Iowa · Census place 1912000
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids is a city in Linn County, Iowa with an estimated 137,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 137,904
- #2 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +47 people
- Land area
- 74.6 sq mi
- + 1.25 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,848 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Cedar Rapids population, 2020 to 2024
Cedar Rapids added 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,267. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Cedar Rapids is 14.5 times that size.
Cedar Rapids covers 74.63 square miles of land and 1.25 of water, for 1,848 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Cedar Rapids is denser than the typical town.
What county Cedar Rapids is in
All of Cedar Rapids's residents live in Linn County, which had 231,762 residents in 2024. Cedar Rapids holds 59.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cedar Rapids
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cedar Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52401, 52402, 52403, 52404, 52405, 52411. 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 Cedar Rapids is
The Census internal point of Cedar Rapids is at 41.964200, -91.679200. Des Moines, the capital, is 102.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Des Moines, IA (213,096 people), 103.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 62.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 225 m (738 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.964200, -91.679200
- DMS
- 41°57'51.12"N 91°40'45.12"W
- UTM
- 15N 609447.8E 4646645.0N
- Geohash
- 9zqy9z35p
- Plus code
- 86HCX87C+M8
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Cedar Rapids
At 41.96° N, Cedar Rapids gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Cedar Rapids daylight page.
Places near Cedar Rapids
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairfax, 5.7 miles away, with 2,937 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cedar Rapids, IA?
137,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 47 (0.0%) from 137,857 in July 2020.
What county is Cedar Rapids in?
Linn County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cedar Rapids?
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 52401, 52402, 52403, 52404, 52405, 52411.
How far is Cedar Rapids from Des Moines?
102.5 miles (164.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Cedar Rapids.
What is the nearest larger city to Cedar Rapids?
Des Moines, IA, with 213,096 residents, 103.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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