Iowa · Census place 1975135
State Center, Iowa
State Center is a city in Marshall County, Iowa with an estimated 1,403 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 217th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,403
- #217 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +0.5%
- +7 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,403 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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State Center population, 2020 to 2024
State Center added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
State Center covers 1.00 square miles of land, for 1,403 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so State Center is close to the typical town.
What county State Center is in
All of State Center's residents live in Marshall County, which had 40,392 residents in 2024. State Center holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in State Center
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps State Center by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50247. 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 State Center is
The Census internal point of State Center is at 42.014800, -93.165300. Des Moines, the capital, is 37.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marshalltown, IA (27,886 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 38.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.014800, -93.165300
- DMS
- 42°00'53.28"N 93°09'55.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 486313.4E 4651432.7N
- Geohash
- 9zmxpbx1g
- Plus code
- 86J82R7M+WV
Daylight in State Center
At 42.01° N, State Center gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near State Center
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Marshalltown, 13.4 miles away, with 27,886 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of State Center, IA?
1,403 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.5%) from 1,396 in July 2020.
What county is State Center in?
Marshall County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover State Center?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50247.
How far is State Center from Des Moines?
37.0 miles (59.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from State Center.
What is the nearest larger city to State Center?
Marshalltown, IA, with 27,886 residents, 13.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.