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Counties in Iowa by female population share

Poweshiek County had the highest female population share of 99 counties in 2024, at 51.4%. Page County had the lowest, at 46.5%. The median was 49.8% and the figure for Iowa was 50.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest51.4Poweshiek County
Lowest46.5Page County
Median49.899 counties
Iowa50.2History

Map of counties, 2024

Adair County: 50.1 %Adams County: 50.3 %Allamakee County: 49.3 %Appanoose County: 49.8 %Audubon County: 49.7 %Benton County: 49.8 %Black Hawk County: 51.2 %Boone County: 49.7 %Bremer County: 50.5 %Buchanan County: 50.3 %Buena Vista County: 49.7 %Butler County: 49.8 %Calhoun County: 48 %Carroll County: 50.3 %Cass County: 51.2 %Cedar County: 50.4 %Cerro Gordo County: 51.1 %Cherokee County: 49.8 %Chickasaw County: 49.3 %Clarke County: 49.3 %Clay County: 50.8 %Clayton County: 49.9 %Clinton County: 50.7 %Crawford County: 48.8 %Dallas County: 50.8 %Davis County: 49.1 %Decatur County: 50.5 %Delaware County: 49.5 %Des Moines County: 50.8 %Dickinson County: 50.6 %Dubuque County: 50.4 %Emmet County: 49.1 %Fayette County: 49.3 %Floyd County: 50.4 %Franklin County: 49.7 %Fremont County: 49.9 %Greene County: 51 %Grundy County: 50.7 %Guthrie County: 50 %Hamilton County: 49.4 %Hancock County: 49.6 %Hardin County: 49.2 %Harrison County: 49.6 %Henry County: 48.2 %Howard County: 49.3 %Humboldt County: 50.4 %Ida County: 50.2 %Iowa County: 49.6 %Jackson County: 50.1 %Jasper County: 48.1 %Jefferson County: 48.7 %Johnson County: 50.6 %Jones County: 46.8 %Keokuk County: 49.7 %Kossuth County: 49.3 %Lee County: 49.8 %Linn County: 51 %Louisa County: 49.4 %Lucas County: 49.6 %Lyon County: 48.8 %Madison County: 50.3 %Mahaska County: 49.8 %Marion County: 50 %Marshall County: 49.8 %Mills County: 49.9 %Mitchell County: 50.1 %Monona County: 51.3 %Monroe County: 50.2 %Montgomery County: 50.8 %Muscatine County: 50.1 %O'Brien County: 49.5 %Osceola County: 49.4 %Page County: 46.5 %Palo Alto County: 49.7 %Plymouth County: 49.8 %Pocahontas County: 50.3 %Polk County: 50.6 %Pottawattamie County: 50.4 %Poweshiek County: 51.4 %Ringgold County: 50.3 %Sac County: 50.3 %Scott County: 50.8 %Shelby County: 50.2 %Sioux County: 49.2 %Story County: 47.7 %Tama County: 49.5 %Taylor County: 49.4 %Union County: 50.4 %Van Buren County: 48.9 %Wapello County: 49.4 %Warren County: 50.6 %Washington County: 50.9 %Wayne County: 49.9 %Webster County: 47.8 %Winnebago County: 49.6 %Winneshiek County: 50 %Woodbury County: 49.8 %Worth County: 49.1 %Wright County: 49.7 %
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%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Poweshiek County: 51.4 %Poweshiek County51.4Monona County: 51.3 %Monona County51.3Cass County: 51.2 %Cass County51.2Black Hawk County: 51.2 %Black Hawk County51.2Cerro Gordo County: 51.1 %Cerro Gordo County51.1Greene County: 51 %Greene County51Linn County: 51 %Linn County51Washington County: 50.9 %Washington County50.9Montgomery County: 50.8 %Montgomery County50.8Scott County: 50.8 %Scott County50.8Clay County: 50.8 %Clay County50.8Des Moines County: 50.8 %Des Moines County50.8Dallas County: 50.8 %Dallas County50.8Grundy County: 50.7 %Grundy County50.7Clinton