Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Iowa counties, Mitchell County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.81%), followed by Lyon County (98.73%), and Chickasaw County (98.67%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2012
Mitchell
Lyon
Chickasaw
Delaware
Lucas
Grundy
Adair
Ida
Davis
Keokuk
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mitchell County 98.81
2 Lyon County 98.73
3 Chickasaw County 98.67
4 Delaware County 98.6
5 Lucas County 98.59
6 Grundy County 98.58
7 Adair County 98.57
7 Ida County 98.57
8 Davis County 98.51
9 Keokuk County 98.47
10 Van Buren County 98.44
11 Sac County 98.39
12 Butler County 98.38
13 Howard County 98.36
14 Ringgold County 98.31
15 Dickinson County 98.3
15 Harrison County 98.3
16 Clayton County 98.25
17 Taylor County 98.23
18 Guthrie County 98.18
18 Iowa County 98.18
18 Wayne County 98.18
19 Benton County 98.17
20 Montgomery County 98.15
21 Audubon County 98.14
22 Buchanan County 98.11
23 Shelby County 98.08
24 Adams County 98.06
25 Madison County 98.04
26 Kossuth County 97.94
27 Monroe County 97.93
28 Appanoose County 97.9
28 Cass County 97.9
28 Greene County 97.9
29 Fremont County 97.89
30 Worth County 97.87
31 Osceola County 97.86
32 Hancock County 97.84
33 Carroll County 97.78
34 Humboldt County 97.73
35 Cedar County 97.67
36 Mills County 97.65
37 Pocahontas County 97.62
38 Palo Alto County 97.59
39 Plymouth County 97.57
40 Clay County 97.54
41 Wright County 97.5
42 Warren County 97.46
43 Boone County 97.45
44 Franklin County 97.35
45 Cherokee County 97.32
46 Union County 97.31
47 O'Brien County 97.3
48 Jackson County 97.29
49 Sioux County 97.27
50 Winneshiek County 97.22
51 Washington County 97.21
52 Bremer County 97.18
53 Clarke County 97.16
54 Monona County 97.14
55 Allamakee County 97
56 Jasper County 96.93
57 Calhoun County 96.88
58 Winnebago County 96.83
59 Fayette County 96.79
59 Hardin County 96.79
59 Marion County 96.79
60 Jones County 96.39
61 Mahaska County 96.33
62 Cerro Gordo County 96.08
63 Floyd County 96.05
64 Hamilton County 95.71
65 Decatur County 95.66
66 Pottawattamie County 95.61
67 Emmet County 95.51
68 Poweshiek County 95.35
69 Louisa County 95.2
70 Muscatine County 95.09
71 Wapello County 95.04
72 Crawford County 94.8
73 Page County 94.68
74 Clinton County 94.49
75 Dubuque County 94.23
75 Lee County 94.23
76 Dallas County 93.26
77 Henry County 93.02
78 Webster County 92.97
79 Marshall County 92.75
80 Des Moines County 91.25
81 Linn County 91.02
82 Woodbury County 89.23
83 Tama County 88.63
84 Story County 88.55
85 Buena Vista County 87.57
86 Scott County 87.23
87 Polk County 87.12
88 Black Hawk County 86.78
89 Jefferson County 86.75
90 Johnson County 86.31