Rural and Urban Population

Source:  2010 Census, U.S. Census Bureau
Units: Population in number of residents, land area in square miles
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FIPS Area Name Total Population Total Land Area Urban Land Area Urban Population Rural Population
19000 State of Iowa 3,046,355 55,857.1 953.3 1,950,256 1,096,099
19001 Adair 7,682 569.3 0.0 0 7,682
19003 Adams 4,029 423.4 0.0 0 4,029
19005 Allamakee 14,330 639.1 1.9 3,731 10,599
19007 Appanoose 12,887 497.3 3.4 5,380 7,507
19009 Audubon 6,119 443.0 0.0 0 6,119
19011 Benton 26,076 716.3 2.4 5,044 21,032
19013 Black Hawk 131,090 565.8 62.2 113,418 17,672
19015 Boone 26,306 571.6 9.6 12,986 13,320
19017 Bremer 24,276 435.5 6.7 8,621 15,655
19019 Buchanan 20,958 571.0 3.4 6,594 14,364
19021 Buena Vista 20,260 574.9 3.8 11,364 8,896
19023 Butler 14,867 580.1 0.0 0 14,867
19025 Calhoun 9,670 570.0 0.0 0 9,670
19027 Carroll 20,816 569.4 4.6 9,984 10,832
19029 Cass 13,956 564.3 2.8 6,471 7,485
19031 Cedar 18,499 579.4 1.4 3,067 15,432
19033 Cerro Gordo 44,151 568.3 22.6 35,059 9,092
19035 Cherokee 12,072 576.9 1.8 4,662 7,410
19037 Chickasaw 12,439 504.4 1.5 3,292 9,147
19039 Clarke 9,286 431.2 3.3 4,819 4,467
19041 Clay 16,667 567.2 6.2 10,952 5,715
19043 Clayton 18,129 778.5 0.4 617 17,512
19045 Clinton 49,116 694.9 15.7 33,284 15,832
19047 Crawford 17,096 714.2 4.3 8,240 8,856
19049 Dallas 66,135 588.4 22.4 45,907 20,228
19051 Davis 8,753 502.2 0.0 0 8,753
19053 Decatur 8,457 531.9 0.0 0 8,457
19055 Delaware 17,764 577.8 2.7 5,068 12,696
19057 Des Moines 40,325 416.1 15.4 29,544 10,781
19059 Dickinson 16,667 380.6 11.6 10,826 5,841
19061 Dubuque 93,653 608.3 32.9 68,351 25,302
19063 Emmet 10,302 395.9 2.9 6,192 4,110
19065 Fayette 20,880 730.8 3.2 6,143 14,737
19067 Floyd 16,303 500.6 3.9 7,706 8,597
19069 Franklin 10,680 582.0 2.0 4,246 6,434
19071 Fremont 7,441 511.2 0.1 0 7,441
19073 Greene 9,336 569.6 2.4 3,906 5,430
19075 Grundy 12,453 501.9 0.0 0 12,453
19077 Guthrie 10,954 590.6 0.0 0 10,954
19079 Hamilton 15,673 576.8 4.2 7,761 7,912
19081 Hancock 11,341 571.0 2.2 3,400 7,941
19083 Hardin 17,534 569.3 3.4 5,070 12,464
19085 Harrison 14,928 696.8 1.3 2,819 12,109
19087 Henry 20,145 434.3 5.8 8,636 11,509
19089 Howard 9,566 473.2 1.7 3,540 6,026
19091 Humboldt 9,815 434.4 3.1 5,243 4,572
19093 Ida 7,089 431.5 0.0 0 7,089
19095 Iowa 16,355 586.5 2.0 2,914 13,441
19097 Jackson 19,848 636.0 4.9 9,275 10,573
19099 Jasper 36,842 730.4 8.3 15,655 21,187
19101 Jefferson 16,843 435.5 6.9 10,320 6,523
19103 Johnson 130,882 614.0 45.6 106,621 24,261
19105 Jones 20,638 575.6 3.3 8,677 11,961
19107 Keokuk 10,511 579.2 0.0 0 10,511
19109 Kossuth 15,543 972.7 2.6 5,340 10,203
