| Population | 1,398 |
| Nationwide Rank | 8975 |
Bedford, Iowa is the 8,975th largest city in the United States as of 2017.
Bedford, Iowa is a city.
Bedford, Iowa is currently 19.4% smaller than it was in 1990, the year of its peak recorded population.
Bedford, Iowa's growth is extremely below average. 86% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8965 | Rockaway Beach, Oregon | 1,401 | 10.4% |
| 8966 | Clarks Green, Pennsylvania | 1,400 | -13.9% |
| 8967 | Durand, Illinois | 1,400 | 29.7% |
| 8968 | Earlham, Iowa | 1,400 | 7.6% |
| 8969 | Kimball, Tennessee | 1,400 | 6.5% |
| 8970 | Kingsford Heights, Indiana | 1,400 | -3.5% |
| 8971 | Lenox, Iowa | 1,400 | -0.2% |
| 8972 | Cedarville, Arkansas | 1,399 | 23.4% |
| 8973 | Walls, Mississippi | 1,399 | 192.6% |
| 8974 | Ardmore, Alabama | 1,398 | 34.5% |
| 8975 | Bedford, Iowa | 1,398 | -13.9% |
| 8976 | Claremont, North Carolina | 1,398 | 31.3% |
| 8977 | Felton, Delaware | 1,398 | 73.0% |
| 8978 | Ironton, Missouri | 1,398 | -4.3% |
| 8979 | New Windsor, Maryland | 1,397 | 7.2% |
| 8980 | Pioneer, Ohio | 1,397 | -4.6% |
| 8981 | Blawnox, Pennsylvania | 1,396 | -9.7% |
| 8982 | Exmore, Virginia | 1,396 | -2.2% |
| 8983 | Locust Grove, Oklahoma | 1,396 | -11.3% |
| 8984 | New London, Minnesota | 1,396 | 30.2% |
| 8985 | Wakefield, Nebraska | 1,395 | -0.5% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6452 | Tama | 2,775 | 1.9% |
| 6458 | Clarion | 2,769 | -6.4% |
| 6543 | Jesup | 2,708 | 22.4% |
| 6566 | Grundy Center | 2,689 | 3.2% |
| 6587 | Bloomfield | 2,676 | 2.8% |
| 6622 | Eldora | 2,653 | -12.5% |
| 6624 | Missouri Valley | 2,649 | -11.3% |
| 6637 | Fairfax | 2,631 | 172.9% |
| 6643 | Solon | 2,626 | 119.0% |
| 6662 | Sibley | 2,611 | -6.3% |
| 6688 | Madrid | 2,587 | 6.8% |
| 6732 | Center Point | 2,551 | 26.0% |
| 6737 | Rock Rapids | 2,549 | -0.7% |
| 6740 | Kalona | 2,544 | 10.5% |
| 6806 | Hawarden | 2,491 | 0.6% |
| 6859 | Marengo | 2,451 | -3.3% |
| 6878 | Belle Plaine | 2,441 | -15.1% |
| 6938 | West Branch | 2,393 | 8.3% |
| 6992 | Hudson | 2,354 | 11.0% |
| 7008 | West Union | 2,346 | -7.9% |
| 7050 | Belmond | 2,317 | -9.4% |
| 7064 | Hull | 2,309 | 17.6% |
| 7075 | Mitchellville | 2,303 | 12.7% |
| 7111 | Cascade | 2,285 | 15.7% |
| 7133 | La Porte City | 2,272 | -2.0% |
| 7141 | Lamoni | 2,267 | -7.2% |
| 7175 | Lisbon | 2,239 | 17.1% |
| 7191 | Ely | 2,230 | 92.7% |
| 7272 | Bellevue | 2,175 | -7.8% |
| 7286 | Toledo | 2,164 | -14.6% |
| 7367 | Rockwell City | 2,114 | -4.6% |
| 7407 | Sac City | 2,098 | -11.8% |
| 7411 | Postville | 2,096 | -7.7% |
| 7476 | Ida Grove | 2,066 | -11.6% |
| 7477 | Colfax | 2,064 | -7.3% |
| 7553 | Wapello | 2,023 | -4.6% |
| 7554 | Ogden | 2,022 | -0.3% |
| 7559 | Lake Mills | 2,019 | -5.8% |
| 7595 | Sigourney | 2,002 | -9.4% |
| 7614 | Sumner | 1,993 | -5.0% |
| 7626 | Britt | 1,985 | -3.1% |
| 7657 | Northwood | 1,970 | -3.7% |
