Algona, Iowa

Algona population, 2020 to 2024

Algona lost 133 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -5. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 79th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Algona is 56% of it.

Algona covers 4.64 square miles of land, for 1,151 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Algona is less dense than the typical town.

What county Algona is in

All of Algona's residents live in Kossuth County, which had 14,408 residents in 2024. Algona holds 37.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Algona

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Algona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50511. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Algona is

The Census internal point of Algona is at 43.076300, -94.231700. Des Moines, the capital, is 107.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Estherville, IA (5,796 people), 37.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 108.6 miles away.

Daylight in Algona

At 43.08° N, Algona gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Algona

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Britt, 21.7 miles away, with 2,001 people.