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Iowa Cities by Population

The data is from the US Census. Below are 1002 Iowa cities ranked 1 through 724. You can copy and paste this list directly into your favorite spreadsheet program. Don't you just adore lovely numbers listed nicely in columns & rows? We do!

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Iowa Cities by Population Rank	City	Population
1	Des Moines	217,521
2	Cedar Rapids	132,228
3	Davenport	102,320
4	Sioux City	82,514
5	Iowa City	75,798
6	Waterloo	67,587
7	Ames	66,498
8	West Des Moines	65,608
9	Ankeny	62,416
10	Council Bluffs	62,316
11	Dubuque	58,276
12	Urbandale	43,592
13	Cedar Falls	41,570
14	Marion	39,400
15	Bettendorf	35,813
16	Mason City	27,399
17	Marshalltown	27,280
18	Clinton	25,480
19	Burlington	25,022
20	Ottumwa	24,454
21	Fort Dodge	24,305
22	Muscatine	23,782
23	Johnston	21,562
24	Coralville	20,881
25	Waukee	20,649
26	North Liberty	18,813
27	Altoona	18,699
28	Clive	17,172
29	Indianola	15,990
30	Newton	15,109
31	Grimes	12,742
32	Boone	12,510
33	Oskaloosa	11,546
34	Spencer	11,045
35	Norwalk	10,896
36	Storm Lake	10,611
37	Fort Madison	10,520
38	Fairfield	10,420
39	Keokuk	10,343
40	Pella	10,225
41	Waverly	10,126
42	Le Mars	9,967
43	Carroll	9,874
44	Pleasant Hill	9,873
45	Grinnell	9,027
46	Mount Pleasant	8,497
47	Denison	8,362
48	Creston	7,839
49	Webster City	7,787
50	Decorah	7,701
51	Sioux Center	7,579
52	Clear Lake	7,562
53	Perry	7,517
54	Washington	7,395
55	Charles City	7,373
56	Hiawatha	7,353
57	Knoxville	7,181
58	Nevada	6,777
59	Atlantic	6,689
60	Eldridge	6,543
61	Bondurant	6,178
62	Orange City	6,141
63	Independence	6,050
64	Oelwein	5,960
65	Maquoketa	5,920
66	Estherville	5,793
67	Asbury	5,586
68	Algona	5,468
69	Centerville	5,446
70	Red Oak	5,415
71	Anamosa	5,391
72	Clarinda	5,334
73	Glenwood	5,312
74	Winterset	5,276
75	De Witt	5,218
76	Vinton	5,114
77	Spirit Lake	5,096
78	Osceola	5,076
79	Sheldon	5,067
80	Iowa Falls	5,048
81	Manchester	5,016
82	Windsor Heights	4,953
83	Shenandoah	4,909
84	Cherokee	4,905
85	Harlan	4,881
86	Evansdale	4,763
87	Sergeant Bluff	4,706
88	Polk City	4,646
89	Humboldt	4,597
90	Mount Vernon	4,435
91	Adel	4,386
92	Camanche	4,305
93	Carlisle	4,238
94	Hampton	4,237
95	Dyersville	4,220
96	Jefferson	4,150
97	Chariton	4,122
98	Forest City	4,091
99	Le Claire	3,969
100	Monticello	3,871
101	Carter Lake	3,787
102	Huxley	3,782
103	Cresco	3,776
104	Emmetsburg	3,771
105	Albia	3,762
106	West Liberty	3,755
107	Rock Valley	3,746
108	Waukon	3,697
109	Osage	3,574
110	Robins	3,470
111	Saylorville	3,445
112	Eagle Grove	3,428
113	New Hampton	3,413
114	Story City	3,396
115	Tiffin	3,361
116	Tipton	3,218
117	Williamsburg	3,139
118	Garner	3,052
119	Milford	3,025
120	West Burlington	2,927
121	Wilton	2,832
122	Onawa	2,809
123	Tama	2,775
124	Clarion	2,769
125	Park View	2,718
126	Jesup	2,708
127	Grundy Center	2,689
128	Bloomfield	2,676
129	Eldora	2,653
130	Missouri Valley	2,649
131	Fairfax	2,631
132	Solon	2,626
133	Sibley	2,611
134	Madrid	2,587
135	Center Point	2,551
136	Rock Rapids	2,549
137	Kalona	2,544
138	Hawarden	2,491
139	Marengo	2,451
140	Belle Plaine	2,441
141	West Branch	2,393
142	Hudson	2,354
143	West Union	2,346
144	Belmond	2,317
145	Hull	2,309
146	Mitchellville	2,303
147	Cascade	2,285
148	La Porte City	2,272
149	Lamoni	2,267
150	Lisbon	2,239
151	Ely	2,230
152	Bellevue	2,175
153	Toledo	2,164
154	Rockwell City	2,114
155	Sac City	2,098
156	Postville	2,096
157	Ida Grove	2,066
158	Colfax	2,064
159	Wapello	2,023
160	Ogden	2,022
161	Lake Mills	2,019
162	Sigourney	2,002
163	Sumner	1,993
164	Britt	1,985
165	Northwood	1,970
166	Parkersburg	1,946
167	Epworth	1,945
168	Audubon	1,937
169	Alta	1,936
170	Atkins	1,870
171	Monroe	1,864
172	Columbus Junction	1,859
173	New London	1,857
174	Leon	1,843
175	Denver	1,838
176	Durant	1,833
177	Guttenberg	1,828
178	Greenfield	1,809
179	Prairie City	1,727
180	Peosta	1,699
181	Dallas Center	1,698
182	Stuart	1,695
183	Pocahontas	1,693
184	Blue Grass	1,680
185	Farley	1,679
186	Lake City	1,670
187	Mount Ayr	1,666
188	Pleasantville	1,664
189	Remsen	1,641
190	Walcott	1,640
191	Reinbeck	1,637
192	Traer	1,627
193	Moville	1,613
194	Corydon	1,607
195	Nashua	1,598
196	Manson	1,589
197	Hartley	1,587
198	Mediapolis	1,536
199	Ackley	1,525
200	Avoca	1,518
201	Oakland	1,506
202	Guthrie Center	1,503
203	Slater	1,500
204	Monona	1,488
205	Corning	1,475
206	Urbana	1,470
207	Fayette	1,469
208	Akron	1,461
209	State Center	1,459
210	Walford	1,450
211	Manning	1,443
212	Logan	1,439
213	Kingsley and Woodward	1,426
214	Wellman	1,419
215	Montezuma	1,409
216	Woodbine	1,407
217	Lenox and Earlham	1,400
218	Bedford	1,398
219	Granger	1,394
220	Brooklyn	1,391
221	Beaverdale	1,385
222	Sanborn	1,384
223	Lone Tree	1,376
224	Clarksville	1,372
225	Nora Springs	1,371
226	Holstein	1,364
227	Tripoli	1,353
228	Dysart	1,333
229	Maharishi Vedic City	1,305
230	Manly	1,298
231	New Sharon	1,292
232	Arnolds Park and Shell Rock	1,287
233	Roland	1,286
234	Dike	1,285
235	Buffalo	1,284
236	Central City	1,280
237	Coon Rapids	1,264
238	Alton	1,257
239	Melcher-Dallas	1,247
240	Strawberry Point	1,233
241	Elkader	1,226
242	Mapleton	1,180
243	Jewell Junction	1,175
244	Villisca	1,171
245	Laurens	1,156
246	Springville	1,143
247	Elk Run Heights	1,142
248	Gilbert	1,140
249	Van Meter	1,131
250	Baxter	1,129
251	St. Ansgar	1,125
252	Fairbank	1,123
253	Mechanicsville	1,122
254	Lake Park	1,120
255	Sheffield	1,118
256	Glidden	1,116
257	Winfield	1,105
258	Lake Panorama	1,097
259	Malvern	1,094
260	Lake View	1,089
261	Hamburg	1,086
262	Conrad	1,085
263	Palo	1,084
264	Greene	1,079
265	Aplington	1,074
266	University Heights	1,070
267	Panora	1,069
268	George	1,059
269	Marcus	1,050
270	Sidney	1,037
271	Riverside	1,031
272	Eddyville, Rockwell, and De Soto	1,008
273	North English	1,004
