The data for Muscatine County are summarized in this water planning data fact sheet. Muscatine County is located in southeast Iowa on the Mississippi River.
Manufacturing is the principal economic sector, as measured by employee earnings.
The county contains gently rolling hills, the flat-floored corridor of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain, and the Cedar River Valley. The population of 39,907 is distributed in 8 incorporated cities and the surrounding rural areas. U.S. Highway 61 and State Highway 70 cross the county from north to south. State Highway 22 crosses the county from east to west. This data sheet focuses on water uses that withdraw water from ground and surface water sources.