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

Mills County had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 99 counties in 2022, at 6.1%. Clarke County had the lowest, at 0.2%. The median was 1.7% and the figure for Iowa was 2.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest6.1Mills County
Lowest0.2Clarke County
Median1.799 counties
Iowa2.3History

Map of counties, 2022

Adair County: 1.1 %Adams County: 0.9 %Allamakee County: 1.2 %Appanoose County: 1.3 %Audubon County: 1.3 %Benton County: 0.4 %Black Hawk County: 1.7 %Boone County: 1.2 %Bremer County: 1.9 %Buchanan County: 1.4 %Buena Vista County: 1.8 %Butler County: 0.5 %Calhoun County: 1.5 %Carroll County: 2 %Cass County: 1.3 %Cedar County: 1.1 %Cerro Gordo County: 1.9 %Cherokee County: 0.9 %Chickasaw County: 0.9 %Clarke County: 0.2 %Clay County: 1.8 %Clayton County: 1.9 %Clinton County: 1.5 %Crawford County: 3.4 %Dallas County: 2.5 %Davis County: 1 %Decatur County: 4.3 %Delaware County: 0.4 %Des Moines County: 2.2 %Dickinson County: 1.8 %Dubuque County: 3 %Emmet County: 4.2 %Fayette County: 2.5 %Floyd County: 1.1 %Franklin County: 0.6 %Fremont County: 1.6 %Greene County: 1.4 %Grundy County: 1.2 %Guthrie County: 1.7 %Hamilton County: 0.5 %Hancock County: 3.4 %Hardin County: 1.3 %Harrison County: 3.3 %Henry County: 1.9 %Howard County: 1.8 %Humboldt County: 2.3 %Ida County: 1.1 %Iowa County: 2.1 %Jackson County: 1.5 %Jasper County: 1.8 %Jefferson County: 3.8 %Johnson County: 4.7 %Jones County: 0.3 %Keokuk County: 3 %Kossuth County: 2.2 %Lee County: 2 %Linn County: 1.8 %Louisa County: 0.5 %Lucas County: 2 %Lyon County: 1.8 %Madison County: 0.5 %Mahaska County: 2.7 %Marion County: 2.9 %Marshall County: 0.8 %Mills County: 6.1 %Mitchell County: 1 %Monona County: 1.4 %Monroe County: 0.9 %Montgomery County: 3.3 %Muscatine County: 1.2 %O'Brien County: 2.3 %Osceola County: 2 %Page County: 4.7 %Palo Alto County: 1.3 %Plymouth County: 1.5 %Pocahontas County: 2.7 %Polk County: 2.2 %Pottawattamie County: 2.4 %Poweshiek County: 4.2 %Ringgold County: 1.7 %Sac County: 1.3 %Scott County: 3.6 %Shelby County: 3.2 %Sioux County: 2.3 %Story County: 5.5 %Tama County: 1.3 %Taylor County: 1.7 %Union County: 1.1 %Van Buren County: 1.7 %Wapello County: 0.9 %Warren County: 1.3 %Washington County: 1.3 %Wayne County: 1.3 %Webster County: 2.5 %Winnebago County: 5 %Winneshiek County: 3.2 %Woodbury County: 2.8 %Worth County: 1.9 %Wright County: 1.6 %
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%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Mills County: 6.1 %Mills County6.1Story County: 5.5 %Story County5.5Winnebago County: 5 %Winnebago County5Page County: 4.7 %Page County4.7Johnson County: 4.7 %Johnson County4.7Decatur County: 4.3 %Decatur County4.3Poweshiek County: 4.2 %Poweshiek County4.2Emmet County: 4.2 %Emmet County4.2Jefferson County: 3.8 %Jefferson County3.8Scott County: 3.6 %Scott County3.6Crawford County: 3.4 %Crawford County3.4Hancock County: 3.4 %Hancock County3.4Montgomery County: 3.3 %Montgomery County3.3Harrison County: 