Demographics of Guthrie County, Iowa

Guthrie County, Iowa had 10,782 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +168 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.

Guthrie County, in four figures

10,782
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.6%
Change since July 2020: +168 people.; 46.7 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $77,711 ±$5,028
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.

Guthrie County, Iowa's population grew 1.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Guthrie 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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Guthrie County, Iowa's population grew 1.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Guthrie 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	10,614	100.0	100.0
2021	10,593	99.8	100.2
2022	10,678	100.6	100.7
2023	10,738	101.2	101.6
2024	10,687	100.7	102.5
2025	10,782	101.6	103.1

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Population of Guthrie 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	10,614	−10	−18	0	+7
2021	10,593	−21	−52	+3	+20
2022	10,678	+85	−40	+13	+121
2023	10,738	+60	−40	+38	+66
2024	10,687	−51	−34	+8	−23
2025	10,782	+95	−38	+4	+133

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 46.7 ±0.5: for men 45.8 ±1.3 and for women 47.5 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Guthrie County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Under 5	517 ±7	4.8% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,752 ±124	16.4% ±1.2	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	687 ±79	6.4% ±0.7	10.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,235 ±102	20.9% ±1.0	25.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,906 ±152	27.2% ±1.4	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,591 ±174	24.2% ±1.6	18.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $77,711 ±$5,028, and income per person $43,480 ±$3,397, 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 Guthrie County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Iowa	United States
Under $25,000	580 ±113	12.6% ±2.4	13.9% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	840 ±128	18.3% ±2.7	18.5% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	796 ±113	17.3% ±2.3	17.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	663 ±114	14.4% ±2.4	14.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	922 ±139	20.0% ±2.9	18.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	373 ±73	8.1% ±1.6	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	426 ±116	9.3% ±2.5	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 Guthrie County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Iowa	United States
All ages	1,045 ±199	9.9% ±1.9	11.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	325 ±88	14.4% ±3.8	12.9% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	456 ±96	9.2% ±1.9	11.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	264 ±94	7.8% ±2.8	8.8% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Guthrie County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Guthrie County	Iowa	United States
Housing units	5,808 ±49	1,437,699 ±523	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.2% ±3.2	91.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.8% ±3.1	8.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	84.0% ±4.5	71.7% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	16.0% ±3.0	28.3% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$180,100 ±$14,238	$208,000 ±$1,141	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$845 ±$55	$972 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1968 ±4	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 Guthrie County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Hispanic or Latino	331 ±0	3.1% ±<0.1	7.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,880 ±62	92.4% ±0.6	82.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	16 to 104	0.1% to 1.0%	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	24 to 76	0.2% to 0.7%	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	1 to 23	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 59	0% to 0.6%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	8 to 108	0.1% to 1.0%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	270 ±70	2.5% ±0.7	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 Guthrie County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Born in the state	8,701 ±196	81.4% ±1.8	69.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,759 ±201	16.5% ±1.9	23.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	4 to 50	< 0.1% to 0.5%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	201 ±63	1.9% ±0.6	5.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	67 ±28	0.6% ±0.3	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	134 ±60	1.3% ±0.6	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%.

Guthrie County among the counties of Iowa

67th of 99 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Iowa page.

Counties of Iowa near Guthrie County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Appanoose County	12,077	−1.7%
Union County	11,829	−2.5%
Shelby County	11,689	−0.2%
Chickasaw County	11,663	−2.8%
Cherokee County	11,369	−2.4%
Guthrie County	10,782	+1.6%
Mitchell County	10,650	+0.6%
Hancock County	10,528	−2.2%
Louisa County	10,416	−3.8%
Winnebago County	10,251	−3.8%
Montgomery County	10,002	−3.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 16 Counties by population growth in Iowa
No. 67 Counties by population in Iowa

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