Apr 1, 2000 · The population development of the urban areas in Iowa. The icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, »race«, ethnicity).

Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted Iowa Cities and Counties. Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States. As of 2010, there are 943 incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Iowa. According to the 2020 United States Census, Iowa has 3,190,369 inhabitants and 55,857.13 square miles (144,669.3 km 2) of land. [1]

The U.S. State of Iowa currently has 31 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, nine metropolitan statistical areas, and …

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.

The Census Bureau’s urban areas represent densely developed territory, and encompass residential, commercial, and other non-residential urban land uses. The Census Bureau delineates urban areas after each decennial census by applying specified criteria to decennial census and other data.

Oct 8, 2021 · There are 50 state senate districts and 100 state house districts in Iowa. Iowa has 99 urban areas; 9 urbanized areas and 90 urban clusters. There are 935 ZIP Code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in Iowa.

In 2020, Iowa’s urban population was 2,014,831 (63.2%) with the rural portion at 1,175,538 (36.8%). The U.S. as a whole was 80.0% urban and 20.0% rural. In Iowa, the number of people in both urban and rural areas increased between 2010 and 2020 although the percent in the urban portion decreased slightly.

Iowa has nine metropolitan statistical areas made up of twenty-two Iowa counties and ten counties in other states (2023): Ames, IA - Boone county (2018), Story county (2003) Cedar Rapids, IA - Benton county (2003), Jones county (2003), Linn county (1950)

Aug 12, 2021 · Growth was concentrated in and around the urban centers of Polk, Johnson, Linn and Scott counties. The fastest growing county was Dallas, west of Des Moines, with an increase of 50.7...

From 1950-1990, the urban definition included all population in "urbanized areas" (densely settled territory with specific population thresholds), and incorporated places or Census Designated Places (CDPs) with population of 2,500 or more located outside of urbanized areas.