3.3 %Harrison County3.3Winneshiek County: 3.2 %Winneshiek County3.2Shelby County: 3.2 %Shelby County3.2Dubuque County: 3 %Dubuque County3Keokuk County: 3 %Keokuk County3Marion County: 2.9 %Marion County2.9Woodbury County: 2.8 %Woodbury County2.8Pocahontas County: 2.7 %Pocahontas County2.7Mahaska County: 2.7 %Mahaska County2.7Fayette County: 2.5 %Fayette County2.5Dallas County: 2.5 %Dallas County2.5Webster County: 2.5 %Webster County2.5Pottawattamie County: 2.4 %Pottawattamie County2.4Humboldt County: 2.3 %Humboldt County2.3O'Brien County: 2.3 %O'Brien County2.3Sioux County: 2.3 %Sioux County2.3Des Moines County: 2.2 %Des Moines County2.2Kossuth County: 2.2 %Kossuth County2.2Polk County: 2.2 %Polk County2.2Iowa County: 2.1 %Iowa County2.1Lucas County: 2 %Lucas County2Lee County: 2 %Lee County2Osceola County: 2 %Osceola County2Carroll County: 2 %Carroll County2Cerro Gordo County: 1.9 %Cerro Gordo County1.9Clayton County: 1.9 %Clayton County1.9Henry County: 1.9 %Henry County1.9Mills County: 6.1 %Mills County6.1Story County: 5.5 %Story County5.5Winnebago County: 5 %Winnebago County5Page County: 4.7 %Page County4.7Johnson County: 4.7 %Johnson County4.7Decatur County: 4.3 %Decatur County4.3Poweshiek County: 4.2 %Poweshiek County4.2Emmet County: 4.2 %Emmet County4.2Jefferson County: 3.8 %Jefferson County3.8Scott County: 3.6 %Scott County3.6Crawford County: 3.4 %Crawford County3.4Hancock County: 3.4 %Hancock County3.4Montgomery County: 3.3 %Montgomery County3.3Harrison County: 3.3 %Harrison County3.3Winneshiek County: 3.2 %Winneshiek County3.2Shelby County: 3.2 %Shelby County3.2Dubuque County: 3 %Dubuque County3Keokuk County: 3 %Keokuk County3Marion County: 2.9 %Marion County2.9Woodbury County: 2.8 %Woodbury County2.8Pocahontas County: 2.7 %Pocahontas County2.7Mahaska County: 2.7 %Mahaska County2.7Fayette County: 2.5 %Fayette County2.5Dallas County: 2.5 %Dallas County2.5Webster County: 2.5 %Webster County2.5Pottawattamie County: 2.4 %Pottawattamie County2.4Humboldt County: 2.3 %Humboldt County2.3O'Brien County: 2.3 %O'Brien County2.3Sioux County: 2.3 %Sioux County2.3Des Moines County: 2.2 %Des Moines County2.2Kossuth County: 2.2 %Kossuth County2.2Polk County: 2.2 %Polk County2.2Iowa County: 2.1 %Iowa County2.1Lucas County: 2 %Lucas County2Lee County: 2 %Lee County2Osceola County: 2 %Osceola County2Carroll County: 2 %Carroll County2Cerro Gordo County: 1.9 %Cerro Gordo County1.9Clayton County: 1.9 %Clayton County1.9Henry County: 1.9 %Henry County1.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Mills County6.1+2 pts
2Story County5.5+0.2 pts
3Winnebago County5-0.3 pts
4Page County4.7+0.1 pts
5Johnson County4.7+0.2 pts
6Decatur County4.3+0.3 pts
7Poweshiek County4.2+0.3 pts
8Emmet County4.2-0.5 pts
9Jefferson County3.8+1.1 pts
10Scott County3.6+0.2 pts
11Crawford County3.4+1.7 pts
12Hancock County3.4-0.4 pts
13Montgomery County3.3+0.1 pts
14Harrison County3.3+0.1 pts
15Winneshiek County3.2-0.8 pts
16Shelby County3.20 pts
17Dubuque County3-0.4 pts
18Keokuk County3-0.4 pts
19Marion County2.9+0.3 pts
