Bloomington, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the south of Bloomington and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It lies immediately southwest of Bloomington and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altoona	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Ankeny	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	42,287	55.94% increase
	Boone	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	12,614	1.48% decrease
	Clive	S	32 mi [51.5 km]	15,234	18.51% increase
	Fort Dodge	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	25,180	0.18% increase
	Grinnell	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	9,167	0.68% increase
	Indianola	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Johnston	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	15,691	81.42% increase
	Marshalltown	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	25,850	0.61% decrease
	Newton	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	15,042	3.45% decrease
	Norwalk	S	39 mi [62.8 km]	8,821	28.14% increase
	Perry	SW	30 mi [48.28 km]	9,569	25.36% increase
	Urbandale	S	30 mi [48.28 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	Webster City	NW	30 mi [48.28 km]	7,720	5.58% decrease
	West Des Moines	S	35 mi [56.3 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cambridge	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	809	1.22% decrease
	Colo	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	876	0.92% increase
	Gilbert	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	1,050	6.38% increase
	Huxley	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,830	22.19% increase
	Jordan	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Kelley	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	340	13.33% increase
	Luther	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	146	7.59% decrease
	McCallsburg	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	336	5.66% increase
	Nevada	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	6,688	0.45% increase
	Ontario	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Randall	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	142	4.05% decrease
	Roland	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,317	0.53% decrease
	Sheldahl	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	319	5.06% decrease
	Slater	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,388	6.28% increase
	Story City	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	3,389	4.99% increase

Story County

Bloomington is located in Story County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Story: Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall and Polk.

While not sharing a border with Story, the counties of Dallas and Webster are close to Bloomington.

Below are counties that are near Bloomington (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Bloomington:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Bloomington
	Boone County	SW	Napier	8 miles [12 km]
	Dallas County	SW	Xenia	20 miles [32 km]
	Franklin County	N	Oakland	36 miles [57 km]
	Greene County	W	Rippey	32 miles [51 km]
	Grundy County	E	Conrad	38 miles [61 km]
	Guthrie County	W	Jamaica	39 miles [62 km]
	Hamilton County	N	Randall	12 miles [19 km]
	Hardin County	NE	Garden City	16 miles [25 km]
	Jasper County	SE	Clyde	22 miles [35 km]
	Marshall County	NE	Illinois Grove	20 miles [32 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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