Loring, Iowa

Loring has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no specific census information for this community.

Loring is located in Polk County and for a more general look at the area, please visit our Census Page for Polk County.

While Loring does not have census information, you might be interested in some nearby communites that do:

	Community	Population<1>	Direction	Distance<2>
	Des Moines	198,682	SW	20 mi [32.19 km]
	Ames	50,731	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]
	West Des Moines	46,403	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]
	Urbandale	29,072	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]
	Ankeny	27,117	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Loring.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Loring and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Loring. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<3> We don't have the population of Loring, so its people haven't been included.

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Loring, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ames	QF-1901855	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	56,510	11.39% increase
	Des Moines	QF-1921000	SW	20 mi [32.19 km]	197,052	0.82% decrease
	Urbandale	QF-1979950	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	West Des Moines	QF-1983910	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Loring.

A Census Quickfact is available for Polk County (QF-19153).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Polk County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boone	QF-19015	NW	26,349	0.36% increase
	Dallas	QF-19049	W	59,930	45.93% increase
	Jasper	QF-19099	E	36,583	1.7% decrease
	Madison	QF-19121	SW	15,507	10.31% increase
	Marion	QF-19125	SE	32,571	1.46% increase
	Story	QF-19169	N	86,754	8.28% increase
	Warren	QF-19181	S	45,059	10.5% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Loring:

Loring is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Loring.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Loring. 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.

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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