Iowa Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Iowa (U.S. state abbreviation is 'IA') is the midwestern state of United States, bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west. Missouri and Mississippi rivers are bordered to east and west parts of Iowa state. Iowa population in 2024 is estimated to be 3.21 million, ranks 31st populous state in US. Its area is 58,272 sq miles (145,746 sq km), 26th largest by area rank. The state name derived from the Native American tribes Ioway people, Iowa means 'beautiful land'. Des Moines is the state capital of Iowa, other top cities include Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City and Waterloo. Ottumwa, Sioux City, Dubuque, Davenport and Des Moines are the most crime cities in Iowa State. Iowa state is the most productive agricultural state as the soil is very fertile, followed by Texas and California. The agricultural produce includes corn, oats and soybeans.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Iowa
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Iowa

The population of Iowa 2019 is 3.16 million with change of 0.43%, compared to 0.40% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, IA population in 2020 is 3,190,369. Iowa population in 2023 is estimated to be 3.21 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 3.207 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 3.19 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	3,050,767
2011	3,066,054	0.50
2012	3,076,097	0.33
2013	3,093,078	0.55
2014	3,109,504	0.53
2015	3,121,460	0.38
2016	3,131,785	0.33
2017	3,143,637	0.38
2018	3,156,145	0.40
2019	3,169,716	0.43
2020	3,190,369	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	3,193,079	0.08
2022*	3,204,255	0.35
2023*	3,215,149	0.34

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Iowa Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Iowa by race are, 90.57% are White Americans, Majority are Whites, followed by 5.7% Hispanic/Latino's, 2.2% are Asians, 3.4% are Black Americans, 0.3% are AIAN.

White Population

White population in Iowa are 2,824,197, percentage wise 90.57 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Iowa are 106,762, percentage wise 3.42 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Iowa, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Iowa are 71,178, percentage wise 2.28 percent are asians, out of these 13,759 are Asian Indians, 14,173 are Chinese, 4,659 are Filipinos, 1,500 are Japanese, 6,818 are Korean, 9,620 are Vietnamese and 20,649 are other Asian nationals. 370 are Bangladeshi, 284 Bhutanese, 5,972 Burmese, 768 Cambodian, 5,284 Laotian, 402 Malaysian, 31 Mongolian, 1,159 Nepalese, 744 Pakistani, 170 Sri Lankan, 1,917 Thai, 455 Taiwanese.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Iowa are 178,294. Percentage wise 5.72 percent are hispanics, out of these 137,874 are Mexican people, 6,739 are Puerto Ricans, 2,217 are Cubans, and 31,464 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

913 are Native Hawaiians, 467 are Guamanian/Chamorro's and 246 are Samoans. 10,791 are American Indian and Alaska Natives, 147 are Navajo's, 800 are Cherokee tribals, 368 Chippewa tribals and 1484 are Sioux tribal groups.

Total Population	3,118,102	Percent
White	2,824,197	90.57%
Black or African American	106,762	3.42%
American Indian and Alaska Native	10,791	0.346%
Cherokee tribal grouping	800	0.026%
Chippewa tribal grouping	368	0.012%
Navajo tribal grouping	147	0.005%
Sioux tribal grouping	1,484	0.048%
Asian Population	71,178	2.28%
Asian Indian	13,759	0.44%
Chinese	14,173	0.45%
Filipino	4,659	0.15%
Japanese	1,500	0.05%
Korean	6,818	0.22%
Vietnamese	9,620	0.31%
Other Asian Population	20,649
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,913	0.09%
Native Hawaiian	913	0.029%
Guamanian or Chamorro	467	0.015%
Samoan	246	0.008%
Other Pacific Islander	1,287
Some other race	39,527
Hispanic or Latino	178,294	5.72%
Mexican	137,874	4.42%
Puerto Rican	6,739	0.22%
Cuban	2,217	0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino	31,464

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Iowa

The most populated city of Iowa state is Des Moines with 216,853 and second populous is Cedar Rapids with 133,174, followed by Davenport with 102,085, Sioux with 82,396, Iowa with 76,290, Waterloo with 67,798, Ames with 67,154, West Des Moines with 66,641, Ankeny with 65,284 and Council Bluffs with 62,421. Iowa Zip code starts with five.

