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Waukee, Iowa

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The city of Waukee is located in Dallas County.

Waukee is 310 feet [94.49 m] above sea level.<1>

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

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Waukee, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Waukee had a population of 5,126 people<2> (or 12.48% of the total population of Dallas County). The population of Waukee represented 0.18% of the total of Iowa, making it the state's 72nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Waukee had a population of 12,367 people. This is an increase of 141.26% 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 Waukee.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200812,367+141.26%+4.25% since 2007
200711,863+131.43%+10.66% since 2006
200610,720+109.13%+19.43% since 2005
20058,976+75.11% 
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20005,126The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Adel   W8 mi [12.87 km]4,42828.91% increase
 Ankeny   NE16 mi [25.75 km]42,28755.94% increase
 Des Moines   E13 mi [20.92 km]197,0520.82% decrease
 Grimes   NE6 mi [9.66 km]8,41965.14% increase
 Johnston   NE9 mi [14.48 km]15,69181.42% increase
 Norwalk   SE12 mi [19.31 km]8,82128.14% increase

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

Website for Waukee

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Waukee or Dallas County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.waukee.org/
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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Waukee. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
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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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Waukee:

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Panoramio.com

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


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waukee - 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 Waukee.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Waukee 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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