Iowa · Census place 1901990

Anamosa, Iowa

Anamosa is a city in Jones County, Iowa with an estimated 5,845 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,845
#69 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+7.3%
+397 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
2,319 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Anamosa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Anamosa population, 2020 to 2024

Anamosa added 397 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.3%. In the latest year it moved by +142. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Anamosa is 61% of it.

5,44820205,51320215,64920225,70320235,8452024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,444. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Anamosa covers 2.52 square miles of land, for 2,319 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Anamosa is denser than the typical town.

What county Anamosa is in

All of Anamosa's residents live in Jones County, which had 21,116 residents in 2024. Anamosa holds 27.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Anamosa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Anamosa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52205. 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 Anamosa is

The Census internal point of Anamosa is at 42.108800, -91.275200. Des Moines, the capital, is 125.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marion, IA (42,542 people), 16.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 23.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.108800, -91.275200
DMS
42°06'31.68"N 91°16'30.72"W
UTM
15N 642602.5E 4663295.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JC4P5F+GW

Daylight in Anamosa

At 42.11° N, Anamosa gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Anamosa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Monticello, 9.6 miles away, with 4,095 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Anamosa, IA?

5,845 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 397 (7.3%) from 5,448 in July 2020.

What county is Anamosa in?

Jones County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Anamosa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52205.

How far is Anamosa from Des Moines?

125.1 miles (201.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Anamosa.

What is the nearest larger city to Anamosa?

Marion, IA, with 42,542 residents, 16.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.