Iowa Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 171,720 (171.72K) loans totaling $8,085,506,848 ($8.09B) to small businesses in Iowa. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 910,748 (910.75K).

As at April 2025, 167.37K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (97.47% of the total number of loans), and a total of $8.05B has been forgiven (99.50% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Polk received the highest ($1,399,511,334), followed by Linn ($662,104,138), and Scott ($451,276,265).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Polk received the highest (14,794), followed by Linn (7,637), and Scott (5,465).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Iowa counties.

Iowa Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Iowa Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Polk 14794 1399511334
Linn 7637 662104138
Scott 5465 451276265
Dubuque 5208 333738020
Black Hawk 4445 299545450
Johnson 4982 298200425
Woodbury 4005 260673303
Sioux 4059 199156194
Story 2701 181091908
Dallas 2937 156140123
Pottawattamie 2993 145801998
Cerro Gordo 2405 116455906
Des Moines 1633 105306297
Plymouth 2829 89016965
Carroll 2828 86148666
Webster 1844 83342831
Winneshiek 2126 82306017
Bremer 1619 79404594
Clinton 2392 73076993
Kossuth 2456 71839333
Marion 1422 69873960
Warren 1615 69306357
Muscatine 1538 67643592
Lee 1654 65168931
Washington 1712 64707312
Clay 1427 64328497
Dickinson 1781 63327947
Jasper 1641 60354742
Clayton 1757 60051268
Wapello 1278 58300659
Marshall 1403 57946036
Buena Vista 1738 57923264
Delaware 2031 54403375
Buchanan 1463 51993252
Crawford 1687 51649437
Jefferson 1192 51155279
Mahaska 1197 50511239
Obrien 1721 49560913
Hardin 1495 48359559
Chickasaw 1521 48242179
Benton 1605 47595299
Jackson 1687 46800467
Henry 1112 46102899
Iowa 1220 44804631
Boone 1149 44048082
Shelby 1464 44013042
Poweshiek 1411 43593861
Jones 1539 42265692
Lyon 1612 42059215
Floyd 1338 42035771
Fayette 1608 39402505
Cherokee 1415 38763576
Allamakee 1411 38699630
Cass 1095 38202454
Hancock 1157 37003611
Mitchell 1209 36860909
Cedar 1299 36823341
Hamilton 894 36782731
Wright 934 36553635
Ida 991 35162463
Grundy 1026 34495035
Harrison 1394 34019888
Humboldt 961 33554930
Page 1080 33455396
Howard 1072 33331661
Tama 1415 32303863
Madison 1055 31996585
Audubon 925 31138829
Pocahontas 1038 30600585
Greene 869 30577913
Keokuk 1178 30432205
Winnebago 971 29932650
Palo Alto 1112 29748999
Sac 1450 29673823
Franklin 1051 29237457
Calhoun 1198 28372086
Union 992 28346164
Montgomery 785 27902696
Butler 1345 27618735
Guthrie 1143 25375360
Osceola 845 24925665
Monona 939 21569306
Mills 556 21518942
Emmet 811 20880999
Louisa 677 20256557
Appanoose 744 19780153
Adair 974 19435127
Davis 801 17025008
Monroe 678 16498555
Decatur 604 16108521
Worth 707 15552730
Wayne 588 15317037
Ringgold 707 14433349
Van Buren 576 13343654
Clarke 538 13205852
Taylor 735 13174207
Fremont 462 13134217
Lucas 482 11045225
Adams 454 9658095
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Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Polk had the highest ($1,390,521,668), followed by Linn ($653,711,328), and Scott ($446,943,278).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Polk had the highest (13,953), followed by Linn (7,085), and Scott (5,099).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Iowa counties.