274	Allison	995
275	Paullina	989
276	Fruitland	988
277	Gowrie	979
278	Tabor and Janesville	978
279	Sloan	977
280	Dunlap	971
281	Clarence and Swisher	970
282	Aurelia	969
283	Preston	967
284	Shellsburg	965
285	Griswold	963
286	Lawton	962
287	Treynor	960
288	Keota	955
289	Odebolt	953
290	Wayland	952
291	Hinton	950
292	Underwood	948
293	Princeton	943
294	Lansing and West Point	941
295	Le Grand	936
296	Calmar	935
297	Anita	926
298	Keosauqua and Maxwell	923
299	Danville	921
300	Fredericksburg	920
301	Eldon	915
302	Buffalo Center	893
303	Washburn	888
304	Larchwood	877
305	Schleswig	874
306	Gladbrook	870
307	Victor	869
308	Neola	866
309	Edgewood	865
310	Primghar	864
311	Armstrong	863
312	Donnellson	862
313	Newell	861
314	Montrose	860
315	Long Grove	856
316	Winthrop	855
317	McGregor and Colo	844
318	Newhall	843
319	Readlyn	838
320	Dunkerton	835
321	Sully	830
322	Afton	829
323	Inwood	828
324	Hazleton	826
325	Rockford	825
326	Hubbard	822
327	Melbourne	819
328	Morning Sun	818
329	Dakota City	816
330	Cambridge	815
331	Okoboji	814
332	Carson	813
333	Elkhart	812
334	Graettinger	811
335	Oxford	808
336	Raymond	804
337	Hills	803
338	Correctionville	801
339	Dayton	798
340	Redfield	795
341	Ossian and Walker	792
342	Riceville	790
343	Grand Junction	784
344	Exira	782
345	Walnut and Earlville	777
346	Lowden	772
347	Hartford	770
348	Milo, Wall Lake, and Sioux Rapids	767
349	Manilla	765
350	West Bend	757
351	Alden	756
352	Essex	753
353	Hedrick	744
354	Merrill	738
355	Schaller and Gilbertville	735
356	Whiting	733
357	Wheatland	731
358	Fremont	727
359	Murray	726
360	Garnavillo	723
361	Ventura	722
362	Stratford	721
363	Ruthven and Seymour	706
364	Bancroft	705
365	Hospers and Adair	704
366	Lakeside	702
367	Alburnett	699
368	Wellsburg	693
369	Battle Creek	690
370	Olin	689
371	Boyden	688
372	Albert City	678
373	Coggon	673
374	Shueyville	669
375	Blairstown	667
376	Stanwood	664
377	Van Horne	660
378	Brighton	656
379	Elgin and Stanton	637
380	Agency	636
381	Moravia	634
382	Farmington	628
383	Elk Horn	624
384	St. Charles and What Cheer	621
385	Shelby	619
386	Crescent	614
387	Pomeroy and Dumont	612
388	Keystone	611
389	Fontanelle and Grand Mound	610
390	Coalville	609
391	Kanawha and Goldfield	607
392	Sutherland	602
393	Hopkinton and Ireton	601
394	Clermont and Orleans	597
395	Doon	596
396	Kellogg	594
397	Fonda	593
398	Minden	589
399	Ainsworth	580
400	Dexter and Moulton	575
401	Richland	565
402	Quasqueton and Everly	563
403	Anthon	560
404	Batavia	559
405	Rolfe	549
406	Sabula	547
407	Badger	543
408	Grandview	534
409	Russell	532
410	Radcliffe	531
411	Scranton and Zearing	530
412	Elma	527
413	Norway	526
414	Early	523
415	Runnells	520
416	Wyoming and Otho	518
417	Swea City	513
418	Dows and Lovilia	512
419	New Albin	510
420	Allerton and Burt	507
421	Ellsworth	506
422	Dow City	503
423	Garwin	502
424	Humeston	500
425	Gilman and Truro	499
426	Delmar	496
