Iowa · Census place 1916050

Coon Rapids, Iowa

Coon Rapids is a city in Carroll County, Iowa with an estimated 1,258 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 231st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,258
#231 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-44 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
707 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Coon Rapids. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Coon Rapids population, 2020 to 2024

Coon Rapids lost 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,305. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coon Rapids covers 1.78 square miles of land, for 707 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Coon Rapids is less dense than the typical town.

What county Coon Rapids is in

All of Coon Rapids's residents live in Carroll County, which had 20,407 residents in 2024. Coon Rapids holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Coon Rapids

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coon Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50058. 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 Coon Rapids is

The Census internal point of Coon Rapids is at 41.874700, -94.678500. Des Moines, the capital, is 58.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Guthrie Center, IA (1,579 people), 16.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 58.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.874700, -94.678500
DMS
41°52'28.92"N 94°40'42.60"W
UTM
15N 360716.0E 4637226.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86H7V8FC+VJ

Daylight in Coon Rapids

At 41.87° N, Coon Rapids gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coon Rapids

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Glidden, 12.9 miles away, with 1,140 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coon Rapids, IA?

1,258 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 44 (3.4%) from 1,302 in July 2020.

What county is Coon Rapids in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Coon Rapids?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50058.

How far is Coon Rapids from Des Moines?

58.8 miles (94.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Coon Rapids.

What is the nearest larger city to Coon Rapids?

Guthrie Center, IA, with 1,579 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.