Iowa Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Iowa Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Polk 13953 1390521668
Linn 7085 653711328
Scott 5099 446943278
Dubuque 5014 331322637
Black Hawk 4156 296263195
Johnson 4698 292628576
Woodbury 3910 258614915
Sioux 4015 199269202
Story 2636 181422579
Dallas 2871 155629805
Pottawattamie 2910 145112397
Cerro Gordo 2356 116115035
Des Moines 1517 103109362
Plymouth 2815 88753323
Carroll 2803 86416399
Webster 1808 82184436
Winneshiek 2111 81802964
Bremer 1598 79781066
Clinton 2316 72312894
Kossuth 2418 70893146
Marion 1400 70121113
Warren 1570 68621777
Muscatine 1502 67542789
Lee 1633 65151642
Washington 1698 64431223
Clay 1410 64175258
Dickinson 1772 63709223
Jasper 1615 60309662
Clayton 1747 60305133
Wapello 1232 58068309
Marshall 1374 57890500
Buena Vista 1705 57748922
Delaware 2010 54513149
Buchanan 1445 52105330
Crawford 1668 51698542
Jefferson 1171 51307867
Mahaska 1174 50266879
Obrien 1710 49819302
Hardin 1479 48433673
Chickasaw 1510 48508345
Benton 1581 47409674
Jackson 1666 45504086
Henry 1092 45897672
Iowa 1207 44856051
Boone 1129 44124081
Shelby 1460 44265066
Poweshiek 1392 43720293
Jones 1526 42407889
Lyon 1601 42308153
Floyd 1315 41907792
Fayette 1593 39477546
Cherokee 1405 38972063
Allamakee 1403 38851754
Cass 1086 38368990
Hancock 1152 37231607
Mitchell 1201 37018138
Cedar 1271 36631144
Hamilton 874 36071537
Wright 917 36727643
Ida 982 35308724
Grundy 1016 34627158
Harrison 1378 34092860
Humboldt 950 33718215
Page 1071 33594258
Howard 1065 33353697
Tama 1403 32284730
Madison 1041 32017817
Audubon 917 31257188
Pocahontas 1031 30716686
Greene 849 30286836
Keokuk 1169 30499080
Winnebago 964 29994855
Palo Alto 1107 29078883
Sac 1442 29801003
Franklin 1044 29350880
Calhoun 1184 28416457
Union 981 28410100
Montgomery 776 28032553
Butler 1342 27719914
Guthrie 1133 25492468
Osceola 842 25075948
Monona 929 21621490
Mills 547 21621473
Emmet 796 20840073
Louisa 671 20329532
Appanoose 739 19873829
Adair 970 19503845
Davis 795 17061777
Monroe 670 16459750
Decatur 594 16151266
Worth 699 15561529
Wayne 572 15189041
Ringgold 703 14488499
Van Buren 571 13329464
Clarke 530 13224273
Taylor 729 13196511
Fremont 457 13095586
Lucas 477 11024252
Adams 451 9663141
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Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Polk had the highest (149,280), followed by Linn (67,598), and Scott (50,294).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Iowa counties.

Iowa Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Iowa Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Polk 149280
Linn 67598
Scott 50294
Dubuque 38900
Black Hawk 37599
Johnson 37740
Woodbury 31190
Sioux 21728
Story 21079
Dallas 18249
Pottawattamie 18063
Cerro Gordo 14039
Des Moines 12066
Plymouth 10124
Carroll 9793
Webster 9383
Winneshiek 8652
Bremer 8761
Clinton 9306
Kossuth 7056
Marion 8873
Warren 8018
Muscatine 8658
Lee 7633
Washington 7556
Clay 7348
Dickinson 9521
Jasper 7157
Clayton 5874
Wapello 7463
Marshall 6712
Buena Vista 6357
Delaware 6319
Buchanan 5928
Crawford 5454
Jefferson 5516
Mahaska 6550
Obrien 5442
Hardin 5253
Chickasaw 4868
Benton 5436
Jackson 5539
Henry 5426
Iowa 5113
Boone 5557
Shelby 4848
Poweshiek 4753
Jones 4628
Lyon 4956
Floyd 5378
Fayette 4950
Cherokee 3884
Allamakee 4408
Cass 4403
Hancock 3944
Mitchell 3910
Cedar 3903
Hamilton 3983
Wright 3620
Ida 3334
Grundy 3613
Harrison 3476
Humboldt 3490
Page 3834
Howard 3756
Tama 3342
Madison 3616
Audubon 3262
Pocahontas 2836
Greene 3233
Keokuk 3086
Winnebago 3507
Palo Alto 3530
Sac 3209
Franklin 3054
Calhoun 3030
Union 3114
Montgomery 3053
Butler 2938
Guthrie 2991
Osceola 2742
Monona 2489
Mills 2356
Emmet 2471
Louisa 2507
Appanoose 2396
Adair 2125
Davis 1883
Monroe 1759
Decatur 1783
Worth 1672
Wayne 1469
Ringgold 1428
Van Buren 1612
Clarke 1516
Taylor 1350
Fremont 1425
Lucas 1437
Adams 984
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Data Source: SBA.