Total Housing Units, Occupied Housing Units, Vacancy Status, and Homeowner and
Rental Vacancy Rates for Iowa's Counties: 1990 and 2000
Universe: Housing units and vacant housing units
Housing Occupancy
Vacant housing units
Total Occupied All Seasonal, recreational Homeowner Rental
housing units housing units vacant units or occasional use vacancy rate vacancy rate
Area 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990
State of Iowa 1,232,511 1,143,669 1,149,276 1,064,325 83,235 79,344 16,472 14,644 1.7 1.5 6.8 6.4
Adair 3,690 3,714 3,398 3,419 292 295 22 13 2.3 1.7 7.4 7.6
Adams 2,109 2,234 1,867 2,005 242 229 22 11 1.8 1.6 6.9 11.3
Allamakee 7,142 6,603 5,722 5,268 1,420 1,335 1,075 1,002 1.9 1.0 6.7 7.1
Appanoose 6,697 6,402 5,779 5,609 918 793 219 204 3.3 2.8 9.4 7.9
Audubon 2,995 3,247 2,773 2,936 222 311 33 8 1.6 2.4 7.4 8.8
Benton 10,377 9,125 9,746 8,518 631 607 128 119 1.5 1.5 6.6 5.9
Black Hawk 51,759 49,688 49,683 46,932 2,076 2,756 116 132 0.8 1.5 5.0 6.3
Boone 10,968 10,371 10,374 9,827 594 544 36 36 1.6 1.2 6.1 4.6
Bremer 9,337 8,847 8,860 8,394 477 453 87 18 1.5 1.1 5.4 6.0
Buchanan 8,697 8,272 7,933 7,506 764 766 40 282 1.3 1.7 6.8 8.9
Buena Vista 8,145 8,140 7,499 7,515 646 625 48 36 2.1 1.5 7.5 7.1
Butler 6,578 6,483 6,175 6,036 403 447 62 28 1.5 1.9 5.2 7.3
Calhoun 5,219 5,362 4,513 4,684 706 678 194 230 3.7 2.4 11.5 7.3
Carroll 9,019 8,356 8,486 7,964 533 392 19 17 1.8 0.8 7.7 4.9
Cass 6,590 6,788 6,120 6,177 470 611 43 29 2.7 1.9 8.0 9.6
Cedar 7,570 7,146 7,147 6,684 423 462 64 119 1.5 1.2 5.5 3.8
Cerro Gordo 21,488 20,954 19,374 19,061 2,114 1,893 1,072 849 1.5 1.7 6.2 6.2
Cherokee 5,850 5,973 5,378 5,514 472 459 27 14 1.9 2.0 9.5 7.3
Chickasaw 5,593 5,486 5,192 5,040 401 446 48 31 1.5 1.5 8.0 8.8
Clarke 3,934 3,599 3,584 3,343 350 256 34 23 1.9 1.5 7.8 6.2
Clay 7,828 7,659 7,259 7,074 569 585 74 94 1.6 1.6 6.2 5.7
Clayton 8,619 8,344 7,375 7,218 1,244 1,126 717 609 2.0 1.3 9.7 6.4
Clinton 21,585 21,296 20,105 19,757 1,480 1,539 163 176 1.4 1.5 9.6 8.8
Crawford 6,958 6,920 6,441 6,397 517 523 14 10 2.3 1.4 7.6 9.8
Dallas 16,529 11,812 15,584 11,204 945 608 72 16 2.6 1.3 6.2 5.7
Davis 3,530 3,365 3,207 3,093 323 272 65 25 1.9 1.3 7.7 5.5
Decatur 3,833 3,692 3,337 3,207 496 485 116 44 2.1 2.2 10.6 9.6
Delaware 7,682 7,408 6,834 6,389 848 1,019 465 595 1.4 1.2 9.3 6.5
Des Moines 18,643 18,248 17,270 16,874 1,373 1,374 163 253 1.9 1.5 8.9 7.3
Dickinson 11,375 9,723 7,103 6,160 4,272 3,563 3,672 3,078 2.8 2.3 10.9 6.1
Dubuque 35,505 32,053 33,690 30,799 1,815 1,254 193 145 1.0 0.8 8.4 5.3
Emmet 4,889 4,914 4,450 4,461 439 453 59 54 2.4 1.7 8.8 9.7
