Iowa · Census place 1934500
Harlan, Iowa
Harlan is a city in Shelby County, Iowa with an estimated 4,898 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,898
- #88 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +7 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,108 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Harlan population, 2020 to 2024
Harlan added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Harlan covers 4.42 square miles of land, for 1,108 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Harlan is less dense than the typical town.
What county Harlan is in
All of Harlan's residents live in Shelby County, which had 11,821 residents in 2024. Harlan holds 41.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Harlan
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harlan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51537. 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 Harlan is
The Census internal point of Harlan is at 41.649500, -95.326800. Des Moines, the capital, is 89.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atlantic, IA (6,717 people), 23.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 46.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.649500, -95.326800
- DMS
- 41°38'58.20"N 95°19'36.48"W
- UTM
- 15N 306239.8E 4613477.2N
- Geohash
- 9zkhyy11u
- Plus code
- 86H6JMXF+R7
Daylight in Harlan
At 41.65° N, Harlan gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Harlan
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Avoca, 11.5 miles away, with 1,685 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Harlan, IA?
4,898 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.1%) from 4,891 in July 2020.
What county is Harlan in?
Shelby County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Harlan?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51537.
How far is Harlan from Des Moines?
89.1 miles (143.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Harlan.
What is the nearest larger city to Harlan?
Atlantic, IA, with 6,717 residents, 23.7 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.