This dataset contains county population in Iowa from 1990 to the most current year available. Data from 1990, 2000, and 2010 comes from the decennial censuses while the years in between are produced annually.
This dataset has the following 5 columns:
Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
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FIPS | fips | number | A five-digit code for counties based on Federal Information Processing Standards Publication - FIPS 55-DC3 (December 1994) , Guideline: Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Outlying Areas (withdrawn February 8, 2005) | 19023 19093 19103 19051 19061 view top 100 |
County | geographicname | text | Buena Vista County Jackson County Cherokee County Monona County Iowa County view top 100 | |
Year | year | calendar_date | For population estimates the date of reference is always July 1. The decennial census has a date of April 1. | 1995-07-01T00:00:00.000 2014-07-01T00:00:00.000 1996-07-01T00:00:00.000 2005-07-01T00:00:00.000 1999-07-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
Population | population | number | 11592 9422 10602 14062 8321 view top 100 | |
Primary Point | primary_point | point | Primary latitude and longitude in decimal degrees for the county. Latitude and longitude are based on values provided by USGS's Geographic Names Information System. | {"coordinates":[-96.2102924,43.380497],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-93.7862815,40.7376827],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-92.7890033,43.0599208],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-92.3088197,42.4700957],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-91.3780923,43.2842838],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |