Louisiana · Census place 2237445
Iowa, Louisiana
Iowa is a town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 3,150 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,150
- #88 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- -7.9%
- -270 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 926 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Iowa population, 2020 to 2024
Iowa lost 270 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.9%. In the latest year it moved by +26.
Iowa covers 3.40 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 926 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Iowa is less dense than the typical town.
What county Iowa is in
All of Iowa's residents live in Calcasieu Parish, which had 206,861 residents in 2024. Iowa holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Iowa
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Iowa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70647. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Iowa is
The Census internal point of Iowa is at 30.241400, -93.013000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 109.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Welsh, LA (3,275 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 58.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.241400, -93.013000
- DMS
- 30°14'29.04"N 93°00'46.80"W
- UTM
- 15N 498749.2E 3345535.0N
- Geohash
- 9vmu53q0b
- Plus code
- 86286XRP+HQ
Daylight in Iowa
At 30.24° N, Iowa gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Iowa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Welsh, 12.0 miles away, with 3,275 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Iowa, LA?
3,150 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 270 (7.9%) from 3,420 in July 2020.
What county is Iowa in?
Calcasieu Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Iowa?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70647.
How far is Iowa from Baton Rouge?
109.9 miles (176.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Iowa.
What is the nearest larger city to Iowa?
Welsh, LA, with 3,275 residents, 12.0 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.
- 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.