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Pocahontas County, Iowa

A county in Iowa, ranked 91 of 99 by population.

CountyFIPS 19151

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

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Population
6,819
-251 (-3.6%) since 2020
Land area
577.2
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
11.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pocahontas
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Pocahontas city
Population 1,803.

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 Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas 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 793 by 800 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 Pocahontas 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
Population6,81991st of 992,670th of 3,144
Land area577.2 sq mi34th of 991,714th of 3,144
Population density11.8 per sq mi96th of 992,501st of 3,144
Median household income$61,87589th of 991,907th of 3,143

Full data for Pocahontas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,819Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,070Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,081Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area577.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area578.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,875American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$98,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,651American 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
-33
73 births, 106 deaths
Net migration
-70
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 Pocahontas 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
Buena Vista CountyIowa24 mi20,449
Calhoun CountyIowa24 mi9,562
Palo Alto CountyIowa24 mi8,899
Humboldt CountyIowa18 mi9,409
Webster CountyIowa6.0 mi36,838
Clay CountyIowaa single point16,202
Kossuth CountyIowaa single point14,322
Sac CountyIowaa single point9,525

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.