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Emmet County, Iowa

A county in Iowa, ranked 81 of 99 by population.

CountyFIPS 19063

Within Iowa
Emmet County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Estherville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
9,107
-234 (-2.5%) since 2020
Land area
395.9
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
23.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Estherville
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Estherville city
Population 5,807.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Emmet County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Emmet County, Iowa from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 597 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Emmet County ranks

Position among the 99 counties of Iowa, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IowaNationally
Population9,10781st of 992,481st of 3,144
Land area395.9 sq mi98th of 992,545th of 3,144
Population density23.0 per sq mi60th of 992,128th of 3,144
Median household income$63,73080th of 991,726th of 3,143

Full data for Emmet County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,107Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,341Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,387Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area395.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area402.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,730American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,063American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,520American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-23
105 births, 128 deaths
Net migration
-3
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Emmet County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Palo Alto CountyIowa24 mi8,899
Martin CountyMinnesota21 mi19,440
Dickinson CountyIowa17 mi18,077
Kossuth CountyIowa17 mi14,322
Jackson CountyMinnesota3.0 mi9,857
Clay CountyIowaa single point16,202

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 99 counties of Iowa

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.