Ranking of Iowa Counties By Number of Deaths in 2022

Updated on July 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, the Number of Deaths for Iowa was 35.71K. Among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of deaths (4.59K), followed by Linn County (2.30K), and Scott County (1.89K).

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 2022
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Polk County 4594
2 Linn County 2295
3 Scott County 1888
4 Black Hawk County 1513
5 Pottawattamie County 1199
6 Woodbury County 1115
7 Dubuque County 1113
8 Johnson County 953
9 Clinton County 664
10 Story County 663
11 Dallas County 623
12 Cerro Gordo County 594
13 Warren County 557
14 Marshall County 556
15 Des Moines County 549
16 Lee County 529
17 Webster County 518
18 Wapello County 494
19 Muscatine County 491
20 Jasper County 459
21 Marion County 395
22 Boone County 358
23 Carroll County 296
24 Mahaska County 287
25 Sioux County 278
26 Washington County 276
27 Hardin County 274
27 Plymouth County 274
28 Fayette County 273
29 Bremer County 265
30 Henry County 259
31 Jackson County 258
32 Poweshiek County 252
33 Benton County 251
34 Jones County 246
35 Cedar County 236
36 Clayton County 234
37 Buchanan County 233
38 Page County 228
39 Tama County 222
40 Dickinson County 221
41 Iowa County 220
42 Winneshiek County 218
43 Floyd County 217
44 Cass County 212
45 Kossuth County 210
46 Butler County 208
47 Hamilton County 204
48 Clay County 202
49 Harrison County 200
50 Appanoose County 199
51 O'Brien County 197
52 Delaware County 196
53 Jefferson County 195
54 Wright County 194
55 Buena Vista County 188
56 Cherokee County 180
56 Madison County 180
57 Union County 179
58 Crawford County 172
59 Mills County 171
60 Montgomery County 165
61 Allamakee County 162
61 Sac County 162
62 Shelby County 160
63 Grundy County 159
63 Mitchell County 159
63 Monona County 159
64 Chickasaw County 158
65 Hancock County 157
66 Keokuk County 152
67 Calhoun County 146
68 Clarke County 145
69 Palo Alto County 143
70 Howard County 139
71 Franklin County 137
72 Guthrie County 136
73 Emmet County 135
73 Greene County 135
74 Adair County 134
75 Winnebago County 133
76 Lucas County 131
77 Humboldt County 128
77 Louisa County 128
78 Monroe County 115
79 Lyon County 109
80 Pocahontas County 108
81 Decatur County 107
82 Fremont County 100
82 Ida County 100
83 Worth County 97
84 Taylor County 93
84 Van Buren County 93
85 Osceola County 89
86 Davis County 88
86 Wayne County 88
87 Ringgold County 87
88 Audubon County 85
89 Adams County 61