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Blank Map of Iowa (Counties)

Printable map of Iowa with all 99 counties, in four versions — blank, labeled, colored and with cities. Download as SVG, PNG or PDF. Public-domain data, no watermark.

Blank map of Iowa

Outlines only — no labels, no fill.

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Iowa at a glance

Counties on the map99
Land area (sum of the shapes)144,658 km² · 55,853 mi²
Largest county by land areaKossuth County — 2,519 km²
Smallest county by land areaDickinson County — 986 km²
Population (ACS 2019–2023)3,195,937
Most populous countyPolk County — 497,441
Places on the with-cities versionDes Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Iowa City, Ankeny, West Des Moines, Waterloo, Ames, Council Bluffs

Land areas are the Census Bureau's ALAND figures. Population and income are American Community Survey 5-year estimates, which carry margins of error. Cities are the largest Census places by ACS population; a crowded label is left off rather than overlapped.

All 99 counties of Iowa

CountyLand area, km²Land area, mi²PopulationMedian household income
Adair County1,4745697,471$66,176
Adams County1,0974243,641$68,828
Allamakee County1,65563914,038$66,000
Appanoose County1,28849712,242$51,146
Audubon County1,1474435,622$54,152
Benton County1,85571625,698$84,742
Black Hawk County1,465566130,693$64,581
Boone County1,47757026,669$79,741
Bremer County1,12843625,118$83,343
Buchanan County1,47957120,645$78,430
Buena Vista County1,48957520,684$66,564
Butler County1,50358014,301$69,651
Calhoun County1,4765709,858$66,875
Carroll County1,47557020,677$68,528
Cass County1,46156413,115$61,657
Cedar County1,50158018,427$79,080
Cerro Gordo County1,47256842,785$65,537
Cherokee County1,49457711,587$64,478
Chickasaw County1,30650411,868$73,421
Clarke County1,1174319,690$66,821
Clay County1,46956716,446$64,082
Clayton County2,01677817,069$62,326
Clinton County1,80069546,383$65,177
Crawford County1,85071416,289$65,039
Dallas County1,524588104,136$102,349
Davis County1,3015029,127$79,505
Decatur County1,3785327,669$57,146
Delaware County1,49657817,549$76,205
Des Moines County1,07841638,597$60,662
Dickinson County98638117,844$74,570
Dubuque County1,57560898,948$75,919
Emmet County1,0253969,316$65,181
Fayette County1,89373119,393$58,764
Floyd County1,29650015,502$64,500
Franklin County1,5075829,977$63,648
Fremont County1,3245116,570$73,750
Greene County1,4755708,722$59,159
Grundy County1,30050212,352$83,617
Guthrie County1,53059110,646$79,981
Hamilton County1,49457714,893$71,750
Hancock County1,47957110,718$70,212
Hardin County1,47456916,729$64,906
Harrison County1,80569714,645$77,027
Henry County1,12543420,228$64,604
Howard County1,2264739,459$67,336
Humboldt County1,1254349,573$66,994
Ida County1,1184326,944$62,841
Iowa County1,51958616,547$72,185
Jackson County1,64763619,429$71,605
Jasper County1,89273137,864$70,128
Jefferson County1,12843615,676$56,824
Johnson County1,588613154,881$74,721
Jones County1,49157620,799$73,071
Keokuk County1,5005799,964$60,856
Kossuth County2,51997314,610$65,656
Lee County1,34051733,175$59,803
Linn County1,857717229,463$76,421
Louisa County1,04140210,710$80,223
Lucas County1,1154318,685$67,921
Lyon County1,52258812,087$72,881
Madison County1,45356116,760$89,542
Mahaska County1,47857122,045$69,019
Marion County1,43655433,551$78,059
Marshall County1,48357339,971$72,785
Mills County1,13343714,563$87,810
Mitchell County1,21546910,548$68,704
Monona County1,7986948,619$62,944
Monroe County1,1234347,546$72,518
Montgomery County1,09842410,254$63,190
Muscatine County1,13343742,735$69,512
O'Brien County1,48457314,103$68,216
Osceola County1,0333996,114$69,138
Page County1,38553515,168$57,752
Palo Alto County1,4605648,902$68,963
Plymouth County2,23586325,699$81,600
Pocahontas County1,4955777,040$63,423
Polk County1,483573497,441$81,621
Pottawattamie County2,46495193,407$71,446
Poweshiek County1,51558518,582$64,837
Ringgold County1,3875364,664$69,821
Sac County1,4895759,759$70,991
Scott County1,186458174,302$76,363
Shelby County1,53059111,757$67,690
Sioux County1,98976835,984$84,736
Story County1,48357398,592$69,006
Tama County1,86772116,982$67,955
Taylor County1,3785325,901$67,279
Union County1,09742412,038$56,813
Van Buren County1,2564857,236$60,183
Wapello County1,11843235,265$60,034
Warren County1,47557053,484$92,990
Washington County1,47356922,539$71,339
Wayne County1,3615256,518$59,118
Webster County1,85471636,848$68,054
Winnebago County1,03740010,648$63,719
Winneshiek County1,78769019,972$75,652
Woodbury County2,261873105,760$70,147
Worth County1,0364007,380$76,875
Wright County1,50358012,817$64,033

Printing and using the map

  1. Pick a version with the tabs above the map. Blank is outlines only; Labeled names each county.
  2. For paper, choose PDF and your page size. Wide maps are placed on a landscape page automatically.
  3. Print at 100% or “Fit to page”. The PDF already leaves a half-inch margin.
  4. For slides or documents, a 1,200 or 2,400 px PNG is enough. For a poster, use the 4,800 px PNG or the SVG.
  5. To colour counties by your own data, open the SVG in a design program: each county is a separate path carrying its name.

About the boundaries

The county shapes are the US Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file — boundaries as of January 1, 2024, clipped to the shoreline for mapping.

The map uses an equal-area projection (Lambert azimuthal equal-area, centred on the map), so counties keep their true relative sizes. It is simplified to about the detail visible at 2400 × 1587 pixels, and coloured so that no two touching counties share a colour. The colours carry no meaning.

Limits: shorelines and small islands are generalised, very small counties may be hard to see at letter size, and the map shows administrative divisions only — no rivers, roads or terrain. It is for teaching, illustration and planning, not for legal, survey or navigation use.

Sources

Source files downloaded October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many counties are on this map of Iowa?

99. every one of them is listed in the table on this page.

Can I use these maps for free, including commercially?

Yes. The maps are drawn from public-domain boundary data (US Census Bureau) and this site adds no restrictions: use them in worksheets, slides, videos, products and print without attribution.

Which file should I download for printing?

The PDF, sized for your paper. It holds a 200 dpi image scaled to fit inside a half-inch margin and turns landscape automatically for wide maps. The SVG is vector and prints sharp at any size from a design program.

Do the four versions line up with each other?

Yes. The labeled, colored and with-cities versions are the blank SVG with labels, fills or city markers added on top, so the borders are identical. Print the blank one as a quiz and the labeled one as the answer key.

Why are some labels shortened?

Labels are sized to fit inside each county. Where a name cannot fit even at the smallest readable size it is shortened with an ellipsis or replaced by its abbreviation. The full names are in the table below the map.

How accurate are the borders?

They come from the Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file, generalised for mapping, then simplified to suit a 2400 × 1587 pixel drawing. They are right for printing and teaching but are not survey-grade lines and must not be used to settle a boundary question.

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