County: 50.7 %Clinton County50.7Dickinson County: 50.6 %Dickinson County50.6Johnson County: 50.6 %Johnson County50.6Warren County: 50.6 %Warren County50.6Polk County: 50.6 %Polk County50.6Bremer County: 50.5 %Bremer County50.5Decatur County: 50.5 %Decatur County50.5Humboldt County: 50.4 %Humboldt County50.4Dubuque County: 50.4 %Dubuque County50.4Cedar County: 50.4 %Cedar County50.4Pottawattamie County: 50.4 %Pottawattamie County50.4Union County: 50.4 %Union County50.4Floyd County: 50.4 %Floyd County50.4Madison County: 50.3 %Madison County50.3Adams County: 50.3 %Adams County50.3Ringgold County: 50.3 %Ringgold County50.3Sac County: 50.3 %Sac County50.3Buchanan County: 50.3 %Buchanan County50.3Pocahontas County: 50.3 %Pocahontas County50.3Carroll County: 50.3 %Carroll County50.3Shelby County: 50.2 %Shelby County50.2Monroe County: 50.2 %Monroe County50.2Ida County: 50.2 %Ida County50.2Mitchell County: 50.1 %Mitchell County50.1Jackson County: 50.1 %Jackson County50.1Muscatine County: 50.1 %Muscatine County50.1Poweshiek County: 51.4 %Poweshiek County51.4Monona County: 51.3 %Monona County51.3Cass County: 51.2 %Cass County51.2Black Hawk County: 51.2 %Black Hawk County51.2Cerro Gordo County: 51.1 %Cerro Gordo County51.1Greene County: 51 %Greene County51Linn County: 51 %Linn County51Washington County: 50.9 %Washington County50.9Montgomery County: 50.8 %Montgomery County50.8Scott County: 50.8 %Scott County50.8Clay County: 50.8 %Clay County50.8Des Moines County: 50.8 %Des Moines County50.8Dallas County: 50.8 %Dallas County50.8Grundy County: 50.7 %Grundy County50.7Clinton County: 50.7 %Clinton County50.7Dickinson County: 50.6 %Dickinson County50.6Johnson County: 50.6 %Johnson County50.6Warren County: 50.6 %Warren County50.6Polk County: 50.6 %Polk County50.6Bremer County: 50.5 %Bremer County50.5Decatur County: 50.5 %Decatur County50.5Humboldt County: 50.4 %Humboldt County50.4Dubuque County: 50.4 %Dubuque County50.4Cedar County: 50.4 %Cedar County50.4Pottawattamie County: 50.4 %Pottawattamie County50.4Union County: 50.4 %Union County50.4Floyd County: 50.4 %Floyd County50.4Madison County: 50.3 %Madison County50.3Adams County: 50.3 %Adams County50.3Ringgold County: 50.3 %Ringgold County50.3Sac County: 50.3 %Sac County50.3Buchanan County: 50.3 %Buchanan County50.3Pocahontas County: 50.3 %Pocahontas County50.3Carroll County: 50.3 %Carroll County50.3Shelby County: 50.2 %Shelby County50.2Monroe County: 50.2 %Monroe County50.2Ida County: 50.2 %Ida County50.2Mitchell County: 50.1 %Mitchell County50.1Jackson County: 50.1 %Jackson County50.1Muscatine County: 50.1 %Muscatine County50.1
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Poweshiek County51.4-0 pts
2Monona County51.3-0 pts
3Cass County51.2-0 pts
4Black Hawk County51.20 pts
5Cerro Gordo County51.1-0 pts
6Greene County51+0.2 pts
7Linn County510 pts
8Washington County50.9+0.2 pts
9Montgomery County50.8-0.1 pts
10Scott County50.8-0 pts
11Clay County50.8-0 pts
12Des Moines County50.8-0.1 pts
13Dallas County50.80 pts
14Grundy County50.7-0.1 pts
15Clinton County50.7-0.2 pts
16Dickinson County50.6-0.1 pts
17Johnson County50.6-0 pts
18Warren County50.6-0.1 pts
19Polk County50.60 pts
20Bremer County50.5-0 pts
21Decatur County50.5-0 pts
22Humboldt County50.4-0.2 pts
