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Iowa City, Iowa

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The city of Iowa City is located in Johnson County and is the county seat.

Iowa City is 210 feet [64.01 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Iowa City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Both California and Florida have communities that are also named Iowa City.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Iowa City had a population of 62,220 people<2> (or 55.82% of the total population of Johnson County). The population of Iowa City represented 2.13% of the total of Iowa, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Iowa City had a population of 67,831 people. This is an increase of 9.02% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Iowa City.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200867,831+9.02%+1.77% since 2007
200766,648+7.12%+1.13% since 2006
200665,901+5.92%+0.7% since 2005
200565,446+5.18% 
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200062,220The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ely   N15 mi [24.14 km]1,51431.77% increase
 Kalona   SW14 mi [22.53 km]2,5169.73% increase
 Lisbon   N19 mi [30.58 km]2,0296.9% increase
 Lone Tree   SE13 mi [20.92 km]1,1842.87% increase
 Mount Vernon   N19 mi [30.58 km]4,15822.65% increase
 North Liberty   NW7 mi [11.27 km]11,561115.41% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Iowa City.




Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Iowa City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
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Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Iowa City:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Iowa City? Please visit the Map Page for Iowa City.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Iowa City - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Iowa City.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Iowa City and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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