Counties in Iowa by net domestic migration, July to June
Dallas County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 99 counties in 2018, at 1,930. Story County had the lowest, at -1,209. The median was -47 and the figure for Iowa was -4,825. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2018
- Under -150
- -150 to -70
- -70 to 0
- 0 to 30
- 30 to 70
- 70 and over
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas County Estimated | 1,930 | +2.5% |
| 2 | Polk County Estimated | 1,669 | -12.3% |
| 3 | Warren County Estimated | 828 | +36.9% |
| 4 | Linn County Estimated | 335 | -59% |
| 5 | Marion County Estimated | 146 | +275.9% |
| 6 | Jasper County Estimated | 138 | -52.2% |
| 6 | Madison County Estimated | 138 | -25.4% |
| 8 | Appanoose County Estimated | 135 | +205.5% |
| 9 | Poweshiek County Estimated | 105 | +26.5% |
| 10 | Guthrie County Estimated | 69 | +263.2% |
| 10 | O'Brien County Estimated | 69 | +164.5% |
| 12 | Taylor County Estimated | 68 | +181.9% |
| 13 | Bremer County Estimated | 63 | +1,475% |
| 13 | Keokuk County Estimated | 63 | +317.2% |
| 15 | Clarke County Estimated | 59 | +15.7% |
| 16 | Lucas County Estimated | 45 | +314.3% |
| 17 | Mills County Estimated | 39 | +680% |
| 18 | Jackson County Estimated | 36 | +185.7% |
| 19 | Shelby County Estimated | 33 | +200% |
| 20 | Iowa County Estimated | 32 | +143.2% |
| 21 | Greene County Estimated | 30 | +236.4% |
| 22 | Fremont County Estimated | 29 | +390% |
| 23 | Dickinson County Estimated | 28 | -71.4% |
| 24 | Page County Estimated | 26 | +146.4% |
| 25 | Cedar County Estimated | 22 | -82.1% |
| 26 | Fayette County Estimated | 18 | +111.9% |
| 27 | Jones County Estimated | 14 | -92.4% |
| 28 | Mitchell County Estimated | 10 | +114.1% |
| 29 | Ida County Estimated | 9 | +112.5% |
| 30 | Allamakee County Estimated | 7 | +107.1% |
| 31 | Cherokee County Estimated | 1 | +102% |
| 32 | Osceola County Estimated | -3 | +94.5% |
| 33 | Adair County Estimated | -6 | -109.2% |
| 34 | Butler County Estimated | -9 | +85.5% |
| 35 | Adams County Estimated | -10 | +73% |
| 35 | Grundy County Estimated | -10 | -123.8% |
| 37 | Harrison County Estimated | -11 | -115.9% |
| 38 | Clay County Estimated | -17 | +90.7% |
| 39 | Monroe County Estimated | -22 | -175% |
| 40 | Floyd County Estimated | -25 | +80.2% |
| 41 | Monona County Estimated | -26 | -160% |
| 42 | Lyon County Estimated | -31 | +49.2% |
| 42 | Winnebago County Estimated | -31 | -40.9% |
| 42 | Worth County Estimated | -31 | -158.3% |
| 45 | Franklin County Estimated | -40 | +2.4% |
| 46 | Buchanan County Estimated | -44 | -173.3% |
| 47 | Hancock County Estimated | -45 | +63.7% |
| 48 | Humboldt County Estimated | -46 | -212.2% |
| 49 | Calhoun County Estimated | -47 | -14.6% |
| 49 | Howard County Estimated | -47 | -6.8% |
| 51 | Audubon County Estimated | -58 | -23.4% |
| 52 | Plymouth County Estimated | -61 | +65.3% |
| 53 | Henry County Estimated | -63 | -132.6% |
| 54 | Sac County Estimated | -66 | -1,200% |
| 55 | Wright County Estimated | -67 | 0% |
| 56 | Decatur County Estimated | -68 | +46.9% |
| 57 | Davis County Estimated | -69 | -3,350% |
| 58 | Delaware County Estimated | -75 | +54.5% |
| 58 | Ringgold County Estimated | -75 | -253.1% |
| 60 | Chickasaw County Estimated | -81 | +2.4% |
| 61 | Pocahontas County Estimated | -83 | -8,200% |
| 62 | Crawford County Estimated | -88 | +21.4% |
| 63 | Jefferson County Estimated | -94 | -28.8% |
| 64 | Kossuth County Estimated | -95 | +41.7% |
| 65 | Hardin County Estimated | -98 | -4.3% |
| 66 | Wayne County Estimated | -99 | -409.4% |
| 67 | Montgomery County Estimated | -102 | -10,100% |
| 67 | Winneshiek County Estimated | -102 | +63.7% |
| 69 | Boone County Estimated | -103 | -251.5% |
| 70 | Wapello County Estimated | -106 | +77.6% |
| 71 | Louisa County Estimated | -109 | -34.6% |
| 72 | Benton County Estimated | -113 | -46.8% |
| 73 | Clayton County Estimated | -118 | -1,866.7% |
| 74 | Palo Alto County Estimated | -132 | -794.7% |
| 75 | Hamilton County Estimated | -134 | -243.6% |
| 76 | Emmet County Estimated | -144 | +2.7% |
| 77 | Van Buren County Estimated | -153 | -77.9% |
| 78 | Cass County Estimated | -156 | -1,660% |
| 79 | Carroll County Estimated | -157 | -40.2% |
| 80 | Union County Estimated | -163 | -326.4% |
| 81 | Tama County Estimated | -168 | -1.8% |
| 82 | Washington County Estimated | -206 | -345.2% |
| 83 | Des Moines County Estimated | -215 | +24.3% |
| 84 | Muscatine County Estimated | -234 | +24.3% |
| 85 | Woodbury County Estimated | -250 | +79.3% |
| 86 | Mahaska County Estimated | -260 | -556.1% |
| 87 | Lee County Estimated | -272 | -40.2% |
| 88 | Marshall County Estimated | -275 | -169.6% |
| 89 | Sioux County Estimated | -276 | +37.3% |
| 90 | Johnson County Estimated | -291 | -186.1% |
| 91 | Scott County Estimated | -312 | +34.9% |
| 92 | Cerro Gordo County Estimated | -317 | -574.5% |
| 93 | Pottawattamie County Estimated | -329 | +5.7% |
| 94 | Webster County Estimated | -366 | -103.3% |
| 95 | Clinton County Estimated | -368 | -9.5% |
| 96 | Dubuque County Estimated | -486 | -891.8% |
| 97 | Buena Vista County Estimated | -493 | -15.5% |
| 98 | Black Hawk County Estimated | -1,159 | +25.2% |
| 99 | Story County Estimated | -1,209 | -48.2% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Estimated moves into an area from elsewhere in the same country minus moves out to the rest of the country, from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year.
More on how it is measured
- United States: states and counties.
- Canada: provinces and territories, net interprovincial migration (Statistics Canada).
- United Kingdom: local authorities, counting moves between any two UK local authorities, including across the borders of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (ONS internal migration).
- A negative value means more people left than arrived.
Sums to zero, or close to it, for each country as a whole, so there is no national value.
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. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (Counties in Iowa by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
MLA 9
Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Iowa by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 Mar. 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Counties in Iowa by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2018.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Iowa by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_iowa_by_2018,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021: Counties in Iowa by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which county has the highest net domestic migration, July to June?
Dallas County, with 1,930 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Story County, with -1,209 in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.