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The smallest county (Dickinson) has a land area of 381 sq mi (990 km 2), while the largest (Kossuth) has an area 973 sq mi (2,520 km 2). Polk County is the most densely populated county at 864/sq mi (333.5/km 2), an increase in density from 2010 when it was 655.5/sq mi (253.08/km 2). [7]
Osceola County was formed in 1871. It was named after the eponymous chief of the Seminole. [3] It is the smallest and most recent county in Iowa. In the same year the first settler arrived, Captain Eldred Huff, and laid his claim. On January 1, 1872, the county government conferred for the first time.
The University of Iowa Art Museum and Plum Grove, the home of the first Governor of Iowa, are other landmarks. In 2008, Forbes magazine named Iowa City the second-best small metropolitan area for doing business in the United States. [5] 6 West Des Moines: 68,723 Polk, Warren, Dallas: The West Des Moines area used to be home to the Sac and Fox ...
The smallest counties and county equivalents (in the 50 states) are the independent cities of Virginia with the extreme being Falls Church at 2.05 sq mi (5.3 km 2; 1,310 acres). [8] If the U.S. territories are included, the smallest county-equivalent is Kingman Reef, with a land area of 0.012 square miles (3.1 ha; 7.7 acres). [9]
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Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census , the population was 3,704, [ 1 ] making it Iowa's least-populous county. Its county seat is Corning .
Worth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,443. [1] The county seat is Northwood. [2] The county was founded in 1851 and named for Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), an officer in both the Seminole War and the Mexican–American War.
Iowa counties by per capita income. Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [1] [2] Rank ...