# Counties in Iowa by female population share, 2025

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `female_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Poweshiek County | 51.4 |
| 2 | Monona County | 51.3 |
| 3 | Black Hawk County | 51.3 |
| 4 | Cass County | 51.2 |
| 5 | Washington County | 51.1 |
| 6 | Cerro Gordo County | 51 |
| 7 | Linn County | 51 |
| 8 | Clay County | 50.9 |
| 9 | Scott County | 50.8 |
| 10 | Des Moines County | 50.7 |
| 11 | Dallas County | 50.7 |
| 12 | Greene County | 50.7 |
| 13 | Grundy County | 50.7 |
| 14 | Johnson County | 50.7 |
| 15 | Montgomery County | 50.7 |
| 16 | Warren County | 50.6 |
| 17 | Polk County | 50.6 |
| 18 | Clinton County | 50.6 |
| 19 | Dickinson County | 50.6 |
| 20 | Bremer County | 50.5 |
| 21 | Adams County | 50.5 |
| 22 | Decatur County | 50.5 |
| 23 | Dubuque County | 50.5 |
| 24 | Pottawattamie County | 50.4 |
| 25 | Humboldt County | 50.4 |
| 26 | Cedar County | 50.4 |
| 27 | Floyd County | 50.4 |
| 28 | Shelby County | 50.4 |
| 29 | Mitchell County | 50.4 |
| 30 | Guthrie County | 50.3 |
| 31 | Madison County | 50.3 |
| 32 | Ida County | 50.3 |
| 33 | Pocahontas County | 50.3 |
| 34 | Monroe County | 50.2 |
| 35 | Union County | 50.2 |
| 36 | Jackson County | 50.2 |
| 37 | Mills County | 50.2 |
| 38 | Buchanan County | 50.2 |
| 39 | Carroll County | 50.1 |
| 40 | Muscatine County | 50.1 |
| 41 | Sac County | 50.1 |
| 42 | Ringgold County | 50 |
| 43 | Benton County | 50 |
| 44 | Wayne County | 50 |
| 45 | Marion County | 50 |
| 46 | Fremont County | 50 |
| 47 | Marshall County | 50 |
| 48 | Buena Vista County | 50 |
| 49 | Clayton County | 50 |
| 50 | Winneshiek County | 49.9 |
| 51 | Franklin County | 49.9 |
| 52 | Appanoose County | 49.9 |
| 53 | Woodbury County | 49.9 |
| 54 | Boone County | 49.8 |
| 55 | Wright County | 49.8 |
| 56 | Plymouth County | 49.8 |
| 57 | Adair County | 49.8 |
| 58 | Audubon County | 49.7 |
| 59 | Cherokee County | 49.7 |
| 60 | Palo Alto County | 49.7 |
| 61 | Lee County | 49.7 |
| 62 | Keokuk County | 49.7 |
| 63 | Iowa County | 49.7 |
| 63 | O'Brien County | 49.7 |
| 65 | Butler County | 49.6 |
| 66 | Taylor County | 49.6 |
| 67 | Harrison County | 49.6 |
| 68 | Tama County | 49.5 |
| 69 | Winnebago County | 49.5 |
| 70 | Mahaska County | 49.5 |
| 71 | Louisa County | 49.5 |
| 72 | Osceola County | 49.5 |
| 73 | Fayette County | 49.5 |
| 74 | Lucas County | 49.4 |
| 75 | Delaware County | 49.4 |
| 76 | Chickasaw County | 49.4 |
| 77 | Clarke County | 49.3 |
| 78 | Hamilton County | 49.3 |
| 79 | Wapello County | 49.3 |
| 80 | Hancock County | 49.3 |
| 81 | Allamakee County | 49.2 |
| 82 | Sioux County | 49.1 |
| 83 | Van Buren County | 49.1 |
| 84 | Emmet County | 49.1 |
| 85 | Hardin County | 49 |
| 85 | Howard County | 49 |
| 87 | Kossuth County | 49 |
| 88 | Worth County | 49 |
| 89 | Davis County | 48.9 |
| 90 | Lyon County | 48.9 |
| 91 | Crawford County | 48.8 |
| 92 | Jefferson County | 48.8 |
| 93 | Henry County | 48.2 |
| 94 | Jasper County | 48.1 |
| 95 | Calhoun County | 48 |
| 96 | Webster County | 47.8 |
| 97 | Story County | 47.8 |
| 98 | Jones County | 46.7 |
| 99 | Page County | 46.5 |