Counties in Iowa by net domestic migration rate, July to June
Dallas County had the highest net domestic migration rate, July to June of 99 counties in 2020, at 25.05 per 1,000 inhabitants. Mills County had the lowest, at -23.02 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -5 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Iowa was -2.47 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2020
- Under -8.3
- -8.3 to -4.5
- -4.5 to 0
- 0 to 2.7
- 2.7 to 5.4
- 5.4 and over
Top 40 counties, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas County Estimated | 25.05 | -3.9 pts |
| 2 | Dickinson County Estimated | 15.96 | +7.25 pts |
| 3 | Madison County Estimated | 13.9 | +8.17 pts |
| 4 | Warren County Estimated | 11.52 | +5.11 pts |
| 5 | Monroe County Estimated | 10.48 | +19.05 pts |
| 6 | Mitchell County Estimated | 7.54 | +4.13 pts |
| 7 | Ida County Estimated | 7.32 | +1.61 pts |
| 8 | Montgomery County Estimated | 5.44 | +6.14 pts |
| 9 | Osceola County Estimated | 5.19 | +16.21 pts |
| 10 | Howard County Estimated | 3.93 | +5.57 pts |
| 11 | Van Buren County Estimated | 3.83 | -3.15 pts |
| 12 | Monona County Estimated | 3.37 | +0.7 pts |
| 13 | Jefferson County Estimated | 3.29 | +8.69 pts |
| 14 | Buchanan County Estimated | 3.11 | +7.13 pts |
| 15 | Bremer County Estimated | 2.73 | -0.18 pts |
| 16 | Iowa County Estimated | 2.66 | +0.74 pts |
| 17 | Cass County Estimated | 2.34 | +9.4 pts |
| 18 | Guthrie County Estimated | 2.05 | -1.59 pts |
| 19 | Audubon County Estimated | 0.73 | -5.65 pts |
| 20 | Wayne County Estimated | 0.62 | -2.82 pts |
| 21 | Cherokee County Estimated | 0.54 | +1.96 pts |
| 22 | Grundy County Estimated | 0.16 | +2.2 pts |
| 23 | Jones County Estimated | 0.15 | +0.68 pts |
| 24 | Page County Estimated | -0.2 | +5.07 pts |
| 25 | Story County Estimated | -0.42 | +3.25 pts |
| 26 | Boone County Estimated | -0.49 | -0.08 pts |
| 27 | Polk County Estimated | -0.63 | -1.7 pts |
| 28 | Lee County Estimated | -0.86 | +5.14 pts |
| 29 | Jasper County Estimated | -0.91 | -1.05 pts |
| 30 | Plymouth County Estimated | -1.27 | -6.57 pts |
| 31 | Humboldt County Estimated | -1.79 | +3.47 pts |
| 32 | Pocahontas County Estimated | -1.81 | +8.23 pts |
| 33 | Pottawattamie County Estimated | -1.89 | +0.75 pts |
| 34 | Cedar County Estimated | -1.94 | -3.46 pts |
| 35 | Dubuque County Estimated | -2.03 | -2.09 pts |
| 36 | Linn County Estimated | -2.32 | -1.31 pts |
| 37 | Poweshiek County Estimated | -2.55 | -4.23 pts |
| 38 | Allamakee County Estimated | -2.56 | +12.34 pts |
| 39 | Palo Alto County Estimated | -2.6 | +0.67 pts |
| 40 | Webster County Estimated | -2.61 | +9.52 pts |
| 41 | Butler County Estimated | -2.64 | +2.75 pts |
| 42 | Marion County Estimated | -2.77 | -2.56 pts |
| 43 | Shelby County Estimated | -3.06 | +3.71 pts |
| 44 | Johnson County Estimated | -3.27 | +0.89 pts |
| 45 | Adams County Estimated | -3.34 | +6.9 pts |
| 46 | Marshall County Estimated | -3.42 | +11.83 pts |
| 47 | Davis County Estimated | -3.54 | +0.68 pts |
| 48 | Clinton County Estimated | -4.13 | -4.2 pts |
| 49 | Mahaska County Estimated | -4.51 | -10.65 pts |
| 50 | Union County Estimated | -5 | +1.6 pts |
| 51 | Scott County Estimated | -5.1 | -2.4 pts |
| 52 | Harrison County Estimated | -5.15 | -3.16 pts |
| 53 | Winnebago County Estimated | -5.43 | +10.74 pts |
| 54 | Sioux County Estimated | -5.57 | -0.9 pts |
| 55 | Lucas County Estimated | -5.62 | -1.07 pts |
| 56 | Appanoose County Estimated | -5.69 | -12.57 pts |
| 57 | Washington County Estimated | -5.72 | +1.35 pts |
| 58 | Hamilton County Estimated | -5.9 | +0.84 pts |
| 59 | Kossuth County Estimated | -6.04 | +0.24 pts |
| 60 | Sac County Estimated | -6.12 | -6.95 pts |
| 61 | Woodbury County Estimated | -6.31 | -6.53 pts |
| 62 | Benton County Estimated | -6.32 | -4.6 pts |
| 63 | Adair County Estimated | -6.5 | -14.56 pts |
| 64 | Winneshiek County Estimated | -6.52 | -3.18 pts |