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Des Moines	216,853
2	Cedar Rapids	133,174
3	Davenport	102,085
4	Sioux	82,396
5	Iowa	76,290
6	Waterloo	67,798
7	Ames	67,154
8	West Des Moines	66,641
9	Ankeny	65,284
10	Council Bluffs	62,421
11	Dubuque	57,941

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Iowa Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Iowa by age is 3,118,102, out of these 1,548,035 are male, 1,570,067 are female, The sex ratio of Iowa is 986. The Iowa population by age are, under 15 years is 606,347, 15 years and over is 2,511,755, 30 years and over is 1,875,166, 65 years and over is 501,026 and 85 years and over is 77,778. 49.65 percent are male, 50.35 percent are female, 19.45 percent are under 15 years old, 80.55 percent are 15 years and over, 60.14 percent are 30 years and over, 16.07 percent are 65 years and over, 2.49 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in IA

English is the Official language of the US state of Iowa. Languages spoken at home are, 92.3% are English, 3.95% are Spanish, 1.6% European languages and 1.54 are Asian Language speakers.
Asian Indian languages of IA state include, 934 speak Gujarati, 2827 Hindi, 662 Urdu, 355 Punjabi, 757 Bengali, 2797 Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, 1700 Other Indo-European languages, 2475 Telugu, 1195 Tamil and 694 Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages.
Mid and East Asia languages are, 11798 speak Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese), 844 Hmong, 1381 Japanese, 2964 Korean, 7939 Vietnamese, 663 Khmer, 5441 Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages, 5342 Other languages of Asia and 2658 Tagalog (incl. Filipino).
1634 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 6462 Arabic, 358 Hebrew and 331 speak Persian (including Farsi, Dari).
People from Africa regional languages are, 2263 speak Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 1226 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa and 3908 Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.
European languages include 1878 Russian, 514 Polish, 8769 Serbo-Croatian, 1403 Ukrainian or other Slavic languages, 55 Armenian, 409 Greek, 5067, French (incl. Cajun), 515 Haitian, 981 Italian, 1299 Portuguese, 11483 German, 4334 Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	2,698,198	92.35
Spanish Language	115,267	3.95
European Language	47,070	1.61
Asian Languages	45,028	1.54
Other Languages	16,054	0.55

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Iowa Education

IA state High scool and College level education stats as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		321,484	165,601	155,883
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	33,442	19,628	13,814
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	85,530	49,354	36,176
	Some college or associates degree	168,170	82,456	85,714
	Bachelors degree or higher	34,342	14,163	20,179
Population 25 years and over		2,067,914	1,009,458	1,058,456
	Less than 9th grade	66,190	34,317	31,873
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	102,455	55,854	46,601
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	651,750	335,671	316,079
	Some college, no degree	440,583	212,012	228,571
	Associates degree	234,511	101,838	132,673
	Bachelors degree	386,963	179,490	207,473
	Graduate or professional degree	185,462	90,276	95,186

White		1,862,961	903,989	958,972
	High school graduate or higher	1,746,163	841,754	904,409
	Bachelors degree or higher	526,401	246,767	279,634
Black or African		56,081	30,033	26,048
	High school graduate or higher	46,717	24,869	21,848
	Bachelors degree or higher	9,773	5,057	4,716
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		6,718	3,387	3,331
	High school graduate or higher	5,709	2,804	2,905
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,011	572	439
Asian		42,162	20,146	22,016
	High school graduate or higher	34,809	16,965	17,844
	Bachelors degree or higher	20,144	10,203	9,941
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,602	740	862
	High school graduate or higher	1,236	547	689
	Bachelors degree or higher	257	108	149
Hispanic or Latino Origin		83,552	44,121	39,431
	High school graduate or higher	50,603	25,623	24,980
	Bachelors degree or higher	10,484	5,007	5,477

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

As on 2017, the US State of Iowa stats of physically or mentally disabled people are as follows:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	356,551
Male	177,961
Female	178,590
	-
White	331,023
Black or African American	11,078
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,851
Asian	3,547
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	156
Some other race	2,528
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	114,277
With a vision difficulty	54,606
With a cognitive difficulty	127,569
With an ambulatory difficulty	168,273
With a self-care difficulty	59,335
With an independent living difficulty	108,528

