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Local debt
What Iowa’s counties owed at June 30, 2026, per resident, most first. Debt pays for things that last, like streets, sewers and schools, and is repaid over years. How local debt works
$1.32B
owed by 99 counties, June 30, 2026$410
per resident, all of them together1| # | County | Owed | Per resident | Since 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audubon County | $25.2M | $4,552 | +117% |
| 2 | Ida County | $30.4M | $4,456 | +18% |
| 3 | Greene County | $37.4M | $4,360 | +687% |
| 4 | Adair County | $18.2M | $2,468 | +4% |
| 5 | Adams County | $7.4M | $2,093 | +138% |
| 6 | Howard County | $17.5M | $1,869 | +85% |
| 7 | Guthrie County | $19.2M | $1,793 | +12% |
| 8 | Palo Alto County | $15.2M | $1,720 | +233% |
| 9 | Mitchell County | $17.5M | $1,668 | −46% |
| 10 | Worth County | $8.5M | $1,166 | +21% |
| 11 | Pocahontas County | $7.8M | $1,122 | +3576% |
| 12 | Osceola County | $6.7M | $1,119 | +102% |
| 13 | Page County | $16.4M | $1,096 | +1300% |
| 14 | Union County | $12.6M | $1,058 | +28% |
| 15 | Clay County | $17.2M | $1,042 | +26% |
| 16 | Winnebago County | $10.8M | $1,020 | −41% |
| 17 | Floyd County | $15.6M | $1,015 | −10% |
| 18 | Polk County | $453.2M | $897 | +102% |
| 19 | Iowa County | $13.8M | $840 | +183% |
| 20 | Mahaska County | $17.3M | $793 | +1% |
| 21 | Clarke County | $7.5M | $785 | +33% |
| 22 | Grundy County | $9.1M | $735 | −46% |
| 23 | Webster County | $22.7M | $621 | +41% |
| 24 | Butler County | $8.8M | $618 | +34% |
| 25 | Warren County | $32.0M | $580 | −13% |
| 26 | Poweshiek County | $10.5M | $569 | +12% |
| 27 | Hardin County | $9.3M | $563 | +302% |
| 28 | Fremont County | $3.6M | $550 | −43% |
| 29 | Buena Vista County | $10.8M | $526 | +125% |
| 30 | Davis County | $4.7M | $510 | −28% |
| 31 | Appanoose County | $6.0M | $498 | −24% |
| 32 | Woodbury County | $51.9M | $489 | +60% |
| 33 | Washington County | $10.7M | $476 | −48% |
| 34 | Marion County | $15.6M | $462 | +173% |
| 35 | Ringgold County | $2.0M | $439 | +98% |
| 36 | Jasper County | $16.4M | $433 | +114% |
| 37 | Clayton County | $7.0M | $410 | +1145% |
| 38 | Carroll County | $8.3M | $403 | −32% |
| 39 | Cedar County | $6.7M | $364 | −32% |
| 40 | Mills County | $5.3M | $364 | −48% |
| 41 | Dallas County | $39.8M | $358 | +67% |
| 42 | Tama County | $5.7M | $341 | −38% |
| 43 | Chickasaw County | $3.8M | $325 | +7% |
| 44 | Clinton County | $14.8M | $321 | −43% |
| 45 | Fayette County | $6.1M | $317 | +20% |
| 46 | Henry County | $6.2M | $316 | −23% |
| 47 | Wright County | $4.0M | $313 | −69% |
| 48 | Sac County | $3.0M | $306 | +1044% |
| 49 | Madison County | $4.8M | $284 | −42% |
| 50 | Harrison County | $4.0M | $271 | −44% |
| 51 | Jefferson County | $4.0M | $257 | −46% |
| 52 | Montgomery County | $2.5M | $249 | −60% |
| 53 | Linn County | $56.7M | $248 | −6% |
| 54 | Jackson County | $4.6M | $238 | – |
| 55 | Pottawattamie County | $21.7M | $232 | +248% |
| 56 | Decatur County | $1.6M | $203 | −30% |
| 57 | Buchanan County | $4.1M | $198 | −45% |
| 58 | Monroe County | $1.4M | $184 | −71% |
| 59 | Lee County | $5.8M | $177 | −50% |
| 60 | Allamakee County | $2.5M | $176 | −33% |
| 61 | Delaware County | $3.0M | $173 | −46% |
| 62 | Dubuque County | $16.7M | $169 | −37% |
| 63 | Muscatine County | $6.8M | $161 | −36% |
| 64 | Boone County | $4.0M | $150 | −9% |
| 65 | Johnson County | $23.1M | $146 | +141% |
| 66 | Hamilton County | $2.1M | $146 | −84% |
| 67 | Taylor County | $844,250 | $143 | −87% |
| 68 | Hancock County | $1.4M | $133 | – |
| 69 | Franklin County | $1.3M | $132 | −86% |
| 70 | Winneshiek County | $2.4M | $119 | −24% |
| 71 | Benton County | $3.0M | $117 | – |
| 72 | Bremer County | $2.9M | $114 | +589% |
| 73 | Humboldt County | $1.0M | $108 | −59% |
| 74 | Black Hawk County | $12.4M | $95 | −44% |
| 75 | Wayne County | $485,000 | $74 | −70% |
| 76 | Lyon County | $875,000 | $71 | −65% |
| 77 | Kossuth County | $836,134 | $58 | +254% |
| 78 | Sioux County | $2.1M | $58 | −68% |
| 79 | Story County | $5.4M | $54 | −45% |
| 80 | Cass County | $690,000 | $53 | −67% |
| 81 | Dickinson County | $822,000 | $46 | −80% |
| 82 | Marshall County | $1.8M | $44 | −62% |
| 83 | Keokuk County | $385,000 | $39 | −69% |
| 84 | Scott County | $5.6M | $32 | −77% |
| 85 | Shelby County | $337,200 | $29 | – |
| 86 | Lucas County | $177,743 | $20 | – |
| 87 | Wapello County | $552,471 | $16 | −73% |
| 88 | Cherokee County | $146,000 | $13 | −90% |
| 89 | Cerro Gordo County | $390,471 | $9 | −92% |
| 90 | Calhoun County | $0 | $0 | – |
| 91 | Crawford County | $0 | $0 | −100% |
| 92 | Des Moines County | $0 | $0 | −100% |
| 93 | Emmet County | $0 | $0 | – |
| 94 | Jones County | $0 | $0 | – |
| 95 | Louisa County | $0 | $0 | −100% |
| 96 | Monona County | $0 | $0 | – |
| 97 | Obrien County | $0 | $0 | – |
| 98 | Plymouth County | $0 | $0 | −100% |
| 99 | Van Buren County | $0 | $0 | – |