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Sumner, Iowa

Sumner is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 2,032 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 162nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,032
#162 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+1 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
826 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Sumner. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Sumner population, 2020 to 2024

Sumner added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

2,03120202,03620212,03820222,03420232,0322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,033. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sumner covers 2.46 square miles of land, for 826 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Sumner is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Sumner spans

Sumner crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,032 residents as follows; Bremer County holds 99.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Bremer County2,021
  2. 02Fayette County11
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sumner

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sumner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50674. 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 Sumner is

The Census internal point of Sumner is at 42.849400, -92.097200. Des Moines, the capital, is 116.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oelwein, IA (5,788 people), 15.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 64.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.849400, -92.097200
DMS
42°50'57.84"N 92°05'49.92"W
UTM
15N 573765.4E 4744486.4N
Geohash
9zweb22zg
Plus code
86J9RWX3+Q4

Daylight in Sumner

At 42.85° N, Sumner 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 Sumner

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Tripoli, 8.6 miles away, with 1,208 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sumner, IA?

2,032 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.0%) from 2,031 in July 2020.

What county is Sumner in?

It spans 2 counties: Bremer County (2,021 residents), Fayette County (11 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sumner?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50674.

How far is Sumner from Des Moines?

116.2 miles (187.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Sumner.

What is the nearest larger city to Sumner?

Oelwein, IA, with 5,788 residents, 15.4 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.