# Counties in Iowa by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `language_other_than_english_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Buena Vista County | 36.5 |
| 2 | Crawford County | 27 |
| 3 | Marshall County | 24.8 |
| 4 | Davis County | 22.6 |
| 5 | Woodbury County | 18.5 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 15.9 |
| 7 | Franklin County | 15.4 |
| 8 | Louisa County | 15.3 |
| 9 | Wapello County | 15.1 |
| 10 | Van Buren County | 15.1 |
| 11 | Johnson County | 14.7 |
| 12 | Polk County | 14.7 |
| 13 | Wright County | 14.5 |
| 14 | Muscatine County | 14.1 |
| 15 | Dallas County | 13.2 |
| 16 | Allamakee County | 12.7 |
| 17 | Sioux County | 12.5 |
| 18 | Clarke County | 11.2 |
| 18 | Tama County | 11.2 |
| 20 | Story County | 11.1 |
| 21 | Hamilton County | 10.7 |
| 22 | Osceola County | 10.2 |
| 23 | Howard County | 9.6 |
| 24 | Black Hawk County | 8.8 |
| 25 | Emmet County | 8.2 |
| 26 | Wayne County | 8.2 |
| 27 | Washington County | 7.7 |
| 28 | O'Brien County | 7.6 |
| 29 | Lucas County | 7.4 |
| 30 | Linn County | 7.1 |
| 31 | Scott County | 7 |
| 32 | Plymouth County | 6.9 |
| 33 | Taylor County | 6.9 |
| 34 | Pottawattamie County | 6.9 |
| 35 | Appanoose County | 6.8 |
| 36 | Mitchell County | 6.5 |
| 37 | Winnebago County | 6.4 |
| 38 | Cherokee County | 6.1 |
| 39 | Humboldt County | 6 |
| 40 | Clayton County | 5.7 |
| 41 | Poweshiek County | 5.3 |
| 42 | Decatur County | 5.2 |
| 43 | Hardin County | 5.2 |
| 44 | Jasper County | 5.1 |
| 45 | Webster County | 4.9 |
| 46 | Kossuth County | 4.9 |
| 47 | Dubuque County | 4.8 |
| 48 | Winneshiek County | 4.6 |
| 49 | Chickasaw County | 4.5 |
| 50 | Ida County | 4.5 |
| 51 | Hancock County | 4.4 |
| 52 | Henry County | 4.4 |
| 53 | Pocahontas County | 4.3 |
| 54 | Union County | 4.3 |
| 55 | Buchanan County | 4 |
| 56 | Monroe County | 3.9 |
| 57 | Madison County | 3.9 |
| 58 | Fayette County | 3.8 |
| 59 | Cerro Gordo County | 3.7 |
| 60 | Palo Alto County | 3.7 |
| 61 | Sac County | 3.6 |
| 62 | Mahaska County | 3.5 |
| 63 | Floyd County | 3.4 |
| 64 | Marion County | 3.3 |
| 65 | Clay County | 3.2 |
| 66 | Des Moines County | 3.1 |
| 67 | Ringgold County | 3 |
| 68 | Keokuk County | 3 |
| 69 | Warren County | 3 |
| 69 | Worth County | 3 |
| 71 | Butler County | 2.9 |
| 71 | Clinton County | 2.9 |
| 71 | Jackson County | 2.9 |
| 74 | Jones County | 2.9 |
| 75 | Calhoun County | 2.8 |
| 76 | Shelby County | 2.7 |
| 77 | Iowa County | 2.7 |
| 77 | Lyon County | 2.7 |
| 79 | Lee County | 2.6 |
| 80 | Boone County | 2.6 |
| 81 | Audubon County | 2.6 |
| 82 | Adams County | 2.5 |
| 82 | Page County | 2.5 |
| 84 | Montgomery County | 2.5 |
| 85 | Delaware County | 2.4 |
| 86 | Bremer County | 2.4 |
| 87 | Monona County | 2.3 |
| 88 | Benton County | 2.3 |
| 88 | Fremont County | 2.3 |
| 90 | Grundy County | 2.2 |
| 91 | Greene County | 2.2 |
| 92 | Guthrie County | 2.2 |
| 93 | Carroll County | 2 |
| 94 | Mills County | 1.9 |
| 95 | Adair County | 1.8 |
| 96 | Cedar County | 1.7 |
| 97 | Dickinson County | 1.7 |
| 98 | Cass County | 1.4 |
| 99 | Harrison County | 1.4 |