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 2019, at 2,658. Black Hawk County had the lowest, at -1,418. The median was -44 and the figure for Iowa was -5,566. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2019
- Under -120
- -120 to -50
- -50 to 0
- 0 to 20
- 20 to 60
- 60 and over
Top 40 counties, 2019
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2019 | Change on 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas County Estimated | 2,658 | +37.7% |
| 2 | Polk County Estimated | 522 | -68.7% |
| 3 | Warren County Estimated | 329 | -60.3% |
| 4 | Dickinson County Estimated | 150 | +435.7% |
| 5 | Mahaska County Estimated | 137 | +152.7% |
| 6 | Plymouth County Estimated | 133 | +318% |
| 7 | Madison County Estimated | 93 | -32.6% |
| 8 | Appanoose County Estimated | 86 | -36.3% |
| 9 | Bremer County Estimated | 73 | +15.9% |
| 10 | Adair County Estimated | 57 | +1,050% |
| 11 | Van Buren County Estimated | 49 | +132% |
| 12 | Guthrie County Estimated | 39 | -43.5% |
| 12 | Ida County Estimated | 39 | +333.3% |
| 14 | Mitchell County Estimated | 36 | +260% |
| 15 | Audubon County Estimated | 35 | +160.3% |
| 16 | Iowa County Estimated | 31 | -3.1% |
| 16 | Poweshiek County Estimated | 31 | -70.5% |
| 18 | Cedar County Estimated | 28 | +27.3% |
| 19 | Monona County Estimated | 23 | +188.5% |
| 20 | Wayne County Estimated | 22 | +122.2% |
| 20 | Woodbury County Estimated | 22 | +108.8% |
| 22 | Mills County Estimated | 14 | -64.1% |
| 23 | Sac County Estimated | 8 | +112.1% |
| 24 | O'Brien County Estimated | 7 | -89.9% |
| 25 | Dubuque County Estimated | 6 | +101.2% |
| 26 | Jasper County Estimated | 5 | -96.4% |
| 27 | Clinton County Estimated | 3 | +100.8% |
| 28 | Jackson County Estimated | 0 | -100% |
| 29 | Carroll County Estimated | -7 | +95.5% |
| 29 | Marion County Estimated | -7 | -104.8% |
| 29 | Montgomery County Estimated | -7 | +93.1% |
| 32 | Franklin County Estimated | -10 | +75% |
| 33 | Boone County Estimated | -11 | +89.3% |
| 33 | Jones County Estimated | -11 | -178.6% |
| 35 | Howard County Estimated | -15 | +68.1% |
| 36 | Cherokee County Estimated | -16 | -1,700% |
| 37 | Tama County Estimated | -19 | +88.7% |
| 38 | Keokuk County Estimated | -20 | -131.7% |
| 39 | Worth County Estimated | -21 | +32.3% |
| 40 | Clayton County Estimated | -23 | +80.5% |
| 41 | Grundy County Estimated | -25 | -150% |
| 42 | Harrison County Estimated | -28 | -154.5% |
| 42 | Taylor County Estimated | -28 | -141.2% |
| 44 | Fremont County Estimated | -29 | -200% |
| 44 | Palo Alto County Estimated | -29 | +78% |
| 46 | Adams County Estimated | -37 | -270% |
| 46 | Ringgold County Estimated | -37 | +50.7% |
| 48 | Davis County Estimated | -38 | +44.9% |
| 49 | Lucas County Estimated | -39 | -186.7% |
| 50 | Benton County Estimated | -44 | +61.1% |
| 51 | Chickasaw County Estimated | -50 | +38.3% |
| 51 | Emmet County Estimated | -50 | +65.3% |
| 51 | Humboldt County Estimated | -50 | -8.7% |
| 54 | Calhoun County Estimated | -51 | -8.5% |
| 55 | Hancock County Estimated | -61 | -35.6% |
| 56 | Monroe County Estimated | -66 | -200% |
| 56 | Osceola County Estimated | -66 | -2,100% |
| 58 | Pocahontas County Estimated | -67 | +19.3% |
| 58 | Winneshiek County Estimated | -67 | +34.3% |
| 60 | Greene County Estimated | -74 | -346.7% |
| 61 | Decatur County Estimated | -76 | -11.8% |
| 62 | Butler County Estimated | -78 | -766.7% |
| 62 | Shelby County Estimated | -78 | -336.4% |
| 64 | Page County Estimated | -80 | -407.7% |
| 65 | Union County Estimated | -81 | +50.3% |
| 66 | Buchanan County Estimated | -85 | -93.2% |
| 67 | Delaware County Estimated | -86 | -14.7% |
| 68 | Clay County Estimated | -89 | -423.5% |
| 68 | Wapello County Estimated | -89 | +16% |
| 70 | Cass County Estimated | -91 | +41.7% |
| 71 | Kossuth County Estimated | -93 | +2.1% |
| 72 | Fayette County Estimated | -94 | -622.2% |
| 73 | Jefferson County Estimated | -98 | -4.3% |
| 74 | Hamilton County Estimated | -100 | +25.4% |
| 75 | Lyon County Estimated | -109 | -251.6% |
| 76 | Hardin County Estimated | -123 | -25.5% |
| 77 | Wright County Estimated | -137 | -104.5% |
| 78 | Floyd County Estimated | -150 | -500% |
| 79 | Washington County Estimated | -156 | +24.3% |
| 80 | Louisa County Estimated | -163 | -49.5% |
| 80 | Sioux County Estimated | -163 | +40.9% |
| 82 | Clarke County Estimated | -166 | -381.4% |
| 83 | Cerro Gordo County Estimated | -169 | +46.7% |
| 83 | Winnebago County Estimated | -169 | -445.2% |
| 85 | Des Moines County Estimated | -177 | +17.7% |
| 86 | Lee County Estimated | -203 | +25.4% |
| 87 | Allamakee County Estimated | -205 | -3,028.6% |
| 88 | Henry County Estimated | -206 | -227% |
| 89 | Linn County Estimated | -228 | -168.1% |
| 90 | Pottawattamie County Estimated | -246 | +25.2% |
| 91 | Story County Estimated | -356 | +70.6% |
| 92 | Buena Vista County Estimated | -373 | +24.3% |
| 93 | Crawford County Estimated | -406 | -361.4% |
| 94 | Muscatine County Estimated | -415 | -77.4% |
| 95 | Webster County Estimated | -439 | -19.9% |
| 96 | Scott County Estimated | -467 | -49.7% |
| 97 | Marshall County Estimated | -605 | -120% |
| 98 | Johnson County Estimated | -632 | -117.2% |
| 99 | Black Hawk County Estimated | -1,418 | -22.3% |
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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.
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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_iowa_by_2019,
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, 2019}},
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=2019. 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 2,658 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Black Hawk County, with -1,418 in 2019.
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.