Iowa · Census place 1973065

Sidney, Iowa

Sidney is a city in Fremont County, Iowa with an estimated 1,048 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 269th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,048
#269 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-17 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
765 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Sidney. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Sidney population, 2020 to 2024

Sidney lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,070. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sidney covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 765 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Sidney is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sidney is in

All of Sidney's residents live in Fremont County, which had 6,494 residents in 2024. Sidney holds 16.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sidney

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sidney by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51652. 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 Sidney is

The Census internal point of Sidney is at 40.745900, -95.644700. Des Moines, the capital, is 121.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nebraska City, NE (7,526 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 41.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.745900, -95.644700
DMS
40°44'45.24"N 95°38'40.92"W
UTM
15N 276712.8E 4513915.1N
Geohash
9z5zz99dh
Plus code
86G6P9W4+94

Daylight in Sidney

At 40.75° N, Sidney gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sidney

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Shenandoah, 14.3 miles away, with 4,878 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sidney, IA?

1,048 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 17 (1.6%) from 1,065 in July 2020.

What county is Sidney in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sidney?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51652.

How far is Sidney from Des Moines?

121.1 miles (195.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Sidney.

What is the nearest larger city to Sidney?

Nebraska City, NE, with 7,526 residents, 12.4 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.