Kossuth County, Iowa

Kossuth County population, land area and income

Kossuth County had 14,408 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 972.7 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Iowa's 99 county-equivalents. That works out to 14.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Iowa has 15,008 residents, about the same as Kossuth County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $66,667 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Kossuth County's population changed since 2020

Kossuth County lost 383 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.6%. That ranks 90th of 99 in Iowa for growth. The median Iowa county changed by -0.6%, and the state as a whole by +1.6%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Kossuth County recorded 662 births and 831 deaths, a natural change of -169. Net international migration added +67 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -294. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 294 people.

Where Kossuth County is

The Census internal point of Kossuth County is at 43.212300, -94.214000. It sits in UTM zone 15N. The map shades Iowa's 99 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Kossuth County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kossuth County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Kossuth County, 5,341 people together, or 37% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Kossuth County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Algona with 5,341.

Counties bordering Kossuth County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Kossuth County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Martin County, MN, with 19,561 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MN

  Martin County, MN

  19,561 people

  36 mi NNW

• MN

  Faribault County, MN

  13,886 people

  35 mi NNE

• Wright County

  12,729 people

  41 mi SE

• Hancock County

  10,616 people

  26 mi ESE

• Winnebago County

  10,383 people

  26 mi ENE

• Humboldt County

  9,617 people

  30 mi S

• Emmet County

  9,162 people

  26 mi WNW

• Palo Alto County

  8,809 people

  25 mi WSW

• Pocahontas County

  7,006 people

  41 mi SW

Distance to Des Moines and the nearest big city

Des Moines is 116.3 miles SSE of Kossuth County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN (population 123,624), 103.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Fairmont, MN (population 10,176), 32.4 miles away.

Kossuth County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kossuth County is 19109: state code 19 for Iowa plus county code 109. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $66,667.