20Woodbury County2.8+0.2 pts
21Pocahontas County2.7+0.3 pts
22Mahaska County2.7+0.2 pts
23Fayette County2.5+0.5 pts
24Dallas County2.5-0.2 pts
24Webster County2.5+0.3 pts
26Pottawattamie County2.4+0.1 pts
27Humboldt County2.3+1.2 pts
28O'Brien County2.3-0.1 pts
29Sioux County2.3-0.2 pts
30Des Moines County2.2-0.3 pts
30Kossuth County2.2+0.2 pts
30Polk County2.2-0.1 pts
33Iowa County2.1+0.3 pts
34Lucas County2-0.6 pts
35Lee County20 pts
36Osceola County2-1.5 pts
37Carroll County2-0.1 pts
38Cerro Gordo County1.9-0.2 pts
39Clayton County1.9+0.1 pts
39Henry County1.9+0.4 pts
41Bremer County1.9-0.5 pts
42Worth County1.90 pts
43Howard County1.8-0.1 pts
43Linn County1.8-0.3 pts
45Lyon County1.8+0.1 pts
46Clay County1.8-1.1 pts
47Buena Vista County1.8-0.4 pts
48Dickinson County1.8-0.4 pts
48Jasper County1.8+0.1 pts
50Black Hawk County1.7-0.3 pts
51Taylor County1.7-0.9 pts
52Van Buren County1.7+0.1 pts
53Guthrie County1.7+0.2 pts
54Ringgold County1.7-0.3 pts
55Fremont County1.6-0.5 pts
56Wright County1.6+0.5 pts
57Clinton County1.5-0.1 pts
58Plymouth County1.5-0.3 pts
59Calhoun County1.5+0.5 pts
60Jackson County1.50 pts
61Buchanan County1.4+0.2 pts
61Monona County1.4-0.1 pts
63Greene County1.4+0.1 pts
64Appanoose County1.3-0.2 pts
64Audubon County1.3-0.3 pts
66Tama County1.3-0.2 pts
66Warren County1.3-0.1 pts
68Hardin County1.3+0.1 pts
69Sac County1.3-0.3 pts
69Washington County1.3+0.1 pts
71Cass County1.3+0.2 pts
71Wayne County1.3+0.2 pts
73Palo Alto County1.3-0.1 pts
74Allamakee County1.2+0.2 pts
75Grundy County1.2+0.3 pts
76Boone County1.2+0.5 pts
76Muscatine County1.2+0.1 pts
78Union County1.1+0.1 pts
79Adair County1.1-0.9 pts
80Floyd County1.10 pts
81Ida County1.1+0.2 pts
82Cedar County1.1-0.9 pts
83Davis County1+0.2 pts
84Mitchell County1+0.3 pts
85Cherokee County0.9+0.3 pts
86Monroe County0.9-0 pts
87Adams County0.9+0.1 pts
88Chickasaw County0.9+0.5 pts
89Wapello County0.9-0.3 pts
90Marshall County0.8-0.2 pts
91Franklin County0.6+0.4 pts
92Louisa County0.5+0.1 pts
92Madison County0.5-1.6 pts
94Butler County0.5-0.2 pts
95Hamilton County0.5-0.2 pts
96Benton County0.4-0.2 pts
96Delaware County0.4+0.3 pts
98Jones County0.3-0 pts
99Clarke County0.2-0.1 pts

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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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat

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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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/iowa-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/iowa-counties?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/iowa-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{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, 2022}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/iowa-counties?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

Mills County, with 6.1% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Clarke County, with 0.2% in 2022.

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