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Worth County, Iowa

A county in Iowa, ranked 89 of 99 by population.

CountyFIPS 19195

Within Iowa
Worth County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Northwood, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
7,338
-99 (-1.3%) since 2020
Land area
400.1
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
18.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Northwood
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Northwood city
Population 2,056.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Worth County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Worth County, Iowa from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 593 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Worth County ranks

Position among the 99 counties of Iowa, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IowaNationally
Population7,33889th of 992,632nd of 3,144
Land area400.1 sq mi96th of 992,528th of 3,144
Population density18.3 per sq mi77th of 992,299th of 3,144
Median household income$78,00818th of 99673rd of 3,143

Full data for Worth County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,338Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,437Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,446Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area400.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area401.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?18.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,008American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$145,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,178American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,474American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-5
83 births, 88 deaths
Net migration
+43
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Worth County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Cerro Gordo CountyIowa24 mi42,372
Freeborn CountyMinnesota23 mi30,440
Winnebago CountyIowa17 mi10,251
Mitchell CountyIowa17 mi10,650
Mower CountyMinnesota1.2 mi40,971
Hancock CountyIowaa single point10,528

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 99 counties of Iowa

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.