19111 Lee 35,862 517.5 10.5 21,296 14,566
19113 Linn 211,226 716.9 86.9 184,299 26,927
19115 Louisa 11,387 401.8 0.0 0 11,387
19117 Lucas 8,898 430.6 2.3 3,893 5,005
19119 Lyon 11,581 587.7 0.0 0 11,581
19121 Madison 15,679 561.0 1.9 5,043 10,636
19123 Mahaska 22,381 570.9 9.5 12,545 9,836
19125 Marion 33,309 554.5 9.5 17,091 16,218
19127 Marshall 40,648 572.5 11.4 26,858 13,790
19129 Mills 15,059 437.4 4.3 6,088 8,971
19131 Mitchell 10,776 469.1 1.9 3,535 7,241
19133 Monona 9,243 694.1 1.5 2,662 6,581
19135 Monroe 7,970 433.7 2.2 3,573 4,397
19137 Montgomery 10,740 424.1 2.6 5,597 5,143
19139 Muscatine 42,745 437.5 17.4 31,823 10,922
19141 O'Brien 14,398 573.0 2.0 4,856 9,542
19143 Osceola 6,462 398.7 1.1 2,690 3,772
19145 Page 15,932 534.9 6.5 10,618 5,314
19147 Palo Alto 9,421 563.8 1.9 3,628 5,793
19149 Plymouth 24,986 862.9 4.0 9,260 15,726
19151 Pocahontas 7,310 577.2 0.0 0 7,310
19153 Polk 430,640 573.8 182.9 409,501 21,139
19155 Pottawattamie 93,158 950.3 33.7 68,546 24,612
19157 Poweshiek 18,914 584.9 4.0 9,080 9,834
19159 Ringgold 5,131 535.5 0.0 0 5,131
19161 Sac 10,350 575.0 0.0 0 10,350
19163 Scott 165,224 458.1 64.8 142,901 22,323
19165 Shelby 12,167 590.8 2.1 4,934 7,233
19167 Sioux 33,704 768.3 8.8 16,574 17,130
19169 Story 89,542 572.8 30.1 74,378 15,164
19171 Tama 17,767 721.0 2.2 4,904 12,863
19173 Taylor 6,317 531.9 0.0 0 6,317
19175 Union 12,534 423.6 3.9 7,617 4,917
19177 Van Buren 7,570 484.8 0.0 0 7,570
19179 Wapello 35,625 431.8 13.8 24,771 10,854
19181 Warren 46,225 569.8 13.2 26,831 19,394
19183 Washington 21,704 568.8 2.7 6,628 15,076
19185 Wayne 6,403 525.4 0.0 0 6,403
19187 Webster 38,013 715.6 12.8 25,122 12,891
19189 Winnebago 10,866 400.5 2.0 3,681 7,185
19191 Winneshiek 21,056 689.9 5.2 8,637 12,419
19193 Woodbury 102,172 872.8 37.9 84,336 17,836
19195 Worth 7,598 400.1 0.0 0 7,598
19197 Wright 13,229 580.4 2.8 5,715 7,514

 

Notes:

  • Urban and rural population values from the 2010 Census may not be directly comparable with earlier census data due to changes over time in the definitions and criteria for delineating urban areas. 
  • For 2010, the Census Bureau defined two types of urban areas:  urbanized areas and urban clusters.  Urbanized areas have a minimum population size of 50,000 residents.  Urban clusters contain at least 2,500 and fewer than 50,000 people.  An urbanized area or urban cluster comprises a densely settled core of census tracts or blocks that meet minimum population density requirements, along with densely settled, outlying territory that is linked to the core area.
  • Rural areas encompass all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area.