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Every city in Iowa.

Iowa has 939 incorporated places tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau (Vintage 2025), with a combined population of 2,614,713 as of July 1, 2025. Des Moines is the largest at 212,086 residents. Browse by population, income, or download the full state list.

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All cities in Iowa, sorted by 2025 population.
Rank City 2025 pop 2020 base 5-yr Δ 5-yr Δ %
#1 Des Moines 212,086214,032-1,946-0.9%
#2 Cedar Rapids 137,935137,742193+0.1%
#3 Davenport 100,358101,728-1,370-1.3%
#4 Sioux City 86,35685,907449+0.5%
#5 Ankeny 77,83368,1029,731+14.3%
#6 Iowa City 76,22974,8331,396+1.9%
#7 West Des Moines 74,22468,7275,497+8.0%
#8 Ames 68,22066,4371,783+2.7%
#9 Waterloo 66,91967,307-388-0.6%
#10 Council Bluffs 62,68062,790-110-0.2%
#11 Dubuque 59,14859,671-523-0.9%
#12 Urbandale 48,57045,5712,999+6.6%
#13 Marion 42,73241,5511,181+2.8%
#14 Cedar Falls 41,24040,727513+1.3%
#15 Bettendorf 40,71039,0941,616+4.1%
#16 Waukee 34,89023,94110,949+45.7%
#17 Marshalltown 27,53627,594-58-0.2%
#18 Mason City 26,85327,351-498-1.8%
#19 Ottumwa 25,31925,548-229-0.9%
#20 Johnston 25,06523,9361,129+4.7%
#21 Fort Dodge 24,83724,896-59-0.2%
#22 Clinton 24,04924,467-418-1.7%
#23 Coralville 23,96022,3211,639+7.3%
#24 Burlington 23,33624,020-684-2.8%
#25 Muscatine 23,16423,835-671-2.8%
#26 Altoona 22,79619,6663,130+15.9%
#27 North Liberty 21,97620,4821,494+7.3%
#28 Clive 19,86118,6201,241+6.7%
#29 Grimes 17,40515,5171,888+12.2%
#30 Indianola 16,82915,834995+6.3%
#31 Newton 15,74115,758-17-0.1%
#32 Norwalk 15,00412,7972,207+17.2%
#33 Boone 12,47112,45021+0.2%
#34 Storm Lake 11,59011,270320+2.8%
#35 Oskaloosa 11,49311,555-62-0.5%
#36 Pleasant Hill 11,23910,1511,088+10.7%
#37 Spencer 11,21811,320-102-0.9%
#38 Pella 10,99210,463529+5.1%
#39 Le Mars 10,76010,580180+1.7%
#40 Waverly 10,56110,400161+1.5%
#41 Carroll 10,08510,330-245-2.4%
#42 Fort Madison 9,93510,315-380-3.7%
#43 Bondurant 9,6477,4012,246+30.3%
#44 Keokuk 9,5109,902-392-4.0%
#45 Grinnell 9,4309,554-124-1.3%
#46 Fairfield 9,2209,423-203-2.2%
#47 Sioux Center 8,8648,232632+7.7%
#48 Mount Pleasant 8,5009,290-790-8.5%
#49 Denison 8,2148,378-164-2.0%
#50 Perry 8,2087,842366+4.7%
#51 Webster City 7,8157,824-9-0.1%
#52 Clear Lake 7,6017,677-76-1.0%
#53 Knoxville 7,4697,596-127-1.7%
#54 Hiawatha 7,4327,185247+3.4%
#55 Decorah 7,4177,588-171-2.3%
#56 Creston 7,3357,540-205-2.7%
#57 Washington 7,2617,362-101-1.4%
#58 Tiffin 7,1564,5212,635+58.3%
#59 Adel 7,0986,160938+15.2%
#60 Charles City 7,0137,398-385-5.2%
#61 Nevada 6,9746,92054+0.8%
#62 Eldridge 6,9546,717237+3.5%
#63 Atlantic 6,6766,788-112-1.6%
#64 Polk City 6,6305,5531,077+19.4%
#65 Orange City 6,4686,271197+3.1%
#66 Independence 6,3126,059253+4.2%
#67 Asbury 6,0355,94491+1.5%
#68 Maquoketa 6,0276,131-104-1.7%
#69 Anamosa 5,9015,444457+8.4%
#70 Estherville 5,8075,909-102-1.7%
#71 Oelwein 5,7575,929-172-2.9%
#72 DeWitt 5,7045,514190+3.4%
#73 Osceola 5,6795,404275+5.1%
#74 Sheldon 5,5755,51065+1.2%
#75 Spirit Lake 5,5255,44382+1.5%
#76 Winterset 5,5205,364156+2.9%
#77 Red Oak 5,3885,596-208-3.7%
#78 Manchester 5,3575,074283+5.6%
#79 Centerville 5,3275,420-93-1.7%
#80 Sergeant Bluff 5,3245,012312+6.2%
#81 Algona 5,3095,488-179-3.3%
#82 Glenwood 5,2875,094193+3.8%
#83 Clarinda 5,2735,375-102-1.9%
#84 Cherokee 5,1225,190-68-1.3%
#85 Windsor Heights 5,0595,253-194-3.7%
#86 Iowa Falls 5,0135,108-95-1.9%
#87 Vinton 5,0044,93470+1.4%
#88 Harlan 4,8594,890-31-0.6%
#89 Shenandoah 4,8084,926-118-2.4%
#90 Le Claire 4,7414,71130+0.6%
#91 Huxley 4,7154,244471+11.1%
#92 Humboldt 4,6754,789-114-2.4%
#93 Dyersville 4,5744,47797+2.2%
#94 Camanche 4,5574,571-14-0.3%
#95 Carlisle 4,5324,172360+8.6%
#96 Mount Vernon 4,5144,538-24-0.5%
#97 Evansdale 4,4634,563-100-2.2%
#98 Chariton 4,3474,190157+3.7%
#99 Hampton 4,2644,332-68-1.6%
#100 Rock Valley 4,1884,063125+3.1%
All 939 cities in Iowa. Use the controls to filter, sort, and download this state slice.

Methodology · what counts as a city

Iowa cities follow the V1 universe.

Iowa cities follow the same V1 universe: incorporated places, consolidated city-county governments where applicable, and Washington DC where applicable. Census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded, with one named national exception — Urban Honolulu (Honolulu only). State ranks are standard competition ranking (“1224”) within Iowa: tied cities share the lower rank and the next rank is skipped. Ranks are pre-computed in the dataset (state_rank_pop_current).

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