23Dubuque County50.4+0.1 pts
24Cedar County50.4+0.1 pts
25Pottawattamie County50.4-0.1 pts
26Union County50.40 pts
27Floyd County50.4+0.2 pts
28Madison County50.3-0.2 pts
29Adams County50.3-0.2 pts
29Ringgold County50.3-0.3 pts
31Sac County50.3+0.3 pts
32Buchanan County50.3-0 pts
33Pocahontas County50.3-0.3 pts
34Carroll County50.3-0.1 pts
35Shelby County50.2-0.1 pts
36Monroe County50.20 pts
37Ida County50.2-0 pts
38Mitchell County50.1+0.2 pts
39Jackson County50.1+0.2 pts
40Muscatine County50.1-0.1 pts
41Adair County50.1+0.1 pts
42Guthrie County50-0.2 pts
43Marion County500 pts
44Winneshiek County50-0.1 pts
45Mills County49.9+0.1 pts
46Clayton County49.9+0.3 pts
47Wayne County49.9-0.2 pts
48Fremont County49.9-0.1 pts
49Appanoose County49.8-0.3 pts
50Plymouth County49.8-0 pts
51Woodbury County49.8-0.1 pts
52Benton County49.8+0.1 pts
53Marshall County49.8+0.2 pts
54Mahaska County49.8-0.1 pts
55Butler County49.8-0 pts
56Cherokee County49.80 pts
57Lee County49.8-0.1 pts
58Audubon County49.7-0.3 pts
59Palo Alto County49.7-0.3 pts
60Boone County49.7-0.1 pts
61Buena Vista County49.7+0.3 pts
62Franklin County49.7-0 pts
63Wright County49.7-0.3 pts
64Keokuk County49.7-0.2 pts
65Hancock County49.6-0.2 pts
65Iowa County49.6-0 pts
67Harrison County49.6+0.1 pts
68Lucas County49.6-0.3 pts
69Winnebago County49.6-0.3 pts
70Delaware County49.5-0.1 pts
71Tama County49.5-0.3 pts
72O'Brien County49.5-0.1 pts
73Louisa County49.4-0 pts
74Wapello County49.4-0.2 pts
75Osceola County49.4+0.1 pts
76Hamilton County49.4-0.1 pts
77Taylor County49.4-0 pts
78Fayette County49.3+0.3 pts
79Kossuth County49.3-0 pts
80Clarke County49.3-0.4 pts
81Allamakee County49.3-0.3 pts
82Chickasaw County49.3-0.2 pts
83Howard County49.3+0.2 pts
84Sioux County49.2-0.2 pts
85Hardin County49.2-0.4 pts
86Emmet County49.1+0.2 pts
87Davis County49.1-0.4 pts
88Worth County49.1-0.2 pts
89Van Buren County48.9+0.2 pts
90Lyon County48.8-0.1 pts
91Crawford County48.8-0.3 pts
92Jefferson County48.7+0.4 pts
93Henry County48.2+0.1 pts
94Jasper County48.1-0.2 pts
95Calhoun County48+0.2 pts
96Webster County47.8-0 pts
97Story County47.70 pts
98Jones County46.8-0.2 pts
99Page County46.5-0.1 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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 (Counties in Iowa by female population share, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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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, Counties in Iowa by female population share, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/iowa-counties?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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. Counties in Iowa by female population share, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/iowa-counties?period=2024.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, Counties in Iowa by female population share, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/iowa-counties?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Poweshiek County, with 51.4% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

Page County, with 46.5% in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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