Counties in Iowa by foreign-born share of the population
Buena Vista County had the highest foreign-born share of the population of 99 counties in 2021, at 20.6%. Adams County had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 1.9% and the figure for Iowa was 5.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
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People who were not US citizens at birth, as a percentage of the total population. Includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
Based on place of birth, not nationality: a naturalized citizen counts as foreign born, and people born in Puerto Rico, the US island areas or abroad to American parents count as native. Not comparable with foreign_population_share, which counts foreign nationals in Spain and the EU. Calculated from counts in ACS table B05002, which are stored as inputs.
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.
How to cite
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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest foreign-born share of the population?
Buena Vista County, with 20.6% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest foreign-born share of the population?
Adams County, with 0.3% in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
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