427	New Hartford	495
428	Maynard	492
429	New Virginia	490
430	Arcadia and Charter Oak	487
431	Oxford Junction	486
432	Beacon	485
433	Whittemore and Albion	484
434	Thompson	482
435	Latimer	481
436	Collins	480
437	Lime Springs	479
438	Breda and Gilmore City	477
439	University Park	475
440	Klemme, Stacyville, and Delhi	472
441	Pacific Junction	470
442	Martensdale	466
443	Ocheyedan	461
444	Lamont	459
445	Alleman	458
446	Marquette	457
447	Bayard	454
448	Titonka	452
449	Farragut	445
450	Emerson and Little Rock	442
451	Riverdale and Miles	438
452	Ashton	427
453	Birmingham	426
454	Conesville	425
455	Vail and Middle Amana	423
456	Lawler	421
457	Plainfield, Galva, and Lost Nation	418
458	Royal	415
459	Bussey, Hawkeye, and New Vienna	414
460	Andrew and Earling	412
461	Bonaparte and Cumming	411
462	Calamus	410
463	Thornton and Lewis	408
464	New Market and Mystic	405
465	Stanhope	403
466	Arlington and Milton	402
467	Lehigh, Worthington, and Casey	401
468	Duncombe	395
469	Bennett	389
470	Lynnville	388
471	Salix	386
472	Union	384
473	Salem	382
474	Columbus City and Colesburg	381
475	Ringsted	380
476	Mondamin and Letts	379
477	Conroy	375
478	Orient	374
479	Holy Cross and Wesley	371
480	Charlotte and Churdan	370
481	Plymouth	369
482	Donahue	368
483	Amana	367
484	Livermore	363
485	Fertile	362
486	Nichols	361
487	Garrison	358
488	Callender	356
489	Pierson	353
490	Lohrville, Lorimor, and Spillville	351
491	Lacona	349
492	Rudd, Farnhamville, and Menlo	348
493	Clearfield, Ryan, Minburn, and Wahpeton	346
494	Ute, Terril, Massena, and Libertyville	345
495	Middletown, Cincinnati, and Danbury	340
496	Templeton	338
497	Williams	332
498	Elliott	327
499	McCallsburg and Diagonal	324
500	Holiday Lake, Fort Atkinson, and Sheldahl	323
501	Harpers Ferry	321
502	Bronson	319
503	Irwin, Diamondhead Lake, and Floyd	318
504	Delta	316
505	McCausland	313
506	Peterson	310
507	Brandon and Auburn	309
508	Atalissa	308
509	Granville	307
510	Steamboat Rock and Kellerton	306
511	Mingo	305
512	Rhodes and Lester	304
513	Kelley	301
514	Liscomb	300
515	Denmark	299
516	Lockridge	295
517	Lytton	294
518	Westside, Bertram, Persia, and Quimby	293
519	Marble Rock, Ridgeway, and Bode	290
520	Bagley and West Okoboji	289
521	Blakesburg and Stone City	288
522	Harcourt and Kimballton	286
523	Pulaski	285
524	Stockport	282
525	Lakota	281
526	Ionia and Riverton	279
527	Rippey	278
528	Leland	277
529	Luana	275
530	Ladora	274
531	Protivin, Maurice, and Holland	271
532	Kiron and Farmersburg	270
533	Crawfordsville, Malcom, and Low Moor	269
534	Deep River	268
535	Defiance	267
536	Rowley and Coulter	266
537	Mallard and Renwick	265
538	Modale	262
539	Kensett	260
540	Dedham, Chapin, and Deloit	259
541	Corwith	257
542	Alta Vista	253
543	Chelsea and Lu Verne	251
544	Dixon	250
545	Halbur, Martelle, and Cumberland	249
546	Grafton and La Motte	248
547	Luxemburg and Waucoma	247
548	Montour	246
