Iowa · Census place 1943725

Laurens, Iowa

Laurens is a city in Pocahontas County, Iowa with an estimated 1,253 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 233rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,253
#233 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-10 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,649 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Laurens. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Laurens population, 2020 to 2024

Laurens lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,266. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Laurens covers 0.76 square miles of land, for 1,649 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Laurens is denser than the typical town.

What county Laurens is in

All of Laurens's residents live in Pocahontas County, which had 7,006 residents in 2024. Laurens holds 17.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Laurens

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Laurens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50554. 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 Laurens is

The Census internal point of Laurens is at 42.847500, -94.847900. Des Moines, the capital, is 107.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pocahontas, IA (1,848 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 106.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.847500, -94.847900
DMS
42°50'51.00"N 94°50'52.44"W
UTM
15N 349006.7E 4745536.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86J7R5X2+2R

Daylight in Laurens

At 42.85° N, Laurens gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Laurens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Pocahontas, 12.0 miles away, with 1,848 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Laurens, IA?

1,253 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 10 (0.8%) from 1,263 in July 2020.

What county is Laurens in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Laurens?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50554.

How far is Laurens from Des Moines?

107.6 miles (173.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Laurens.

What is the nearest larger city to Laurens?

Pocahontas, IA, with 1,848 residents, 12.0 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.