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Brooklyn, Iowa

Brooklyn is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa with an estimated 1,474 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 212th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,474; #212 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: -1.7%; -25 people
Land area: 1.3 sq mi
Density: 1,117 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Brooklyn. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Brooklyn population, 2020 to 2024

Brooklyn lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,500. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brooklyn covers 1.32 square miles of land, for 1,117 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Brooklyn is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brooklyn is in

All of Brooklyn's residents live in Poweshiek County, which had 18,454 residents in 2024. Brooklyn holds 8.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brooklyn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brooklyn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52211. 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 Brooklyn is

The Census internal point of Brooklyn is at 41.732100, -92.445000. Des Moines, the capital, is 60.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belle Plaine, IA (2,335 people), 14.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 42.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.732100, -92.445000
DMS: 41°43'55.56"N 92°26'42.00"W
UTM: 15N 546156.2E 4620181.1N
Geohash: 9zqm2m5e5
Plus code: 86H9PHJ4+R2

Daylight in Brooklyn

At 41.73° N, Brooklyn gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brooklyn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Montezuma, 11.2 miles away, with 1,421 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brooklyn, IA?

1,474 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (1.7%) from 1,499 in July 2020.

What county is Brooklyn in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brooklyn?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52211.

How far is Brooklyn from Des Moines?

60.6 miles (97.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Brooklyn.

What is the nearest larger city to Brooklyn?

Belle Plaine, IA, with 2,335 residents, 14.3 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.

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