Page County, Iowa

A county in Iowa, ranked 51 of 99 by population.

CountyFIPS 19145

Within Iowa
Page County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Clarinda, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
14,856
-346 (-2.3%) since 2020
Land area
534.9
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
27.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clarinda
Seat of county government.
Established
1847
178 years ago
Largest city
Clarinda city
Population 5,273.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Page County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Page County, Iowa from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 737 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Page County ranks

Position among the 99 counties of Iowa, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IowaNationally
Population14,85651st of 992,104th of 3,144
Land area534.9 sq mi63rd of 991,954th of 3,144
Population density27.8 per sq mi48th of 991,991st of 3,144
Median household income$57,95397th of 992,261st of 3,143

Full data for Page County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,856Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,202Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,214Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area534.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.53 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area535.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?27.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,953American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$125,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,255American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,004American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-95
115 births, 210 deaths
Net migration
-62
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Page County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Montgomery CountyIowa24 mi10,002
Taylor CountyIowa23 mi5,835
Fremont CountyIowa23 mi6,522
Nodaway CountyMissouri15 mi20,174
Atchison CountyMissouri9.0 mi5,175
Adams CountyIowaa single point3,617
Mills CountyIowaa single point14,793

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 99 counties of Iowa

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.