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Van Buren County, Iowa

A county in Iowa, ranked 90 of 99 by population.

CountyFIPS 19177

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

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Population
7,131
-90 (-1.2%) since 2020
Land area
484.8
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
14.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Keosauqua
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Keosauqua city
Population 938.

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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 702 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 Van Buren 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
Population7,13190th of 992,646th of 3,144
Land area484.8 sq mi74th of 992,138th of 3,144
Population density14.7 per sq mi88th of 992,403rd of 3,144
Median household income$61,16192nd of 991,969th of 3,143

Full data for Van Buren County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,131Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,221Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,206Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area484.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area490.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,161American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,896American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,490American 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
-5
88 births, 93 deaths
Net migration
-49
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 Van Buren 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
Jefferson CountyIowa24 mi15,291
Davis CountyIowa21 mi9,230
Lee CountyIowa15 mi32,306
Clark CountyMissouri13 mi6,475
Scotland CountyMissouri12 mi4,796
Henry CountyIowa6.0 mi19,349
Wapello CountyIowaa single point35,210

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.