Fayette 9,505 9,262 8,778 8,490 727 772 79 41 1.7 1.6 8.2 10.4
Floyd 7,317 7,233 6,828 6,721 489 512 51 67 2.0 1.3 7.7 9.8
Franklin 4,763 5,018 4,356 4,579 407 439 22 27 2.9 2.5 8.9 8.8
Fremont 3,514 3,607 3,199 3,217 315 390 56 37 3.2 2.6 7.1 8.3
Greene 4,623 4,707 4,205 4,195 418 512 34 20 2.6 1.7 5.4 9.5
Grundy 5,304 5,158 4,984 4,776 320 382 35 26 1.8 1.5 5.0 6.6
Guthrie 5,467 5,179 4,641 4,407 826 772 284 251 2.4 2.0 8.2 12.8
Hamilton 7,082 6,879 6,692 6,358 390 521 22 11 1.8 1.9 5.0 8.3
Hancock 5,164 5,236 4,795 4,867 369 369 57 13 1.8 1.6 6.3 6.2
Hardin 8,318 8,419 7,628 7,611 690 808 82 58 2.2 2.5 9.5 8.4
Harrison 6,602 6,175 6,115 5,656 487 519 37 89 2.5 2.0 7.4 7.8
Henry 8,246 7,507 7,626 7,089 620 418 77 43 1.7 1.5 9.5 5.2
Howard 4,327 4,155 3,974 3,856 353 299 33 30 1.1 1.3 9.3 5.1
Humboldt 4,645 4,670 4,295 4,339 350 331 15 18 2.2 1.0 8.2 6.1
Ida 3,506 3,473 3,213 3,222 293 251 15 7 1.4 1.9 8.1 7.1
Iowa 6,545 6,003 6,163 5,713 382 290 24 13 1.3 1.2 7.0 4.7
Jackson 8,949 8,426 8,078 7,527 871 899 415 456 1.4 1.1 5.3 7.0
Jasper 15,659 14,338 14,689 13,632 970 706 88 104 1.7 1.1 8.9 4.6
Jefferson 7,241 6,739 6,649 6,309 592 430 57 32 1.8 1.2 9.2 5.7
Johnson 45,831 37,210 44,080 36,067 1,751 1,143 163 102 1.9 0.8 2.9 2.2
Jones 8,126 7,366 7,560 6,917 566 449 66 64 1.9 1.3 7.4 5.2
Keokuk 5,013 5,024 4,586 4,573 427 451 25 34 3.0 1.5 7.5 8.2
Kossuth 7,605 7,765 6,974 7,194 631 571 56 8 2.3 1.6 12.6 9.2
Lee 16,612 16,443 15,161 14,936 1,451 1,507 120 119 1.6 2.2 9.8 11.6
Linn 80,551 68,357 76,753 65,501 3,798 2,856 487 388 1.6 1.1 5.6 4.6
Louisa 5,133 5,044 4,519 4,296 614 748 284 411 1.2 1.1 7.9 8.5
Lucas 4,239 4,179 3,811 3,766 428 413 49 50 2.4 2.3 8.1 7.8
Lyon 4,758 4,561 4,428 4,289 330 272 17 4 2.6 1.3 9.4 10.0
Madison 5,661 4,995 5,326 4,715 335 280 40 31 1.3 1.6 7.8 3.1
Mahaska 9,551 8,977 8,880 8,306 671 671 111 125 1.4 1.5 8.5 6.1
Marion 12,755 11,420 12,017 10,815 738 605 97 39 1.3 1.3 7.5 5.9
Marshall 16,324 15,862 15,338 14,890 986 972 87 43 1.7 1.9 7.5 7.2
Mills 5,671 5,004 5,324 4,665 347 339 64 64 2.3 1.1 5.1 5.8
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Total Housing Units, Occupied Housing Units, Vacancy Status, and Homeowner and
Rental Vacancy Rates for Iowa's Counties: 1990 and 2000
Universe: Housing units and vacant housing units
Housing Occupancy
Vacant housing units
Total Occupied All Seasonal, recreational Homeowner Rental
housing units housing units vacant units or occasional use vacancy rate vacancy rate
Area 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990 2000 1990
State of Iowa 1,232,511 1,143,669 1,149,276 1,064,325 83,235 79,344 16,472 14,644 1.7 1.5 6.8 6.4
