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Demographics of Floyd County, Iowa

Floyd County, Iowa had 14,901 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −694 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.

Floyd County, in four figures

14,901
Population
July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.
−4.5%
Change since July 2020
−694 people.
43.5 ±0.8
Median age
ACS 2020–⁠2024.
$68,557 ±$5,257
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.

Floyd County, Iowa's population shrank 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Floyd 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).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Floyd County, Iowa's population shrank 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Floyd 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 1PopulationIndexUnited States
202015,595100.0100.0
202115,46399.2100.2
202215,31798.2100.7
202315,30698.1101.6
202415,08196.7102.5
202514,90195.5103.1

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Population of Floyd County, Iowa on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1PopulationChange
202015,595−34
202115,463−132
202215,317−146
202315,306−11
202415,081−225
202514,901−180

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.5 ±0.8: for men 42.8 ±0.9 and for women 44.8 ±2.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Floyd County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgePeopleShare
Under 5917 ±1026.0% ±0.7
5 to 172,561 ±20616.7% ±1.3
18 to 241,233 ±1708.0% ±1.1
25 to 443,262 ±19021.3% ±1.2
45 to 643,829 ±24025.0% ±1.6
65 and over3,526 ±27523.0% ±1.8

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $68,557 ±$5,257, and income per person $36,197 ±$2,131, 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 Floyd County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household incomeHouseholdsShare
Under $25,0001,053 ±23016.2% ±3.5
$25,000 to $49,9991,358 ±23220.9% ±3.5
$50,000 to $74,9991,173 ±21718.0% ±3.3
$75,000 to $99,9991,013 ±21215.6% ±3.2
$100,000 to $149,9991,051 ±18016.2% ±2.7
$150,000 to $199,999462 ±1577.1% ±2.4
$200,000 or more393 ±1256.0% ±1.9

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 Floyd County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgeBelow povertyRate
All ages1,752 ±40311.6% ±2.7
Under 18577 ±19316.6% ±5.4
18 to 59817 ±22311.2% ±3.0
60 and over358 ±1088.2% ±2.4

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Floyd County, ACS 2020–2024
MeasureFloyd CountyIowa
Housing units7,306 ±471,437,699 ±523
Occupied89.0% ±3.091.5% ±0.3
Vacant11.0% ±2.98.5% ±0.3
Owner occupied76.6% ±2.871.7% ±0.3
Renter occupied23.4% ±3.728.3% ±0.3
Median home value$143,500 ±$9,861$208,000 ±$1,141
Median gross rent$745 ±$56$972 ±$6
Median year built1958 ±31972 ±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 Floyd County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
OriginPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino595 ±03.9% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic13,594 ±19888.7% ±1.3
Black alone, not Hispanic207 ±601.4% ±0.4
Asian alone, not Hispanic247 ±251.6% ±0.2
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic0 to 50% to < 0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic0 to 280% to 0.2%
Some other race alone, not Hispanic0 to 60% to < 0.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic671 ±2114.4% ±1.4

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 Floyd County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
BornPeopleShare
Born in the state12,281 ±44180.1% ±2.9
Born in another state2,660 ±45217.4% ±2.9
Born a citizen outside the states0 to 430% to 0.3%
Born abroad369 ±792.4% ±0.5
Naturalized citizens349 ±882.3% ±0.6
Not citizens0 to 520% to 0.3%

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%.

Floyd County among the counties of Iowa

50th of 99 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Iowa page.

Counties of Iowa near Floyd County in population, July 2025
CountyJuly 2025Change since 2020
Hardin County16,455−2.2%
Crawford County16,237−1.5%
Clay County16,202−0.9%
Jefferson County15,291−2.5%
Hamilton County14,944−0.5%
Floyd County14,901−4.5%
Page County14,856−2.3%
Mills County14,793+2.6%
Harrison County14,623+0.4%
Kossuth County14,322−3.2%
Allamakee County14,238+1.2%

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