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  • FIPS 19077
  • Largest town: Guthrie Center

Guthrie County, Iowa

Guthrie County had 10,774 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 590.6 square miles of land. It ranks 67th of 99 in Iowa by population and 23rd by land area.

Population
10,774
#67 of 99 in Iowa · #2,360 in US
Area
590.6 sq mi
#23 of 99 in Iowa · #1,657 in US
Density
18 / sq mi
#78 of 99 in Iowa · #2,302 in US
Median household income
$78,027
#14 of 99 in Iowa · #545 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Guthrie County within Iowa. Pin: Des Moines.

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Guthrie County population, land area and income

Guthrie County had 10,774 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 590.6 square miles of land. It ranks 67th of 99 in Iowa by population and 23rd by land area. That works out to 18.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Iowa has 15,008 residents; Guthrie County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $78,027 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

10,774

3144th1st

2360th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

591 sq mi

3144th1st

1657th of 3,144 (US)

Density

18.2 / sq mi

3144th1st

2302nd of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$78,027

3143rd1st

545th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Iowa (99)

Population

10,774

99th1st

67th of 99 (IA)

Land area

591 sq mi

99th1st

23rd of 99 (IA)

Density

18.2 / sq mi

99th1st

78th of 99 (IA)

Median household income

$78,027

99th1st

14th of 99 (IA)

How Guthrie County's population changed since 2020

Guthrie County gained 155 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.5%. That ranks 15th of 99 in Iowa for growth. The median Iowa county changed by -0.6%, and the state as a whole by +1.6%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Guthrie County recorded 399 births and 581 deaths, a natural change of -182. Net international migration added +145 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +189. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 189 people.

10.6k202010.6k202110.7k202210.8k202310.8k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
399
Deaths
581
Net international migration
+145
Net domestic migration
+189
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+11

Where Guthrie County is

The Census internal point of Guthrie County is at 41.683600, -94.501300. It sits in UTM zone 15N. The map shades Iowa's 99 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Guthrie County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Monroe County: -2.9%Worth County: -1.7%Buena Vista County: +0.0%Jasper County: +0.8%Van Buren County: -0.0%Hardin County: -2.2%Ida County: -3.1%Marshall County: +0.8%Fayette County: -1.5%Ringgold County: -0.8%Wapello County: +1.0%Webster County: -0.2%Adams County: -2.8%Buchanan County: +0.6%Cerro Gordo County: -1.2%Lucas County: +1.6%Emmet County: -1.9%Floyd County: -3.8%Crawford County: -0.7%Linn County: +0.6%Montgomery County: -2.6%Polk County: +4.7%Cherokee County: +0.0%Bremer County: +1.3%Grundy County: +0.5%Adair County: -0.8%Cedar County: -1.4%Story County: +3.9%Mahaska County: -0.6%Davis County: +0.9%Clay County: +0.8%Johnson County: +4.6%Greene County: -1.0%Palo Alto County: -2.0%Benton County: +1.0%Cass County: -0.7%Wright County: -1.5%Audubon County: -2.1%Henry County: -5.3%Boone County: +0.1%Appanoose County: -1.4%Washington County: +0.4%Chickasaw County: -2.2%Poweshiek County: -0.9%Osceola County: -2.6%Wayne County: +1.8%Mitchell County: +0.4%Jefferson County: +0.5%Union County: -1.4%Butler County: -1.2%Hancock County: -1.3%Marion County: +1.9%Delaware County: +0.9%Humboldt County: +0.2%Sioux County: +1.8%Des Moines County: -1.1%O'Brien County: +0.8%Clayton County: -0.6%Black Hawk County: +1.0%Winnebago County: -2.6%Harrison County: +0.4%Decatur County: -1.0%Pocahontas County: -0.9%Lyon County: +3.8%Iowa County: -1.4%Franklin County: +0.3%Dickinson County: +2.2%Madison County: +3.2%Allamakee County: +0.8%Jones County: +2.2%Carroll County: -1.6%Kossuth County: -2.6%Hamilton County: -1.0%Howard County: -1.4%Page County: -1.1%Guthrie County: +1.5%Tama County: -1.8%Monona County: -3.6%Clarke County: -2.1%Lee County: -3.4%Mills County: +2.1%Sac County: -2.7%Scott County: +0.6%Keokuk County: -1.6%Jackson County: -0.3%Warren County: +7.1%Calhoun County: -1.9%Shelby County: +0.8%Fremont County: -1.1%Dubuque County: -0.1%Louisa County: -1.8%Taylor County: -0.6%Woodbury County: +1.2%Clinton County: -0.9%Winneshiek County: -1.6%Pottawattamie County: -0.1%Plymouth County: +0.5%Muscatine County: -2.4%Dallas County: +14.7%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -1.9%
  2. < -1.0%
  3. < +0.0%
  4. < +0.9%
  5. ≥ +0.9%
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Orange pin: Guthrie County internal point. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Internal point

Decimal
41.683600, -94.501300
DMS
41°41'0.96"N 94°30'4.68"W
UTM
15N 375050.2E 4615736.4N
Geohash
9zkv1s628
Plus code
86H7MFMX+CF

Towns in Guthrie County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Guthrie County, 3,812 people together, or 35% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Guthrie County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Guthrie Center with 1,579.

  1. 01Guthrie Center1,579
  2. 02Stuart (part)1,137
  3. 03Panora1,096
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Guthrie County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Guthrie County. The most populous is Dallas County, IA, with 115,343 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Des Moines and the nearest big city

Des Moines is 46.8 miles E of Guthrie County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA (population 213,096), 46.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Waukee, IA (population 34,420), 32.6 miles away.

Guthrie County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Guthrie County is 19077: state code 19 for Iowa plus county code 077. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $78,027.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Guthrie County, Iowa?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 10,774. That is up 155 people (1.5%) from the July 2020 estimate of 10,619.

What is the FIPS code of Guthrie County?

19077. The first two digits (19) are Iowa; the last three (077) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Guthrie County?

Guthrie Center, with 1,579 residents inside Guthrie County in 2024.

Which counties border Guthrie County?

7 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Dallas County, IA; Carroll County, IA; Madison County, IA; Cass County, IA; Greene County, IA; Adair County, IA; Audubon County, IA.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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