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Population of Iowa by Counties
1840 - 1875

The following is a chapter from "The History of Jefferson County, Iowa", Pages 255-256, published by the Western Historical Company of Chicago in 1879.

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POPULATION OF IOWA,
By Counties.

COUNTIES.
AGGREGATE.
  1875. 1870. 1860. 1850. 1840. Voters.
Adair.........................  7045  3982   984 ....... .......  1616
Adams........................  7832  4614  1533 ....... .......  1727
Allamakee.................... 19158 17868 12237   777 .......  3653
Appanoose.................... 17405 16456 11931  3131 .......  3679
Audubon.......................  2370  1212   454 ....... .......   527
Benton........................ 28807 22454  8496   672 .......  4778
Black Hawk................... 22913 21706  8244   135 .......  4877
Boone......................... 17251 14584  4232   735 .......  3515
Bremer....................... 13220 12528  4915 ....... .......  2656
Buchanan..................... 17315 17034  7906   517 .......  3890
Buena Vista..................  3561  1585    57 ....... .......   817
Buncombe*....................
*In 1862, name changed to Lyon		 ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
Butler......................... 11734  9951  3724 ....... .......  2598
Calhoun........................  3185  1602   147 ....... .......   681
Carroll.........................  5760  2451   281 ....... .......  1197
Cass........................... 10552  5464  1612 ....... .......  2422
Cedar......................... 17879 19731 12949  3941  1253  3934
Cerro Gordo..................  6685  4722   940 ....... .......  1526
Cherokee......................  4249  1967    58 ....... .......  1001
Chickasaw..................... 11400 10180  4336 ....... .......  2392
Clarke......................... 10118  8735  5427    79 .......  2213
Clay...........................  3559  1523    52 ....... .......   868
Clayton....................... 27184 27771 20728  3873  1101  5272
Crawford.....................  6039  2530   383 ....... .......  1244
Dallas........................ 14386 12019  5244   854 .......  3170
Davis......................... 15757 15565 13764  7264 .......  3448
Decatur...................... 13249 12018  8677   965 .......  2882
Delaware..................... 16893 17432 11024  1759   168  3662
Des Moines................... 35415 27256 19611 12988  5577  6654
Dickinson.....................  1748  1389   180 ....... .......   394
Dubuque...................... 43845 38969 31164 10841  3059  8759
Emmett.......................  1436  1395   105 ....... .......   299
Fayette...................... 20515 16973 12073   825 .......  4637
Floyd......................... 13100 10768  3744 ....... .......  2884
Franklin......................  6558  4738  1309 ....... .......  1374
Fremont...................... 13719 11173  5074  1244 .......  2998
Greene.......................  7028  4627  1374 ....... .......  1622
Grundy........................  8134  6399   793 ....... .......  1525
Guthrie.......................  9638  7061  3058 ....... .......  2339
Hamilton......................  7701  6055  1699 ....... .......  1455
Hancock.......................  1482   999   179 ....... .......   303
Hardin......................... 15029 13684  5440 ....... .......  3215
Harrison....................... 11818  8931  3621 ....... .......  2658
Henry.......................... 21594 21463 18701  8707  3772  4641
Howard........................  7875  6282  3168 ....... .......  1712
Humboldt......................  3455  2596   332 ....... .......   695
Ida............................   794   226    43 ....... .......   172
Iowa.......................... 17456 16644  8029   822 .......  3576
Jackson....................... 23061 22619 18493  7210  1411  4901
Jasper........................ 24128 22166  9883  1280 .......  5239
Jefferson.................... 17127 17839 15038  9904  2773  3721
Johnson....................... 24564 24898 17573  4472  1491  5225
Jones......................... 19168 19731 13306  3007   471  4180
Keokuk........................ 20488 19434 13271  4822 .......  4202
Kossuth.......................  3765  3351   416 ....... .......   773
Lee........................... 33913 38210 29232 18861  6093  7274
Linn........................... 31815 28852 18947  5444  1373  7509
Louisa......................... 12499 12844 10370  4939  1927  2899
Lucas......................... 11725 10388  5766   471 .......  2464
Lyon*..........................
*Formerly Buncombe.		  1139   221 ....... ....... .......   287
Madison....................... 16030 13884  7339  1179 .......  3632
Mahaska...................... 23718 22508 14816  5989 .......  5287
Marion........................ 24094 24436 16813  5482 .......  4988
Marshall...................... 19629 17576  6015   338 .......  4445
Mills........................... 10555  8718  4481 ....... .......  2365
Mitchell....................... 11523  9582  3409 ....... .......  2338
Monona........................  2264  3654   832 ....... .......  1292
Monroe........................ 12811 12724  8612  2884 .......  2743
Montgomery................... 10389  5934  1256 ....... .......  2485
Muscatine..................... 21623 21688 16444  5731  1942  6588
O'Brien.......................  2349   715      8 ....... .......   595
Osceola.......................  1778 ....... ....... ....... .......   498
Page........................... 14274  9975  4419   551 .......  3222
Palo Alto......................  2728  1336   132 ....... .......   556
Plymouth......................  5282  2199   148 ....... .......  1136
Pocahontas....................  2249  1446   103 ....... .......   464
Polk........................... 31558 27857 11625  4513 .......  6842
Pottawattomie............... 21665 16893  4968  7828 .......  4392
Poweshiek.................... 16482 15581 5668   615 .......  3634
Ringgold......................  7546  5691  2923 ....... .......  1496
Sac...........................  2873  1411   246 ....... .......   657
Scott......................... 39763 38599 25959  5986  2140  7109
Shelby........................  5664  2540   818 ....... .......  1084
Sioux.........................  3120   576    10 ....... .......   637
Story......................... 13111 11651  4051 ....... .......  2574
Tama......................... 18771 16131  5285      8 .......  3911
Taylor........................ 10418  6989  3590   204 .......  2282
Union.........................  8827  6986  2012 ....... .......  1924
Van Buren.................... 16980 17672 17081 12270  6146  3893
Wapello....................... 23865 22346 14518  8471 .......  5346
Warren....................... 18541 17980 10281   961 .......  4168
Washington................... 19269 18952 14235  4957  1594  4168
Wayne........................ 13978 11287  6409   340 .......  2947
Webster..................... 13114 10484  2504 ....... .......  2747
Winnebago...................  2986  1562   168 ....... .......   406
Winneshiek................... 24233 23570 13942   546 .......  4117
Woodbury....................  8568  6172  1119 ....... .......  1776
Worth........................  4908  2892   756 ....... .......   763
Wright.......................  3244  2392   653 ....... .......   694
    Total..................... 1353118 1191792  674913  192214   43112  284557

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