Iowa · Census place 1936840

Holstein, Iowa

Holstein is a city in Ida County, Iowa with an estimated 1,475 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 210th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,475
#210 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-39 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
934 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Holstein. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Holstein population, 2020 to 2024

Holstein lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

1,51420201,50920211,49420221,47620231,4752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,509. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Holstein covers 1.58 square miles of land, for 934 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Holstein is less dense than the typical town.

What county Holstein is in

All of Holstein's residents live in Ida County, which had 6,810 residents in 2024. Holstein holds 21.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Holstein

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Holstein by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51025. 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 Holstein is

The Census internal point of Holstein is at 42.487100, -95.542900. Des Moines, the capital, is 117.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ida Grove, IA (1,988 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 88.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.487100, -95.542900
DMS
42°29'13.56"N 95°32'34.44"W
UTM
15N 291010.7E 4706994.2N
Geohash
9zs19yec3
Plus code
86J6FFP4+RR

Daylight in Holstein

At 42.49° N, Holstein gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Holstein

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Ida Grove, 10.6 miles away, with 1,988 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Holstein, IA?

1,475 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 39 (2.6%) from 1,514 in July 2020.

What county is Holstein in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Holstein?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51025.

How far is Holstein from Des Moines?

117.2 miles (188.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Holstein.

What is the nearest larger city to Holstein?

Ida Grove, IA, with 1,988 residents, 10.6 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.

  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.