Iowa Bank Stress by County

Iowa reads above the national norm for bank stress, a 60/100 county average, 32nd of 52.

261 banks lend across 99 Iowa counties.

20 of Iowa's 99 counties score 65+, peaking at 99/100.

Most stressed in Iowa: Worth County 73/100, Tama County 70/100, Clay County 70/100, Louisa County 69/100, Delaware County 69/100.

227 banks are chartered in Iowa with $128.0 billion in Iowa assets; 6 Iowa banks reported a net loss (Iowa) on the latest call report; 59 banks on Iowa alerts score 70 or higher; 137 Iowa counties carry a bank area-distress alert.

Largest Iowa-chartered banks by assets: Principal Bank $9.8 billion (stress 68); Bankers Trust Co $7.8 billion (stress 71); Hills Bank&Trust Co $4.8 billion (stress 38) in Iowa; West Bank $4.0 billion (stress 69); Northwest Bank $3.0 billion (stress 64).

Reading the Iowa bank figures: a Iowa bank's stress score comes from its own Iowa FDIC call report (capital, earnings, Iowa real-estate loan concentration), so 6 loss-making Iowa charters and 59 Iowa banks at 70 or higher are read from Iowa filings directly; the Iowa county pages map each lender's Iowa branches to the Iowa counties it exposes.