Iowa · Census place 1937470
Hudson, Iowa
Hudson is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa with an estimated 2,916 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,916
- #123 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +14.6%
- +371 people
- Land area
- 8.5 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 345 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Hudson population, 2020 to 2024
Hudson added 371 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.6%. In the latest year it moved by +131.
Hudson covers 8.45 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 345 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Hudson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hudson is in
All of Hudson's residents live in Black Hawk County, which had 132,348 residents in 2024. Hudson holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hudson
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hudson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50613, 50643, 50701. 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 Hudson is
The Census internal point of Hudson is at 42.434900, -92.451300. Des Moines, the capital, is 83.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cedar Falls, IA (41,417 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 51.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.434900, -92.451300
- DMS
- 42°26'5.64"N 92°27'4.68"W
- UTM
- 15N 545131.4E 4698210.3N
- Geohash
- 9zw32jp10
- Plus code
- 86J9CGMX+XF
Daylight in Hudson
At 42.43° N, Hudson 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 Hudson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Cedar Falls, 5.8 miles away, with 41,417 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hudson, IA?
2,916 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 371 (14.6%) from 2,545 in July 2020.
What county is Hudson in?
Black Hawk County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hudson?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 50613, 50643, 50701.
How far is Hudson from Des Moines?
83.1 miles (133.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hudson.
What is the nearest larger city to Hudson?
Cedar Falls, IA, with 41,417 residents, 5.8 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.