Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Iowa counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Asian (11.97%), followed by Buena Vista County (9.25%), and Story County (8.18%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Iowa counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2016
Jefferson
Buena Vista
Story
Johnson
Polk
Dallas
Louisa
Marshall
Scott
Woodbury
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 11.97
2 Buena Vista County 9.25
3 Story County 8.18
4 Johnson County 6.46
5 Polk County 4.66
6 Dallas County 4.6
7 Louisa County 4.05
8 Marshall County 3.21
9 Scott County 2.75
10 Woodbury County 2.68
11 Henry County 2.49
12 Linn County 2.42
13 Black Hawk County 2.28
14 Hamilton County 2.24
15 Crawford County 2.13
16 Poweshiek County 1.92
17 Mahaska County 1.49
18 Marion County 1.45
19 Floyd County 1.32
20 Dubuque County 1.26
21 Webster County 1.13
22 Muscatine County 1.11
23 Winneshiek County 1.08
24 Bremer County 1.04
25 Cerro Gordo County 1
26 Winnebago County 0.97
27 Fayette County 0.95
27 Page County 0.95
28 Des Moines County 0.93
29 Wapello County 0.92
30 Sioux County 0.86
31 O'Brien County 0.81
32 Pottawattamie County 0.79
33 Palo Alto County 0.76
34 Osceola County 0.72
35 Adams County 0.71
35 Clay County 0.71
35 Decatur County 0.71
35 Dickinson County 0.71
36 Hardin County 0.69
37 Ida County 0.68
37 Union County 0.68
38 Butler County 0.67
39 Plymouth County 0.64
40 Madison County 0.63
41 Warren County 0.62
42 Clinton County 0.61
42 Jasper County 0.61
43 Cherokee County 0.6
44 Jones County 0.58
44 Van Buren County 0.58
44 Worth County 0.58
45 Appanoose County 0.57
45 Cedar County 0.57
46 Clarke County 0.56
46 Kossuth County 0.56
47 Lee County 0.55
48 Adair County 0.54
49 Emmet County 0.53
50 Audubon County 0.52
50 Ringgold County 0.52
51 Buchanan County 0.51
52 Boone County 0.5
52 Greene County 0.5
52 Hancock County 0.5
53 Washington County 0.49
54 Carroll County 0.48
54 Wayne County 0.48
55 Franklin County 0.47
56 Iowa County 0.45
56 Shelby County 0.45
57 Mills County 0.42
57 Pocahontas County 0.42
58 Monroe County 0.41
59 Tama County 0.4
60 Mitchell County 0.39
61 Taylor County 0.37
61 Wright County 0.37
62 Benton County 0.36
62 Humboldt County 0.36
62 Montgomery County 0.36
63 Allamakee County 0.35
63 Fremont County 0.35
63 Jackson County 0.35
64 Monona County 0.34
65 Davis County 0.32
65 Delaware County 0.32
65 Howard County 0.32
66 Chickasaw County 0.31
66 Harrison County 0.31
66 Sac County 0.31
67 Cass County 0.29
67 Guthrie County 0.29
67 Lucas County 0.29
68 Calhoun County 0.28
68 Grundy County 0.28
69 Lyon County 0.27
70 Keokuk County 0.24
71 Clayton County 0.22