549	Silver City and Parnell	245
550	Meservey and Greeley	244
551	Macedonia and Harvey	243
552	Burr Oak and Wadena	242
553	Fredonia	240
554	Pisgah	239
555	Prescott, Keswick, Laurel, Yale, and Fenton	238
556	Crystal Lake	236
557	Marathon	232
558	Paton	230
559	Washta	229
560	Fostoria	228
561	Olds and Smithland	226
562	Goose Lake	225
563	New Providence and Sun Valley Lake	224
564	Packwood and Hanlontown	222
565	Stout	220
566	Lineville and Hornick	219
567	Joice and Cleghorn	218
568	Jamaica	217
569	Cushing and Grand River	216
570	Thurman and West Amana	212
571	Woden and Rake	211
572	Cantril	210
573	Panama	209
574	Moorhead and Ollie	208
575	Lucas and Clutier	207
576	Blairsburg and Van Wert	206
577	College Springs and South English	205
578	Alvord	203
579	Melvin, Garden Grove, and Frederika	201
580	Woodburn, Linden, and Rembrandt	200
581	Blencoe	199
582	Volga and Westgate	198
583	Hancock, Stockton, Arthur, and Kamrar	195
584	Onslow	193
585	Elberon	191
586	Boxholm	190
587	Blockton, Davis City, Beaman, and Drakesville	187
588	Prairieburg and Twin Lakes	186
589	Barnum	185
590	Portsmouth, Gravity, and Henderson	183
591	Decatur City	182
592	Shambaugh	181
593	Sherrill and Thor	179
594	Hillsboro, Coin, Homestead, Wallingford, Rickardsville, Tingley, and Maysville	178
595	Magnolia	174
596	Dickens, Lidderdale, and Kirkville	173
597	Haverhill	172
598	Pilot Mound, Barnes City, and Oakville	170
599	Lambs Grove	169
600	Climbing Hill	168
601	Rose Hill and Randall	165
602	Dundee, Vincent, Soldier, Little Sioux, Alexander, and Aurora	164
603	Woolstock	163
604	Patterson and Moorland	162
605	Harris	161
606	Castalia and Calumet	160
607	Leighton	159
608	Swaledale	158
609	Oakland Acres	157
610	Rowan, Geneva, and Reasnor	155
611	Palmer, Welton, and Bridgewater	154
612	Bristow, Brunsville, Millersburg, Exline, and Braddyville	153
613	Randolph, Delaware, and McClelland	152
614	Linn Grove	151
615	Hastings, Panorama Park, Williamson, and Lincoln	150
616	West Chester and Monmouth	149
617	Rock Falls	148
618	Meriden and Clemons	147
619	Mount Auburn and Whitten	146
620	Searsboro and Floris	144
621	New Liberty	143
622	Waterville	141
623	Lone Rock	140
624	Weston	139
625	North Washington, Houghton, and Clare	138
626	Centralia and Ricketts	137
627	St. Lucas, Ayrshire, and Springbrook	136
628	Castana, Franklin, and Luther	135
629	Webb, Hamilton, Larrabee, and Westfield	132
630	Goodell and Mitchell	131
631	East Peru	130
632	Havelock	129
633	St. Donatus	128
634	St. Paul	126
635	Ferguson	125
636	Dawson	124
637	Ledyard, St. Marys, Rutland, and Stanley	123
638	Superior and Archer	122
639	St. Joseph, Chester, and Masonville	121
640	Green Mountain, Toronto, North Buena Vista, Westphalia, and Bouton	120
641	McIntire	119
642	Bernard	117
643	Macksburg, Weldon, and Rome	116
644	Watkins and Marne	115
645	Brayton	114
646	Promise City and Morley	113
647	Lanesboro	112
