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Wayne County, Iowa

A county in Iowa, ranked 93 of 99 by population.

CountyFIPS 19185

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

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Population
6,738
+231 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
525.5
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
12.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Corydon
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Corydon city
Population 1,711.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 739 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 Wayne 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
Population6,73893rd of 992,677th of 3,144
Land area525.5 sq mi66th of 991,992nd of 3,144
Population density12.8 per sq mi92nd of 992,469th of 3,144
Median household income$61,96488th of 991,897th of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,738Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,507Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,498Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area525.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area527.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,964American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$111,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,565American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,019American 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
+19
112 births, 93 deaths
Net migration
+85
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 7 areas bordering Wayne 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
Lucas CountyIowa24 mi8,847
Decatur CountyIowa22 mi7,655
Appanoose CountyIowa22 mi12,077
Putnam CountyMissouri15 mi4,546
Mercer CountyMissouri9.6 mi3,404
Clarke CountyIowaa single point9,574
Monroe CountyIowaa single point7,406

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.