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Median Age in Iowa, by County

Median Age for every county in Iowa, ranked. The highest is Dickinson County at 48.7 and the lowest is Story County at 26.9.

Iowa: 38.6 · United States: 38.9 · median county in Iowa: 42.1

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#County Median Age
1Dickinson County48.7
2Audubon County47.0
3Fremont County46.8
4Guthrie County46.7
5Clayton County46.4
6Adams County46.3
7Sac County46.2
8Hardin County45.4
9Page County45.1
10Jackson County44.7
11Van Buren County44.7
12Greene County44.6
13Hancock County44.6
14Ringgold County44.5
15Shelby County44.3
16Kossuth County44.2
17Worth County44.1
18Cedar County44.0
19Cerro Gordo County44.0
20Cherokee County44.0
21Fayette County43.9
22Taylor County43.8
23Butler County43.7
24Jefferson County43.7
25Monona County43.7
26Pocahontas County43.7
27Lee County43.6
28Appanoose County43.5
29Cass County43.5
30Floyd County43.5
31Montgomery County43.5
32Delaware County43.4
33Keokuk County43.4
34Allamakee County43.1
35Benton County43.1
36Chickasaw County43.1
37Osceola County43.1
38Emmet County42.9
39Calhoun County42.8
40Jones County42.8
41Franklin County42.7
42Winnebago County42.7
43Winneshiek County42.6
44Adair County42.4
45Boone County42.4
46Clinton County42.4
47Iowa County42.4
48Clay County42.3
49Des Moines County42.3
50Harrison County42.1
51Humboldt County42.1
52Mills County42.1
53Ida County42.0
54Grundy County41.9
55Louisa County41.9
56Lucas County41.9
57Mitchell County41.9
58Palo Alto County41.9
59Monroe County41.8
60Hamilton County41.7
61Tama County41.5
62Wayne County41.5
63Jasper County41.3
64Plymouth County41.3
65Carroll County41.1
66Henry County41.1
67Poweshiek County41.0
68Washington County40.7
69Madison County40.6
70Union County40.5
71Buchanan County40.3
72Pottawattamie County40.1
73Marion County39.9
74Webster County39.7
75Muscatine County39.6
76O'Brien County39.5
77Scott County39.4
78Wright County39.4
79Howard County39.2
80Wapello County39.2
81Dubuque County39.1
82Bremer County39.0
83Linn County39.0
84Mahaska County39.0
85Warren County38.8
86Marshall County38.5
87Lyon County38.2
88Clarke County37.9
89Crawford County37.9
90Davis County36.3
91Polk County36.2
92Dallas County36.1
93Decatur County36.1
94Woodbury County36.1
95Black Hawk County35.7
96Buena Vista County35.6
97Sioux County33.8
98Johnson County31.0
99Story County26.9

Half of residents are older than this and half are younger.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Iowa ranks 34th of 52 states for median age.

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