Iowa · Census place 1902395

Aplington, Iowa

Aplington is a city in Butler County, Iowa with an estimated 1,088 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 261st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,088
#261 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-24 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,470 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Aplington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Aplington population, 2020 to 2024

Aplington lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,113. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Aplington covers 0.74 square miles of land, for 1,470 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Aplington is close to the typical town.

What county Aplington is in

All of Aplington's residents live in Butler County, which had 14,156 residents in 2024. Aplington holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Aplington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aplington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50604. 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 Aplington is

The Census internal point of Aplington is at 42.581900, -92.883500. Des Moines, the capital, is 77.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Parkersburg, IA (1,986 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 74.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.581900, -92.883500
DMS
42°34'54.84"N 92°53'0.60"W
UTM
15N 509559.9E 4714393.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86J9H4J8+QH

Daylight in Aplington

At 42.58° N, Aplington gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Aplington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Parkersburg, 5.4 miles away, with 1,986 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Aplington, IA?

1,088 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (2.2%) from 1,112 in July 2020.

What county is Aplington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Aplington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50604.

How far is Aplington from Des Moines?

77.8 miles (125.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Aplington.

What is the nearest larger city to Aplington?

Parkersburg, IA, with 1,986 residents, 5.3 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.