Iowa · Census place 1921180

DeWitt, Iowa

DeWitt is a city in Clinton County, Iowa with an estimated 5,620 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,620
#72 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+103 people
Land area
6.2 sq mi
Density
904 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: DeWitt. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

DeWitt population, 2020 to 2024

DeWitt added 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so DeWitt is 59% of it.

5,51720205,53420215,52320225,58220235,6202024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,514. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

DeWitt covers 6.22 square miles of land, for 904 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so DeWitt is less dense than the typical town.

What county DeWitt is in

All of DeWitt's residents live in Clinton County, which had 46,015 residents in 2024. DeWitt holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in DeWitt

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps DeWitt by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52742. 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 DeWitt is

The Census internal point of DeWitt is at 41.822700, -90.544100. Des Moines, the capital, is 158.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eldridge, IA (6,967 people), 12.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 18.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.822700, -90.544100
DMS
41°49'21.72"N 90°32'38.76"W
UTM
15N 703962.4E 4633007.0N
Geohash
9zrtgtefc
Plus code
86HFRFF4+39

Daylight in DeWitt

At 41.82° N, DeWitt gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near DeWitt

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Eldridge, 12.8 miles away, with 6,967 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of DeWitt, IA?

5,620 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 103 (1.9%) from 5,517 in July 2020.

What county is DeWitt in?

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

What ZIP codes cover DeWitt?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52742.

How far is DeWitt from Des Moines?

158.6 miles (255.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from DeWitt.

What is the nearest larger city to DeWitt?

Eldridge, IA, with 6,967 residents, 12.9 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.