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# Iowa Counties With The Largest Handgun Permit Increases 2010 to 2011
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/iowa-counties-with-the-largest-handgun-permit-increases-2010-to-2011/
- Published: 2017-08-29T11:51:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:40:40.000Z
- Description: These 29 counties had the largest increases in handgun permits issued from 2010 to 2011, after a new Iowa law was enacted stating that county sheriffs shall issue permits, except in a narrowly defined set of cases.
- Author: Krista Johnson
- Tags: Databases, iowawatch, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

These 29 counties had the largest increases in handgun permits issued from 2010 to 2011, after [a new Iowa law](https://www.investigatemidwest.org/content/files/www-legis-iowa-gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/hf517.pdf) was enacted stating that county sheriffs shall issue permits, except in a narrowly defined set of cases.

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The counties went from issuing 7,289 permits to carry in 2010 to 35,511 permits to carry in 2011, Iowa Department of Public Safety figure show. That is a 387 percent increase.

- Keokuk, 0 to 760
- Lee, 34 to 1,264 — 3,618 percent increase
- Howard, 25 to 367 — 1,368 percent increase
- Jefferson, 38 to 506 — 1,232 percent increase
- Winneshiek, 43 to 559 — 1,200 percent increase
- Dubuque, 126 to 1,610 — 1,178 percent increase
- Wapello, 135 to 1,473 — 991 percent increase
- Greene, 153 to 1,056 — 590 percent increase
- Emmet, 42 to 270 — 543 percent increase
- Scott, 684 to 4,182 — 511 percent increase
- Washington, 175 to 958 — 447 percent increase
- Delaware, 110 to 558 — 407 percent increase
- Story, 390 to 1,956 — 402 percent increase
- Mahaska, 217 to 1,069 — 393 percent increase
- Jasper, 301 to 1,422 — 372 percent increase
- Carroll, 225 to 1,025 — 356 percent increase
- Johnson, 547 to 2,270 — 315 percent increase
- Clayton, 147 to 581 — 295 percent increase
- Des Moines, 363 to 1,393 — 284 percent increase
- Chickasaw, 107 to 408 — 281 percent increase
- Jackson, 210 to 797 — 280 percent increase
- Linn, 1,433 to 5,298 — 270 percent increase
- Fayette, 169 to 600 — 255 percent increase
- Tama, 256 to 876 — 342 percent increase
- Cherokee, 227 to 762 — 236 percent increase
- Crawford, 210 to 675 — 221 percent increase
- Davis, 194 to 605 — 212 percent increase
- Henry, 287 to 887 — 209 percent increase
- Clinton, 441 to 1,324 — 200 percent increase

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