Foster Care Data in Iowa

Iowa foster care statistics: 3,410 children in care, 529 waiting for adoption, 1,951 licensed homes. View county-level data.

Iowa Foster Care Statistics (2025)

Counties in Iowa

Explore foster care data for 99 counties in Iowa:

• Adair
• Adams
• Allamakee
• Appanoose
• Audubon
• Benton
• Black Hawk
• Boone
• Bremer
• Buchanan
• Buena Vista
• Butler
• Calhoun
• Carroll
• Cass
• Cedar
• Cerro Gordo
• Cherokee
• Chickasaw
• Clarke
• Clay
• Clayton
• Clinton
• Crawford
• Dallas
• Davis
• Decatur
• Delaware
• Des Moines
• Dickinson
• Dubuque
• Emmet
• Fayette
• Floyd
• Franklin
• Fremont
• Greene
• Grundy
• Guthrie
• Hamilton
• Hancock
• Hardin
• Harrison
• Henry
• Howard
• Humboldt
• Ida
• Iowa
• Jackson
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Johnson
• Jones
• Keokuk
• Kossuth
• Lee
• Linn
• Louisa
• Lucas
• Lyon
• Madison
• Mahaska
• Marion
• Marshall
• Mills
• Mitchell
• Monona
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Muscatine
• O'Brien
• Osceola
• Page
• Palo Alto
• Plymouth
• Pocahontas
• Polk
• Pottawattamie
• Poweshiek
• Ringgold
• Sac
• Scott
• Shelby
• Sioux
• Story
• Tama
• Taylor
• Union
• Van Buren
• Wapello
• Warren
• Washington
• Wayne
• Webster
• Winnebago
• Winneshiek
• Woodbury
• Worth
• Wright

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Data sources: AFCARS Federal Data, MTE State Metrics. Updated daily.