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Sloan, Iowa

Sloan is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa with an estimated 1,078 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 263rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,078; #263 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +2.8%; +29 people
Land area: 0.6 sq mi
Density: 1,859 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Sloan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Sloan population, 2020 to 2024

Sloan added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,046. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sloan covers 0.58 square miles of land, for 1,859 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Sloan is denser than the typical town.

What county Sloan is in

All of Sloan's residents live in Woodbury County, which had 107,257 residents in 2024. Sloan holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sloan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sloan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51055. 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 Sloan is

The Census internal point of Sloan is at 42.233100, -96.224800. Des Moines, the capital, is 141.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sergeant Bluff, IA (5,335 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 67.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 42.233100, -96.224800
DMS: 42°13'59.16"N 96°13'29.28"W
UTM: 14N 729003.5E 4679386.9N
Geohash: 9ze86271x
Plus code: 86J56QMG+63

Daylight in Sloan

At 42.23° N, Sloan gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sloan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Sergeant Bluff, 13.1 miles away, with 5,335 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sloan, IA?

1,078 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 29 (2.8%) from 1,049 in July 2020.

What county is Sloan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sloan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51055.

How far is Sloan from Des Moines?

141.9 miles (228.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Sloan.

What is the nearest larger city to Sloan?

Sergeant Bluff, IA, with 5,335 residents, 13.0 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.

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