Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Iowa counties, Polk County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (353.00K), followed by Linn County (190.54K), and Scott County (137.57K).

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 Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011
Polk
Linn
Scott
Johnson
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Story
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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Polk County 352999
2 Linn County 190540
3 Scott County 137572
4 Johnson County 110628
5 Black Hawk County 110154
6 Dubuque County 87763
7 Pottawattamie County 83764
8 Woodbury County 79089
9 Story County 78577
10 Dallas County 61342
11 Clinton County 45312
12 Warren County 44565
13 Cerro Gordo County 40607
14 Des Moines County 35748
15 Jasper County 35047
16 Muscatine County 34361
17 Webster County 33895
18 Lee County 32537
19 Marion County 31768
20 Marshall County 31453
21 Wapello County 30880
22 Sioux County 30275
23 Benton County 25353
24 Boone County 25127
25 Plymouth County 23560
26 Bremer County 23483
27 Mahaska County 21312
28 Buchanan County 20262
29 Washington County 20182
30 Winneshiek County 20122
31 Carroll County 20072
32 Fayette County 19989
33 Jones County 19748
34 Jackson County 19027
35 Henry County 18155
36 Cedar County 17747
37 Poweshiek County 17642
38 Clayton County 17413
39 Delaware County 17251
40 Dickinson County 16394
41 Hardin County 16282
42 Clay County 15791
43 Iowa County 15744
44 Madison County 15268
45 Floyd County 15217
46 Kossuth County 14931
47 Tama County 14790
48 Page County 14679
49 Butler County 14592
50 Jefferson County 14557
51 Harrison County 14341
52 Mills County 14310
53 Hamilton County 14122
54 Buena Vista County 13435
55 O'Brien County 13396
56 Cass County 13250
57 Allamakee County 13135
58 Appanoose County 12402
59 Crawford County 12230
60 Grundy County 12192
61 Union County 12005
62 Chickasaw County 11981
63 Shelby County 11592
64 Wright County 11527
65 Cherokee County 11457
66 Lyon County 11341
67 Hancock County 10682
68 Guthrie County 10478
69 Mitchell County 10475
70 Keokuk County 10135
71 Montgomery County 10126
72 Winnebago County 10065
73 Sac County 9846
74 Calhoun County 9629
75 Franklin County 9345
76 Howard County 9278
77 Humboldt County 9275
78 Louisa County 9129
79 Palo Alto County 8995
80 Emmet County 8982
81 Greene County 8957
82 Monona County 8854
83 Lucas County 8687
84 Davis County 8558
85 Clarke County 8150
86 Decatur County 7719
87 Monroe County 7718
88 Adair County 7363
89 Van Buren County 7315
90 Worth County 7266
91 Fremont County 7061
92 Pocahontas County 6892
93 Ida County 6832
94 Wayne County 6166
95 Audubon County 5870
96 Osceola County 5815
97 Taylor County 5794
98 Ringgold County 4882
99 Adams County 3883