| 65 | Black Hawk County Estimated | -6.84 | +3.95 pts |
| 66 | O'Brien County Estimated | -7.13 | -7.64 pts |
| 67 | Henry County Estimated | -7.18 | +3.15 pts |
| 68 | Jackson County Estimated | -7.26 | -7.26 pts |
| 69 | Delaware County Estimated | -7.3 | -2.26 pts |
| 70 | Buena Vista County Estimated | -7.5 | +11.39 pts |
| 71 | Greene County Estimated | -7.58 | +0.71 pts |
| 72 | Clay County Estimated | -7.67 | -2.15 pts |
| 73 | Cerro Gordo County Estimated | -7.73 | -3.76 pts |
| 74 | Clarke County Estimated | -8.33 | +9.27 pts |
| 75 | Worth County Estimated | -8.4 | -5.56 pts |
| 76 | Louisa County Estimated | -8.43 | +6.26 pts |
| 77 | Tama County Estimated | -8.49 | -7.36 pts |
| 78 | Muscatine County Estimated | -8.52 | +1.2 pts |
| 79 | Des Moines County Estimated | -8.54 | -4.02 pts |
| 80 | Clayton County Estimated | -8.62 | -7.3 pts |
| 81 | Carroll County Estimated | -9.54 | -9.19 pts |
| 82 | Wapello County Estimated | -9.58 | -7.05 pts |
| 83 | Ringgold County Estimated | -10.14 | -2.58 pts |
| 84 | Keokuk County Estimated | -10.36 | -8.4 pts |
| 85 | Lyon County Estimated | -10.53 | -1.31 pts |
| 86 | Hardin County Estimated | -10.78 | -3.5 pts |
| 87 | Franklin County Estimated | -11.07 | -10.08 pts |
| 88 | Wright County Estimated | -11.21 | -0.35 pts |
| 89 | Calhoun County Estimated | -11.52 | -6.23 pts |
| 90 | Chickasaw County Estimated | -11.61 | -7.43 pts |
| 91 | Floyd County Estimated | -11.63 | -2.08 pts |
| 92 | Decatur County Estimated | -12.68 | -3.03 pts |
| 93 | Emmet County Estimated | -14.08 | -8.68 pts |
| 94 | Hancock County Estimated | -14.55 | -8.84 pts |
| 95 | Crawford County Estimated | -14.82 | +9.07 pts |
| 96 | Fayette County Estimated | -15.35 | -10.55 pts |
| 97 | Taylor County Estimated | -17.26 | -12.74 pts |
| 98 | Fremont County Estimated | -23.01 | -18.83 pts |
| 99 | Mills County Estimated | -23.02 | -23.94 pts |
Other periods
About this ranking
Net domestic migration into a US state or county from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year per 1,000 residents, using the average of the population estimates at the two July 1 endpoints.
Sums to zero for the United States 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 rate per 1,000 residents, 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 rate per 1,000 residents, 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 rate, July to June, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
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Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 rate, July to June, 2020. 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-rate-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 rate, July to June, 2020. 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-rate-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2020.
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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 rate, July to June, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-rate-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_iowa_by_2020,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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 rate, July to June, 2020}},
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-rate-july-june/iowa-counties?period=2020. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration rate per 1,000 residents, 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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Questions
Which county has the highest net domestic migration rate, July to June?
Dallas County, with 25.05 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration rate, July to June?
Mills County, with -23.02 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020.
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 rate per 1,000 residents, 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.