U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 population estimates: Iowa's 48th smallest county (Kossuth) has fewer residents than it did in 1900

 

Iowa has 99 counties.

92.8% Trumpy white (69.1% of the vote in 2020) Kossuth County's population has decreased 46% since its 26,630 peak of 1940.   

 

Sources:  Wikipedia (1860-2020), U.S. Census Bureau (2022)

Business Record, 10/19/2021

Bancroft, a town of 699 people in northern Iowa’s Kossuth County, succumbed long ago to school consolidation and is no longer home to a school building, but it has worked hard to thrive despite the challenges facing rural communities today. 

The town, which sits about 20 miles from the Minnesota border, lost 33 people in the latest census. But Crysti Neumann, the town’s city administrator, believes that trend can be overcome. 

Neumann said small towns likely won’t reverse the trend of people flocking to larger communities, but she sees a future where they can stabilize and flourish. 

“If we can keep it between 650 people and 700 we’ll continue to thrive,” said Neumann, who also serves as city clerk and administrator of the municipal utility.

Like Kossuth County, Bancroft has fewer residents now than it did in 1900.   It current population of 699 has decreased 37% from its 1970 peak of 1,103.

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