Iowa Net Migration By County in 2012
According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2012, the net migration for Iowa was -323. Polk County had the highest net migration (2,443) followed by Johnson County (1,866), and Dallas County (1,741). On the other hand, Woodbury County had the lowest net migration (-1,027), followed by Pottawattamie County (-908), and Clinton County (-445).
Net migration for a county refers to the difference between the number of migrants, both domestic and international, moving to the county and those leaving the county. Or to put it simply, the net migration for a given county is the inbound migration minus the outbound migration for that county.
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Hover over or click on the chart to see this information for each county. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
| County | Net Migration |
|---|---|
| Adair | -55 |
| Adams | -86 |
| Allamakee | -81 |
| Appanoose | -145 |
| Audubon | -99 |
| Benton | -314 |
| Black Hawk | -162 |
| Boone | -164 |
| Bremer | 56 |
| Buchanan | -11 |
| Buena Vista | 97 |
| Butler | 10 |
| Calhoun | -146 |
| Carroll | -240 |
| Cass | -13 |
| Cedar | -72 |
| Cerro Gordo | -252 |
| Cherokee | -36 |
| Chickasaw | -145 |
| Clarke | 25 |
| Clay | -41 |
| Clayton | -96 |
| Clinton | -445 |
| Crawford | -40 |
| Dallas | 1741 |
| Davis | -120 |
| Decatur | -7 |
| Delaware | -94 |
| Des Moines | 173 |
| Dickinson | 75 |
| Dubuque | 245 |
| Emmet | -132 |
| Fayette | -178 |
| Floyd | -4 |
| Franklin | -177 |
| Fremont | -209 |
| Greene | -110 |
| Grundy | -53 |
| Guthrie | -98 |
| Hamilton | -151 |
| Hancock | -90 |
| Hardin | 28 |
| Harrison | -267 |
| Henry | -269 |
| Howard | -9 |
| Humboldt | -42 |
| Ida | 15 |
| Iowa | -169 |
| Jackson | -13 |
| Jasper | -120 |
| Jefferson | 177 |
| Johnson | 1866 |
| Jones | -125 |
| Keokuk | -10 |
| Kossuth | 26 |
| Lee | 3 |
| Linn | 230 |
| Louisa | -61 |
| Lucas | -75 |
| Lyon | 39 |
| Madison | -145 |
| Mahaska | -109 |
| Marion | -1 |
| Marshall | -73 |
| Mills | -153 |
| Mitchell | 27 |
| Monona | -87 |
| Monroe | 20 |
| Montgomery | -71 |
| Muscatine | -47 |
| O'Brien | -27 |
| Osceola | -121 |
| Page | -159 |
| Palo Alto | -40 |
| Plymouth | -9 |
| Pocahontas | -60 |
| Polk | 2443 |
| Pottawattamie | -908 |
| Poweshiek | -115 |
| Ringgold | -1 |
| Sac | -35 |
| Scott | 944 |
| Shelby | 42 |
| Sioux | 23 |
| Story | 430 |
| Tama | -141 |
| Taylor | -52 |
| Union | 60 |
| Van Buren | -65 |
| Wapello | -57 |
| Warren | 109 |
| Washington | 49 |
| Wayne | 15 |
| Webster | -389 |
| Winnebago | -89 |
| Winneshiek | -6 |
| Woodbury | -1027 |
| Worth | -56 |
| Wright | -22 |
