Demographics of Crawford County, Iowa

Crawford County, Iowa had 16,237 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −250 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Crawford County, in four figures

16,237
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.5%
Change since July 2020: −250 people.; 37.9 ±2.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $67,027 ±$6,034
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Crawford County, Iowa's population shrank 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Crawford County, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Crawford County, Iowa's population shrank 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Crawford County, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	16,487	100.0	100.0
2021	16,239	98.5	100.2
2022	16,143	97.9	100.7
2023	16,130	97.8	101.6
2024	16,289	98.8	102.5
2025	16,237	98.5	103.1

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Population of Crawford County, Iowa on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	16,487	−37	+17	+2	−53
2021	16,239	−248	+23	+26	−288
2022	16,143	−96	+60	+77	−237
2023	16,130	−13	+64	+155	−232
2024	16,289	+159	+51	+118	−7
2025	16,237	−52	+45	+16	−112

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.9 ±2.5: for men 39.0 ±3.3 and for women 37.7 ±1.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Crawford County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Under 5	1,027 ±12	6.3% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,116 ±286	19.1% ±1.8	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,522 ±243	9.4% ±1.5	10.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,605 ±352	22.1% ±2.2	25.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,079 ±337	25.1% ±2.1	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,928 ±220	18.0% ±1.3	18.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $67,027 ±$6,034, and income per person $34,517 ±$2,346, in 2024 dollars. The median is $75,059 ±$418 in Iowa and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Crawford County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Iowa	United States
Under $25,000	973 ±183	15.4% ±2.9	13.9% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,343 ±229	21.2% ±3.6	18.5% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,229 ±226	19.4% ±3.5	17.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	769 ±172	12.1% ±2.7	14.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,194 ±242	18.9% ±3.8	18.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	448 ±135	7.1% ±2.1	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	375 ±147	5.9% ±2.3	8.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Crawford County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Iowa	United States
All ages	2,377 ±474	14.8% ±2.9	11.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	832 ±238	20.1% ±5.4	12.9% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,220 ±276	15.0% ±3.3	11.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	325 ±103	8.5% ±2.7	8.8% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Crawford County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Crawford County	Iowa	United States
Housing units	6,869 ±49	1,437,699 ±523	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.2% ±2.4	91.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.8% ±2.5	8.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.0% ±2.6	71.7% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	24.0% ±3.3	28.3% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$153,700 ±$12,624	$208,000 ±$1,141	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$743 ±$63	$972 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1968 ±3	1972 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Crawford County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,019 ±0	30.8% ±<0.1	7.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,106 ±39	62.1% ±0.2	82.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	34 to 250	0.2% to 1.5%	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	357 ±61	2.2% ±0.4	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 27	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	633 ±126	3.9% ±0.8	3.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Crawford County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Born in the state	9,926 ±484	61.0% ±3.0	69.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,367 ±474	20.7% ±2.9	23.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	41 to 227	0.3% to 1.4%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,850 ±374	17.5% ±2.3	5.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,284 ±285	7.9% ±1.8	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,566 ±481	9.6% ±3.0	3.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Crawford County among the counties of Iowa

46th of 99 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Iowa page.

Counties of Iowa near Crawford County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Madison County	17,270	+3.8%
Clayton County	16,845	−1.1%
Tama County	16,796	−1.5%
Iowa County	16,504	−1.0%
Hardin County	16,455	−2.2%
Crawford County	16,237	−1.5%
Clay County	16,202	−0.9%
Jefferson County	15,291	−2.5%
Hamilton County	14,944	−0.5%
Floyd County	14,901	−4.5%
Page County	14,856	−2.3%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 46 Counties by population in Iowa
No. 64 Counties by population growth in Iowa
No. 99 Counties by foreign-born share
No. 225 Counties by Hispanic or Latino share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026