Ranking of Iowa Counties By Number of Deaths in 2017

Updated on July 28, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Number of Deaths for Iowa was 30.58K. Among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of deaths (3.76K), followed by Linn County (1.78K), and Scott County (1.57K).

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 2017
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Polk County 3756
2 Linn County 1781
3 Scott County 1570
4 Black Hawk County 1296
5 Woodbury County 1018
6 Pottawattamie County 946
7 Dubuque County 905
8 Johnson County 739
9 Clinton County 607
10 Story County 558
11 Cerro Gordo County 510
12 Dallas County 509
13 Warren County 491
14 Marshall County 481
15 Des Moines County 470
16 Webster County 452
17 Lee County 443
18 Muscatine County 431
19 Jasper County 424
20 Wapello County 401
21 Marion County 380
22 Boone County 285
23 Washington County 273
24 Sioux County 267
25 Carroll County 266
26 Plymouth County 255
27 Fayette County 254
28 Mahaska County 241
29 Bremer County 238
30 Benton County 236
31 Poweshiek County 225
32 Henry County 222
33 Buchanan County 217
34 Clayton County 216
35 Dickinson County 215
36 Jackson County 214
36 Tama County 214
37 Page County 213
38 Hardin County 211
39 Jefferson County 203
40 Cass County 200
41 O'Brien County 198
42 Winneshiek County 194
43 Floyd County 189
43 Hamilton County 189
44 Crawford County 188
45 Butler County 185
46 Wright County 182
47 Jones County 180
48 Delaware County 175
48 Kossuth County 175
49 Buena Vista County 172
50 Iowa County 169
51 Harrison County 167
52 Allamakee County 166
52 Cherokee County 166
53 Cedar County 163
54 Clay County 160
55 Appanoose County 157
56 Chickasaw County 156
57 Mitchell County 152
58 Madison County 149
58 Shelby County 149
59 Calhoun County 148
60 Grundy County 146
61 Montgomery County 142
62 Greene County 139
62 Monona County 139
63 Mills County 137
64 Sac County 135
65 Union County 134
66 Emmet County 131
67 Palo Alto County 128
68 Guthrie County 126
69 Hancock County 125
70 Keokuk County 122
71 Franklin County 119
72 Humboldt County 118
73 Winnebago County 116
74 Louisa County 115
75 Lucas County 114
76 Monroe County 113
77 Lyon County 111
78 Clarke County 106
79 Howard County 103
80 Ida County 101
81 Adair County 99
82 Decatur County 93
82 Taylor County 93
82 Van Buren County 93
83 Pocahontas County 91
84 Worth County 89
85 Audubon County 88
85 Fremont County 88
86 Wayne County 84
87 Davis County 81
88 Osceola County 78
89 Ringgold County 77
90 Adams County 43