Mitchell 4,594 4,514 4,294 4,253 300 261 62 14 1.5 1.8 5.8 4.7
Monona 4,660 4,555 4,211 4,098 449 457 66 79 2.7 1.5 8.4 6.9
Monroe 3,588 3,740 3,228 3,196 360 544 37 191 1.5 1.6 9.9 7.6
Montgomery 5,399 5,363 4,886 4,955 513 408 38 19 2.1 1.7 8.7 6.2
Muscatine 16,786 16,044 15,847 14,806 939 1,238 234 373 1.1 1.3 5.6 7.0
O'Brien 6,509 6,476 6,001 5,980 508 496 17 12 2.2 1.8 8.5 10.4
Osceola 3,012 2,998 2,778 2,817 234 181 12 3 2.3 1.5 7.1 4.8
Page 7,302 7,339 6,708 6,687 594 652 47 20 2.3 1.9 8.5 9.1
Palo Alto 4,631 4,826 4,119 4,183 512 643 99 165 2.1 2.1 12.5 8.4
Plymouth 9,880 8,806 9,372 8,417 508 389 27 26 1.6 0.8 7.4 5.2
Pocahontas 3,988 4,193 3,617 3,820 371 373 29 3 1.8 1.3 8.0 10.0
Polk 156,447 135,979 149,112 129,237 7,335 6,742 463 209 1.5 1.5 6.1 6.2
Pottawattamie 35,761 32,831 33,844 31,262 1,917 1,569 116 73 1.4 1.4 8.4 6.7
Poweshiek 8,556 8,199 7,398 7,158 1,158 1,041 637 674 1.8 1.8 7.1 3.7
Ringgold 2,789 2,713 2,245 2,218 544 495 320 250 2.5 2.2 5.9 9.6
Sac 5,460 5,648 4,746 4,914 714 734 300 293 2.8 2.2 10.9 6.4
Scott 65,649 61,379 62,334 57,438 3,315 3,941 284 146 1.5 1.4 7.3 8.4
Shelby 5,459 5,430 5,173 5,024 286 406 21 13 1.7 2.1 5.3 10.7
Sioux 11,260 10,333 10,693 9,925 567 408 33 20 1.4 1.1 6.4 4.0
Story 30,630 26,847 29,383 25,941 1,247 906 97 54 1.5 1.2 4.1 2.7
Tama 7,583 7,417 7,018 6,768 565 649 66 32 2.2 2.5 8.8 6.7
Taylor 3,199 3,307 2,824 2,859 375 448 19 28 2.8 2.3 9.7 8.9
Union 5,657 5,622 5,242 5,173 415 449 37 32 1.1 1.7 7.6 6.3
Van Buren 3,581 3,529 3,181 3,056 400 473 151 129 1.7 1.7 6.1 8.2
Wapello 15,873 15,640 14,784 14,555 1,089 1,085 208 210 1.7 1.2 6.6 5.7
Warren 15,289 13,157 14,708 12,659 581 498 57 30 1.0 1.0 6.3 5.7
Washington 8,543 7,866 8,056 7,454 487 412 50 37 1.4 1.3 6.9 5.4
Wayne 3,357 3,334 2,821 2,953 536 381 119 53 3.0 2.3 8.6 6.3
Webster 16,969 17,063 15,878 15,963 1,091 1,100 67 43 1.6 1.2 7.4 8.0
Winnebago 5,065 5,030 4,749 4,704 316 326 43 21 1.6 1.6 6.9 9.5
Winneshiek 8,208 7,726 7,734 7,256 474 470 88 27 0.8 0.9 5.5 5.4
Woodbury 41,394 39,071 39,151 36,899 2,243 2,172 126 75 1.5 1.6 7.7 6.8
Worth 3,534 3,443 3,278 3,239 256 204 29 19 2.1 1.4 8.9 7.9
Wright 6,559 6,636 5,940 5,899 619 737 162 146 2.3 3.1 6.7 8.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Census, 5/18/01
2000: SF1, American FactFinder, Tables H3, H5, DP-1
1990:STF1, American FactFinder, Tables H001, H002, H005, DP-1
Prepared By: State Library of Iowa, State Data Center Program, 800-248-4483,
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/datacenter/index.html
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