Iowa · Census place 1944085

Le Claire, Iowa

Le Claire is a city in Scott County, Iowa with an estimated 4,776 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 90th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,776; #90 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +1.4%; +66 people
Land area: 4.7 sq mi; + 0.20 sq mi water
Density: 1,027 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Le Claire. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Le Claire population, 2020 to 2024

Le Claire added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +26.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,712. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Le Claire covers 4.65 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,027 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Le Claire is less dense than the typical town.

What county Le Claire is in

All of Le Claire's residents live in Scott County, which had 175,601 residents in 2024. Le Claire holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Le Claire

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Le Claire by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52753. 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 Le Claire is

The Census internal point of Le Claire is at 41.595600, -90.377000. Des Moines, the capital, is 166.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Moline, IL (20,995 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 12.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.595600, -90.377000
DMS: 41°35'44.16"N 90°22'37.20"W
UTM: 15N 718609.8E 4608201.0N
Geohash: 9zrsxkjrz
Plus code: 86HFHJWF+65

Daylight in Le Claire

At 41.60° N, Le Claire gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Le Claire

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Bettendorf, 5.5 miles away, with 40,281 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Le Claire, IA?

4,776 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (1.4%) from 4,710 in July 2020.

What county is Le Claire in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Le Claire?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52753.

How far is Le Claire from Des Moines?

166.7 miles (268.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Le Claire.

What is the nearest larger city to Le Claire?

East Moline, IL, with 20,995 residents, 5.3 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.