# Cities in Iowa by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

All 41 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat). England and Wales: usual residents born outside the United Kingdom, Census 2021.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/iowa-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Storm Lake, IA | 30.3 |
| 2 | Marshalltown, IA | 20.1 |
| 3 | Clive, IA | 14.2 |
| 3 | Waukee, IA | 14.2 |
| 5 | Des Moines, IA | 14.2 |
| 6 | Coralville, IA | 14 |
| 7 | Ottumwa, IA | 13.5 |
| 8 | Iowa City, IA | 12.2 |
| 9 | Sioux City, IA | 12.1 |
| 10 | Ames, IA | 11.7 |
| 11 | West Des Moines, IA | 10.9 |
| 12 | Grimes, IA | 10.5 |
| 13 | Waterloo, IA | 10.1 |
| 14 | Urbandale, IA | 9.9 |
| 15 | Johnston, IA | 9.5 |
| 16 | Bettendorf, IA | 8 |
| 17 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 7.3 |
| 18 | Muscatine, IA | 7.2 |
| 19 | Le Mars, IA | 6.5 |
| 20 | North Liberty, IA | 6.3 |
| 21 | Newton, IA | 5.2 |
| 22 | Altoona, IA | 5 |
| 23 | Council Bluffs, IA | 5 |
| 24 | Ankeny, IA | 4.8 |
| 25 | Davenport, IA | 4.7 |
| 26 | Fort Dodge, IA | 4.1 |
| 27 | Dubuque, IA | 3.9 |
| 28 | Pella, IA | 3.6 |
| 29 | Marion, IA | 3.4 |
| 30 | Cedar Falls, IA | 3.4 |
| 31 | Mason City, IA | 3.3 |
| 32 | Spencer, IA | 3.3 |
| 33 | Pleasant Hill, IA | 3 |
| 34 | Oskaloosa, IA | 2.9 |
| 35 | Burlington, IA | 2.8 |
| 36 | Waverly, IA | 2.7 |
| 37 | Clinton, IA | 2.5 |
| 38 | Carroll, IA | 2.2 |
| 39 | Boone, IA | 1.5 |
| 40 | Norwalk, IA | 1.4 |
| 41 | Indianola, IA | 1.1 |