Iowa · Census place 1913575
Clarinda, Iowa
Clarinda is a city in Page County, Iowa with an estimated 5,334 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,334
- #81 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.6%
- -33 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,046 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Clarinda population, 2020 to 2024
Clarinda lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +29. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Clarinda is 56% of it.
Clarinda covers 5.10 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,046 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Clarinda is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clarinda is in
All of Clarinda's residents live in Page County, which had 15,038 residents in 2024. Clarinda holds 35.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clarinda
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clarinda by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51632. 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 Clarinda is
The Census internal point of Clarinda is at 40.737700, -95.033700. Des Moines, the capital, is 94.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Red Oak, IA (5,420 people), 21.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 64.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.737700, -95.033700
- DMS
- 40°44'15.72"N 95°02'1.32"W
- UTM
- 15N 328281.0E 4511629.2N
- Geohash
- 9zhrv2nd6
- Plus code
- 86G6PXQ8+3G
Daylight in Clarinda
At 40.74° N, Clarinda gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clarinda
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Villisca, 13.6 miles away, with 1,106 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clarinda, IA?
5,334 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (0.6%) from 5,367 in July 2020.
What county is Clarinda in?
Page County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clarinda?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51632.
How far is Clarinda from Des Moines?
94.9 miles (152.7 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Clarinda.
What is the nearest larger city to Clarinda?
Red Oak, IA, with 5,420 residents, 21.6 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.