648	Derby and Mineola	111
649	Harper, Westwood, and Wiota	109
650	Arion, Cromwell, and Ackworth	108
651	Mount Union, Melrose, Carpenter, Bentley, and Martinsburg	107
652	Buckeye, Somers, Fraser, and Oyens	106
653	South Amana and Nodaway	105
654	High Amana	104
655	Baldwin, Sageville, and Pleasant Plain	103
656	Percival	102
657	St. Anthony, St. Olaf, and Oto	101
658	Andover	100
659	Garden City and Willey	99
660	Chillicothe	98
661	Unionville, Arispe, Mona, and Duncan	96
662	Hansell and Luzerne	94
663	Zwingle and Morrison	92
664	Craig	91
665	Matlock and Numa	88
666	Sharpsburg	87
667	Gruver, Garber, Douds, and Cylinder	86
668	Grant	85
669	New Haven, Keomah Village, and Frytown	84
670	Bradgate and Rathbun	83
671	River Sioux and Graf	82
672	Nemaha and Yorktown	81
673	Redding, Chatsworth, and Spragueville	80
674	Hartwick, Struble, and Center Junction	79
675	Truesdale	78
676	Popejoy and Ralston	76
677	Clio	74
678	Swan	73
679	Plover, Kinross, and Orchard	71
680	Scarville, Webster, Aredale, Colwell, and Shannon City	70
681	Greenville, Imogene, Dana, Bevington, and California Junction	69
682	Rossie	68
683	Plano, Marysville, Varina, and Balltown	67
684	Spring Hill	65
685	Turin, Tennant, and Bassett	64
686	Bradford and Kirkman	62
687	Thornburg and Knierim	61
688	Guernsey, Dolliver, and Gibson	60
689	Valeria	59
690	Rodney and Gray	58
691	Osterdock	57
692	Curlew, Dougherty, and Thayer	56
693	Randalia and Northboro	55
694	Jackson Junction	54
695	Sandyville, Burchinal, and Kent	53
696	Rinard	50
697	Beaver and Hayesville	49
698	Gillett Grove and Vining	48
699	Cotter	47
700	Coppock	46
701	Udell	45
702	Rodman and Pleasanton	44
703	Ellston, Benton, Owasa, Millerton, Buck Grove, and Hardy	42
704	Clayton	41
705	East Amana, Leando, Loveland, Bolan, Coburg, and Conway	40
706	Aspinwall	39
707	Elkport and Sexton	38
708	Ottosen	37
709	Toeterville, Mount Sterling, Rochester, and Blanchard	36
710	Berkley	34
711	Yetter and Jacksonville	32
712	Carbon and Galt	31
713	Corley	29
714	Maloy	28
715	Portland and Bankston	27
716	Jolley	26
717	Delphos	25
718	Pioneer and Hepburn	22
719	Durango and Little Cedar	20
720	Beaconsfield	15
721	St. Benedict and Le Roy	14
722	Hutchins	13
723	Athelstan	11
724	Otranto and Hayfield	8
The table above displays population estimates data for all cities where data are available from the following dataset: United States Census Bureau / American FactFinder. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017". 2017 Population Estimates Program. Web. May 2018. https://www.census.gov. For all other cities where data aren't available in the above dataset, the following dataset is use: United States Census Bureau. "B01001 Sex by Age." 2012 - 2016 American Community Survey. U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey Office. Web. 7 December 2017 http://ftp2.census.gov/.

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