Named in the honor of William Jenkins Worth, the county has a population of over 7.5K with an intermingling cohabitation of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with 3.5K households and 3.1K families. Northwood is the county seat. Worth County was founded in the year 1851 and occupies an approximate area of 402 sq mi. The County is a part of the Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Worth County records repository is now a unique place of ample specifics on birth and census archive, marriage and divorce decree information, death and cemetery news, land and property deeds, real estate and other information, immigration and naturalization details, civil court records and probate data including will, legacy and guardianship document, World Wars I & II and American civil war and military service records and heaps of much essential specifics.