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Pottawattamie County, Iowa

A county in Iowa, ranked 10 of 99 by population.

CountyFIPS 19155

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

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Population
92,996
-671 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
951.3
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
97.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Council Bluffs
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Council Bluffs city
Population 62,680.

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 Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie 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 468 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 Pottawattamie 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
Population92,99610th of 99660th of 3,144
Land area951.3 sq mi2nd of 99742nd of 3,144
Population density97.8 per sq mi11th of 99931st of 3,144
Median household income$73,60234th of 99942nd of 3,143

Full data for Pottawattamie County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population92,996Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202093,667Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?93,659Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area951.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area959.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?97.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,602American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$195,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households37,642American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units40,083American 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
-240
839 births, 1,079 deaths
Net migration
-41
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 8 areas bordering Pottawattamie 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
Mills CountyIowa26 mi14,793
Harrison CountyIowa26 mi14,623
Douglas CountyNebraska25 mi606,460
Cass CountyIowa24 mi12,960
Shelby CountyIowa18 mi11,689
Washington CountyNebraska13 mi21,302
Montgomery CountyIowa12 mi10,002
Sarpy CountyNebraska7.7 mi208,303

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.