U.S. State / FIPS 19
Iowa
Iowa has 99 counties, 1,337 public schools and 118 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS — the 62 carrying an overall star rating average 3.24 out of 5.
At a glance
Counts come from the current release; nothing here is estimated.
Public schools
1,337
School districts
339
Hospitals
118
Counties
99
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Iowa. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$36.5B
Per resident
$11,440
Change since FY2017
+58%
Fiscal years covered
9
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $23B |
| 2018 | $24B |
| 2019 | $26B |
| 2020 | $36B |
| 2021 | $38B |
| 2022 | $31B |
| 2023 | $31B |
| 2024 | $32B |
| 2025 | $36B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Iowa ranks 35th of 56 on this measure in FY2025.
Most complete reporters
Hospitals reporting the most quality measures to CMS. More measures means a fuller public record, not necessarily better care — the two are easy to confuse and are kept separate here.
- 1Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center51 measures
- 2Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi51 measures
- 3University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics51 measures
- 4Genesis Medical Center-Davenport50 measures
- 5Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids50 measures
- 6Allen Hospital49 measures
- 7Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center49 measures
- 8Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center49 measures
- 9St Lukes Hospital49 measures
- 10Mary Greeley Medical Center48 measures
Hospitals in Iowa
40 of 118 shown, ordered by how complete their public record is.
School districts in Iowa
The 40 largest of 339 by enrollment. The full list, and every school in each district, is on the districts page.
Counties
All 99 counties, each with its own page.
Iowa counties
- 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
Rankings covering this state
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