Iowa County, Iowa: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+28%. Republican peak: R+41 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,5072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,2232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Marshall County, MN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Iowa CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Iowa County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +12.2% |
| 1896 | −9.8% |
| 1900 | −8.0% |
| 1904 | −9.4% |
| 1908 | −7.6% |
| 1912 | +15.0% |
| 1916 | −16.8% |
| 1920 | −41.1% |
| 1924 | −30.6% |
| 1928 | −14.1% |
| 1932 | +23.3% |
| 1936 | +10.4% |
| 1940 | −12.3% |
| 1944 | −11.4% |
| 1948 | −9.0% |
| 1952 | −37.2% |
| 1956 | −27.3% |
| 1960 | −27.2% |
| 1964 | +20.2% |
| 1968 | −21.8% |
| 1972 | −23.3% |
| 1976 | −7.5% |
| 1980 | −20.6% |
| 1984 | −21.2% |
| 1988 | +1.4% |
| 1992 | −1.4% |
| 1996 | +4.4% |
| 2000 | −9.0% |
| 2004 | −8.3% |
| 2008 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | −4.8% |
| 2016 | −23.6% |
| 2020 | −25.3% |
| 2024 | −27.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,400 | 6,068 | 9,639 | ||
| R | 3,547 | 6,009 | 9,742 | ||
| R | 3,084 | 5,205 | 9,002 | ||
| R | 4,144 | 4,569 | 8,866 | ||
| D | 4,202 | 4,188 | 8,546 | ||
| R | 3,841 | 4,544 | 8,454 | ||
| R | 3,230 | 3,894 | 7,413 | ||
| D | 3,354 | 3,042 | 7,035 | ||
| R | 2,560 | 2,656 | 6,965 | ||
| D | 3,338 | 3,247 | 6,685 | ||
| R | 2,815 | 4,352 | 7,251 | ||
| R | 2,606 | 4,153 | 7,522 | ||
| R | 3,367 | 3,926 | 7,411 | ||
| R | 2,578 | 4,202 | 6,964 | ||
| R | 2,586 | 4,133 | 7,111 | ||
| D | 4,261 | 2,828 | 7,102 | ||
| R | 2,828 | 4,944 | 7,790 | ||
| R | 2,753 | 4,875 | 7,777 | ||
| R | 2,514 | 5,625 | 8,362 | ||
| R | 3,030 | 3,659 | 6,978 | ||
| R | 3,119 | 3,959 | 7,340 | ||
| R | 3,649 | 4,696 | 8,488 | ||
| D | 4,163 | 3,360 | 7,712 | ||
| D | 4,376 | 2,628 | 7,499 | ||
| R | 3,075 | 4,091 | 7,196 | ||
| R | 1,458 | 3,549 | 6,837 | ||
| R | 2,019 | 4,892 | 6,997 | ||
| R | 1,763 | 2,484 | 4,290 | ||
| D | 1,841 | 1,237 | 4,022 | ||
| R | 1,907 | 2,230 | 4,241 | ||
| R | 1,891 | 2,303 | 4,361 | ||
| R | 1,983 | 2,336 | 4,433 | ||
| R | 1,956 | 2,391 | 4,446 | ||
| D | 2,157 | 1,672 | 3,967 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
37.5%
Irish
16.5%
English
11.7%
American
5.5%
French
1.4%
Polish
1.0%
Italian
0.9%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,223
Iowa County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Iowa County$71,223
Iowa$75,059
United States$80,734
Iowa County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.7%
Working age (18–64)7.7%
Seniors (65+)7.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Iowa County sits in a stretch of small agricultural communities where population has drifted downward for decades, a pattern that correlates strongly with the lopsided presidential margins the county has recorded in recent elections.
The Republican margin here reached forty-one points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-eight points.
A population of 16,507, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,223 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marshall County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Iowa County, Iowa vote in 2024?
In 2024, Iowa County, Iowa voted Republican by 27.7 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,639 votes cast, 3,400 went Democratic and 6,068 went Republican.
What is Iowa County, Iowa's political typology?
Akashic places Iowa County, Iowa in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Iowa County, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Iowa County, Iowa voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Iowa County, Iowa?
Iowa County, Iowa has a population of 16,507 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Iowa County, Iowa?
Median household income in Iowa County, Iowa is $71,223 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Iowa County, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Iowa County, Iowa from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.