Clinton and area communities are like a majority of towns in the state to lose population according the latest Census Bureau estimates. Click ‘read more’ for the details and a link to all of the data.
Since 2010, 243 cities have gained population, 652 have lost population, and 49 have had no change.
According to that new report – Clinton lost slightly more than four percent in population. The new 2016 estimate shows a population of 25,719. That’s drop of 1,166 from the 2010 census count.
Camanche showed a loss of 123 residents to 2016 estimate of 4,325. That was a 2.8 percent decline since 2010.
DeWitt list 1.7 percent of the population or 75 residents to a population estimate of 5,233
The Micropolitan area – or Clinton County lost an estimated 3.7 percent or 1,807 residents since the 2010 count to an estimated population of 47, 309. That remained 3rd in size among the Micropolitan area.
Explore the city population data in its entirety on the State Data Center’s website: www.iowadatacenter.org/
*City Population Quick Facts*
- Tiffin (population 3,006), in Johnson County, was the fastest growing city in Iowa at 54.4 percent growth since 2010. Next fastest growing cities:
o Bondurant – 5,796 population, 50.2 percent growth
o Grimes – 11,909 population, 44.3 percent growth
o Waukee – 19,284 population, 40.0 percent growth
o North Liberty – 18,520 population, 38.3 percent growth
- Ankeny was the fastest growing city with a population greater than 50,000. Its population of 58,627 represents a 28.6 percent growth since 2010.
- Only 41 (or 4.3 percent) of Iowa’s 944 incorporated cities have a population of more than 10,000 people, but account for half (50.6 percent) of Iowa’s total population.
The U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program prepared the latest population estimates, based on administrative data for births and deaths and estimates of migration since the 2010 Census, in partnership with the Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates. The State Data Center at the State Library of Iowa is a member of the Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates.
