Humboldt, Iowa

Humboldt population, 2020 to 2024

Humboldt lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +24.

Humboldt covers 4.65 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 1,027 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Humboldt is less dense than the typical town.

What county Humboldt is in

All of Humboldt's residents live in Humboldt County, which had 9,617 residents in 2024. Humboldt holds 49.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Humboldt

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Humboldt by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50548. 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 Humboldt is

The Census internal point of Humboldt is at 42.722900, -94.225000. Des Moines, the capital, is 84.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Dodge, IA (24,886 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 85.5 miles away.

Daylight in Humboldt

At 42.72° N, Humboldt gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Humboldt

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Dodge, 14.9 miles away, with 24,886 people.