County 158
51 Union County 158
52 Shelby County 155
53 Wright County 152
54 Winnebago County 144
55 Calhoun County 139
56 Sac County 136
57 Franklin County 135
58 Grundy County 133
59 Montgomery County 132
60 Chickasaw County 130
61 Palo Alto County 128
62 Humboldt County 124
62 Lucas County 124
63 Greene County 123
64 Mitchell County 121
65 Mills County 119
66 Guthrie County 116
67 Emmet County 115
67 Hancock County 115
68 Adair County 114
69 Howard County 113
70 Clarke County 110
70 Keokuk County 110
71 Davis County 109
72 Monroe County 107
73 Lyon County 101
74 Louisa County 100
75 Pocahontas County 99
76 Fremont County 96
76 Worth County 96
77 Van Buren County 94
78 Ida County 92
79 Decatur County 88
80 Audubon County 83
81 Wayne County 82
82 Ringgold County 80
83 Osceola County 74
84 Taylor County 69
85 Adams County 50