Ranking of Iowa Counties By Number of Deaths in 2018

Updated on July 28, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Number of Deaths for Iowa was 30.39K. Among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of deaths (3.64K), followed by Linn County (1.83K), and Scott County (1.59K).

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 2018
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Polk County 3642
2 Linn County 1825
3 Scott County 1587
4 Black Hawk County 1226
5 Pottawattamie County 957
6 Dubuque County 954
7 Woodbury County 953
8 Johnson County 730
9 Clinton County 582
10 Story County 554
11 Cerro Gordo County 526
12 Dallas County 501
13 Marshall County 493
14 Des Moines County 444
15 Warren County 437
16 Lee County 421
16 Muscatine County 421
17 Wapello County 418
18 Webster County 406
19 Jasper County 404
20 Marion County 328
21 Boone County 316
22 Benton County 276
23 Plymouth County 270
24 Fayette County 269
25 Sioux County 254
26 Washington County 245
27 Mahaska County 244
28 Carroll County 241
29 Jackson County 235
30 Tama County 232
31 Bremer County 230
32 Buchanan County 225
33 Henry County 218
33 O'Brien County 218
34 Hardin County 210
35 Winneshiek County 209
36 Butler County 205
37 Jones County 204
38 Clayton County 203
38 Poweshiek County 203
39 Dickinson County 198
40 Hamilton County 194
40 Page County 194
41 Cass County 192
41 Floyd County 192
42 Buena Vista County 185
42 Cedar County 185
43 Iowa County 184
44 Harrison County 182
45 Clay County 181
45 Kossuth County 181
46 Wright County 180
47 Allamakee County 177
47 Appanoose County 177
48 Jefferson County 171
49 Crawford County 165
50 Delaware County 163
51 Union County 161
52 Montgomery County 160
53 Madison County 158
54 Shelby County 155
55 Cherokee County 152
56 Grundy County 151
57 Mitchell County 149
57 Sac County 149
58 Franklin County 146
59 Calhoun County 136
59 Monona County 136
60 Emmet County 133
61 Keokuk County 130
62 Chickasaw County 125
62 Palo Alto County 125
63 Guthrie County 124
64 Howard County 120
64 Winnebago County 120
65 Greene County 118
65 Hancock County 118
65 Louisa County 118
65 Lucas County 118
66 Mills County 117
67 Clarke County 115
67 Humboldt County 115
68 Lyon County 114
69 Ida County 113
70 Pocahontas County 111
71 Monroe County 108
72 Adair County 101
73 Van Buren County 95
74 Decatur County 91
74 Wayne County 91
75 Davis County 88
76 Ringgold County 87
77 Worth County 83
78 Fremont County 82
79 Taylor County 80
80 Audubon County 75
81 Osceola County 65
82 Adams County 43