Counties in Iowa by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2024

Winnebago County had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 99 counties in 2024, at 5.4%. Clarke County had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 1.8% and the figure for Iowa was 2.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Lowest0.4Clarke County
Median1.899 counties
Iowa2.2History

Top 40 counties, 2024

Winnebago County: 5.4 %Winnebago County5.4Story County: 5.3 %Story County5.3Mills County: 4.6 %Mills County4.6Poweshiek County: 4.3 %Poweshiek County4.3Johnson County: 4.3 %Johnson County4.3Jefferson County: 4.2 %Jefferson County4.2Pocahontas County: 4 %Pocahontas County4Decatur County: 3.5 %Decatur County3.5Scott County: 3.4 %Scott County3.4Page County: 3.2 %Page County3.2Winneshiek County: 3.2 %Winneshiek County3.2Crawford County: 3.1 %Crawford County3.1Howard County: 3.1 %Howard County3.1Mitchell County: 2.9 %Mitchell County2.9Hancock County: 2.9 %Hancock County2.9Monroe County: 2.9 %Monroe County2.9Appanoose County: 2.8 %Appanoose County2.8Dubuque County: 2.7 %Dubuque County2.7Fremont County: 2.6 %Fremont County2.6Pottawattamie County: 2.6 %Pottawattamie County2.6Dallas County: 2.6 %Dallas County2.6Emmet County: 2.5 %Emmet County2.5Lyon County: 2.5 %Lyon County2.5Buena Vista County: 2.4 %Buena Vista County2.4Webster County: 2.4 %Webster County2.4Fayette County: 2.4 %Fayette County2.4O'Brien County: 2.3 %O'Brien County2.3Woodbury County: 2.3 %Woodbury County2.3Cerro Gordo County: 2.3 %Cerro Gordo County2.3Humboldt County: 2.2 %Humboldt County2.2Worth County: 2.2 %Worth County2.2Ida County: 2.2 %Ida County2.2Bremer County: 2.2 %Bremer County2.2Taylor County: 2.1 %Taylor County2.1Jackson County: 2.1 %Jackson County2.1Kossuth County: 2.1 %Kossuth County2.1Polk County: 2.1 %Polk County2.1Harrison County: 2 %Harrison County2Henry County: 2 %Henry County2Lucas County: 2 %Lucas County2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Winnebago County5.4-0.5 pts
2Story County5.3-0.4 pts
3Mills County4.6-0.5 pts
4Poweshiek County4.3-0.7 pts
5Johnson County4.3-0.3 pts
6Jefferson County4.2-0.4 pts
7Pocahontas County4+0.2 pts
8Decatur County3.5-0.4 pts
9Scott County3.4-0.2 pts
10Page County3.2-0.3 pts
10Winneshiek County3.20 pts
12Crawford County3.1+0.2 pts
13Howard County3.1+0.9 pts
14Mitchell County2.9+1.1 pts
15Hancock County2.9-0.3 pts
16Monroe County2.9+0.2 pts
17Appanoose County2.8+0.6 pts
18Dubuque County2.7-0.3 pts
19Fremont County2.6+0.2 pts
19Pottawattamie County2.6-0.1 pts
21Dallas County2.60 pts
22Emmet County2.5-1 pts
23Lyon County2.5+0.3 pts
24Buena Vista County2.4+0.7 pts
25Webster County2.4-0.7 pts
26Fayette County2.4-0.2 pts
27O'Brien County2.3+0.3 pts
28Woodbury County2.3-0.3 pts
29Cerro Gordo County2.3-0 pts
30Humboldt County2.2-0.4 pts
30Worth County2.2+0.3 pts
32Ida County2.2-0.1 pts
33Bremer County2.2+0.2 pts
34Taylor County2.1+1 pts
35Jackson County2.1+0.8 pts
36Kossuth County2.1-0.3 pts
37Polk County2.1-0 pts
38Harrison County2-0.5 pts
39Henry County2-0.1 pts
39Lucas County2-0.5 pts
41Mahaska County2-0.1 pts
42Sioux County1.9-0.1 pts
43Des Moines County1.90 pts
44Montgomery County1.8-0.2 pts
45Linn County1.8-0.1 pts
45Plymouth County1.8+0.4 pts
47Lee County1.8+0.4 pts
48Black Hawk County1.8+0.1 pts
49Keokuk County1.8-1.4 pts
50Grundy County1.8+0.1 pts
50Van Buren County1.8-0.3 pts
52Carroll County1.70 pts
53Shelby County1.7-0.2 pts
54Franklin County1.7+0.1 pts
55Marion County1.6-0.9 pts
55Wayne County1.6-0.2 pts
57Chickasaw County1.6+0.6 pts
58Ringgold County1.6+0.3 pts
59Clinton County1.5-0.2 pts
59Tama County1.5-0 pts
61Calhoun County1.4-0.1 pts
62Cass County1.4+0.1 pts
63Clayton County1.4-0.8 pts
64Floyd County1.3+0.1 pts
65Osceola County1.3+0.1 pts
66Guthrie County1.2-0.4 pts
66Hardin County1.2+0.3 pts
68Cherokee County1.2+0.2 pts
68Dickinson County1.2-0.7 pts
70Buchanan County1.1-0.1 pts
71Clay County1.10 pts
71Hamilton County1.1+0.2 pts
73Marshall County1.1+0.4 pts
74Davis County1.1-0.1 pts
75Warren County1+0.1 pts
76Wright County1-0 pts
77Muscatine County1-0.2 pts
78Jasper County1-0.5 pts
78Washington County1-0.6 pts
80Iowa County0.9-0.7 pts
81Boone County0.9-0 pts
82Audubon County0.9-0.1 pts
82Union County0.90 pts
84Delaware County0.8+0.3 pts
85Sac County0.8-0.3 pts
86Adams County0.8+0.2 pts
87Allamakee County0.8-0.3 pts
88Greene County0.8-0.1 pts
89Cedar County0.8-0.4 pts
90Palo Alto County0.7-0.5 pts
91Wapello County0.7+0.2 pts
92Adair County0.7-0.3 pts
93Benton County0.6+0.1 pts
94Butler County0.6-0.1 pts
95Louisa County0.5+0.1 pts
95Madison County0.5+0.1 pts
97Monona County0.5-0.7 pts
98Jones County0.5+0.3 pts
99Clarke County0.4+0.2 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

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 B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Iowa by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b07003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Iowa by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/iowa-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Iowa by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/iowa-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Iowa by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/iowa-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

Winnebago County, with 5.4% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Clarke County, with 0.4% in 2024.

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