Counties of Iowa

Iowa state is divided into 99 Counties, Polk is the populous County with 487,204, followed by Linn County with 225,909, Scott County with 173,283, Johnson County with 151,260 and Black Hawk County with 132,408.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adair County	7,053	7,063	0.1	90	89
Adams County	3,663	3,645	-0.5	99	99
Allamakee County	13,804	13,832	0.2	57	57
Appanoose County	12,363	12,437	0.6	61	60
Audubon County	5,566	5,506	-1.1	97	97
Benton County	25,633	25,642	0	24	24
Black Hawk County	132,409	132,408	0	5	5
Boone County	26,476	26,346	-0.5	23	23
Bremer County	24,822	24,947	0.5	26	26
Buchanan County	21,156	21,199	0.2	29	29
Buena Vista County	20,102	19,874	-1.1	33	34
Butler County	14,582	14,539	-0.3	54	54
Calhoun County	9,749	9,699	-0.5	76	76
Carroll County	20,273	20,154	-0.6	31	31
Cass County	13,126	12,930	-1.5	58	58
Cedar County	18,551	18,627	0.4	38	38
Cerro Gordo County	42,997	42,647	-0.8	13	14
Cherokee County	11,330	11,321	-0.1	66	66
Chickasaw County	12,036	11,964	-0.6	63	63
Clarke County	9,331	9,423	1	79	78
Clay County	16,153	16,134	-0.1	46	48
Clayton County	17,650	17,556	-0.5	40	40
Clinton County	46,902	46,518	-0.8	12	12
Crawford County	17,119	17,158	0.2	43	41
Dallas County	87,215	90,180	3.4	10	10
Davis County	8,991	9,017	0.3	82	81
Decatur County	7,943	7,890	-0.7	86	86
Delaware County	17,158	17,069	-0.5	42	43
Des Moines County	39,320	39,138	-0.5	16	16
Dickinson County	17,173	17,153	-0.1	41	42
Dubuque County	97,009	96,854	-0.2	8	8
Emmet County	9,414	9,253	-1.7	78	79
Fayette County	19,708	19,660	-0.2	35	35
Floyd County	15,761	15,761	0	49	49
Franklin County	10,159	10,124	-0.3	72	73
Fremont County	6,952	6,993	0.6	91	91
Greene County	8,969	8,981	0.1	83	82
Grundy County	12,322	12,304	-0.1	62	62
Guthrie County	10,667	10,720	0.5	69	68
Hamilton County	15,069	14,952	-0.8	51	52
Hancock County	10,773	10,712	-0.6	68	69
Hardin County	17,007	16,868	-0.8	45	45
Harrison County	14,129	14,134	0	55	55
Henry County	20,060	20,067	0	34	32
Howard County	9,219	9,187	-0.3	80	80
Humboldt County	9,578	9,547	-0.3	77	77
Ida County	6,856	6,841	-0.2	92	92
Iowa County	16,118	16,141	0.1	47	47
Jackson County	19,368	19,432	0.3	36	36
Jasper County	36,985	37,147	0.4	17	17
Jefferson County	18,233	18,381	0.8	39	39
Johnson County	149,213	151,260	1.4	4	4
Jones County	20,684	20,744	0.3	30	30
Keokuk County	10,149	10,225	0.7	73	72
Kossuth County	14,970	14,908	-0.4	53	53
Lee County	34,243	34,055	-0.5	21	21
Linn County	224,277	225,909	0.7	2	2
Louisa County	11,203	11,169	-0.3	67	67
Lucas County	8,550	8,645	1.1	85	85
Lyon County	11,797	11,811	0.1	64	64
Madison County	16,030	16,249	1.4	48	46
Mahaska County	22,197	22,000	-0.9	28	28
Marion County	33,105	33,407	0.9	22	22
Marshall County	40,148	39,981	-0.4	15	15
Mills County	15,053	15,063	0.1	52	51
Mitchell County	10,570	10,569	0	71	70
Monona County	8,746	8,679	-0.8	84	84
Monroe County	7,815	7,790	-0.3	87	87
Montgomery County	10,111	10,003	-1.1	74	74
Muscatine County	42,892	42,929	0.1	14	13
O'Brien County	13,812	13,840	0.2	56	56
Osceola County	6,039	6,040	0	96	96
Page County	15,263	15,249	-0.1	50	50
Palo Alto County	9,059	8,929	-1.4	81	83
Plymouth County	25,091	25,095	0	25	25
Pocahontas County	6,840	6,740	-1.5	93	93
Polk County	481,086	487,204	1.3	1	1
Pottawattamie County	93,510	93,533	0	9	9
Poweshiek County	18,563	18,699	0.7	37	37
Ringgold County	5,029	4,968	-1.2	98	98
Sac County	9,796	9,719	-0.8	75	75
Scott County	172,692	173,283	0.3	3	3
Shelby County	11,577	11,578	0	65	65
Sioux County	34,841	34,909	0.2	20	20
Story County	97,260	98,105	0.9	7	7
Tama County	17,055	16,904	-0.9	44	44
Taylor County	6,148	6,191	0.7	95	95
Union County	12,481	12,359	-1	60	61
Van Buren County	7,164	7,020	-2	89	90
Wapello County	35,107	35,205	0.3	19	19
Warren County	50,102	51,056	1.9	11	11
Washington County	22,257	22,141	-0.5	27	27
Wayne County	6,486	6,401	-1.3	94	94
Webster County	36,643	36,277	-1	18	18
Winnebago County	10,588	10,518	-0.7	70	71
Winneshiek County	20,131	20,029	-0.5	32	33
Woodbury County	102,052	102,539	0.5	6	6
Worth County	7,461	7,453	-0.1	88	88
Wright County	12,749	12,690	-0.5	59	59