| 7701 | Parkersburg | 1,946 | 3.2% |
| 7703 | Epworth | 1,945 | 31.0% |
| 7723 | Audubon | 1,937 | -18.7% |
| 7725 | Alta | 1,936 | 4.1% |
| 7853 | Atkins | 1,870 | 87.3% |
| 7867 | Monroe | 1,864 | 2.9% |
| 7880 | Columbus Junction | 1,859 | -2.0% |
| 7886 | New London | 1,857 | -3.6% |
| 7913 | Leon | 1,843 | -6.4% |
| 7922 | Denver | 1,838 | 13.4% |
| 7930 | Durant | 1,833 | 14.3% |
| 7943 | Guttenberg | 1,828 | -7.8% |
| 7980 | Greenfield | 1,809 | -14.5% |
| 8176 | Prairie City | 1,727 | 26.2% |
| 8237 | Peosta | 1,699 | 156.6% |
| 8239 | Dallas Center | 1,698 | 5.7% |
| 8251 | Stuart | 1,695 | -1.2% |
| 8255 | Pocahontas | 1,693 | -13.4% |
| 8283 | Blue Grass | 1,680 | 43.5% |
| 8284 | Farley | 1,679 | 24.7% |
| 8299 | Lake City | 1,670 | -8.3% |
| 8307 | Mount Ayr | 1,666 | -11.4% |
| 8314 | Pleasantville | 1,664 | 7.7% |
| 8357 | Remsen | 1,641 | -6.7% |
| 8360 | Walcott | 1,640 | 7.4% |
| 8375 | Reinbeck | 1,637 | -6.2% |
| 8398 | Traer | 1,627 | 2.0% |
| 8422 | Moville | 1,613 | 1.3% |
| 8443 | Corydon | 1,607 | 1.1% |
| 8463 | Nashua | 1,598 | -1.2% |
| 8484 | Manson | 1,589 | -15.7% |
| 8487 | Hartley | 1,587 | -8.1% |
| 8601 | Mediapolis | 1,536 | -6.6% |
| 8622 | Ackley | 1,525 | -15.9% |
| 8641 | Avoca | 1,518 | -5.5% |
| 8670 | Oakland | 1,506 | 1.4% |
| 8681 | Guthrie Center | 1,503 | -9.5% |
| 8692 | Slater | 1,500 | 14.1% |
| 8727 | Monona | 1,488 | -3.5% |
| 8758 | Corning | 1,475 | -17.2% |
| 8769 | Urbana | 1,470 | 41.3% |
| 8770 | Fayette | 1,469 | 8.8% |
| 8798 | Akron | 1,461 | -1.8% |
| 8805 | State Center | 1,459 | 8.2% |
| 8831 | Walford | 1,450 | 18.1% |
| 8840 | Manning | 1,443 | -2.9% |
| 8855 | Logan | 1,439 | -7.2% |
| 8885 | Kingsley | 1,426 | 14.2% |
| 8886 | Woodward | 1,426 | 18.2% |
| 8902 | Wellman | 1,419 | -0.1% |
| 8931 | Montezuma | 1,409 | -2.9% |
| 8942 | Woodbine | 1,407 | -10.2% |
| 8968 | Earlham | 1,400 | 7.6% |
| 8971 | Lenox | 1,400 | -0.2% |
| 8975 | Bedford | 1,398 | -13.9% |
| 8987 | Granger | 1,394 | 114.7% |
| 8992 | Brooklyn | 1,391 | 1.6% |
| 9015 | Sanborn | 1,384 | 2.3% |
| 9037 | Lone Tree | 1,376 | 19.5% |
| 9058 | Clarksville | 1,372 | -4.7% |
| 9063 | Nora Springs | 1,371 | -10.3% |
| 9082 | Holstein | 1,364 | -6.9% |
| 9111 | Tripoli | 1,353 | 3.6% |
| 9150 | Dysart | 1,333 | 2.4% |
| 9229 | Maharishi Vedic City | 1,305 | 1350.0% |
| 9254 | Manly | 1,298 | -3.2% |
| 9282 | New Sharon | 1,292 | -1.2% |
| 9300 | Arnolds Park | 1,287 | 7.0% |
| 9302 | Shell Rock | 1,287 | -0.7% |
| 9304 | Roland | 1,286 | -2.9% |
| 9307 | Dike | 1,285 | 34.9% |
| 9310 | Buffalo | 1,284 | -7.2% |
| 9324 | Central City | 1,280 | 10.8% |
| 9368 | Coon Rapids | 1,264 | -2.7% |
| 9390 | Alton | 1,257 | 14.0% |
| 9428 | Melcher-Dallas | 1,247 | -4.0% |
| 9465 | Strawberry Point | 1,233 | -10.5% |
| 9485 | Elkader | 1,226 | -16.2% |
| 9642 | Mapleton | 1,180 | -10.5% |
| 9656 | Jewell Junction | 1,175 | -5.0% |
| 9670 | Villisca | 1,171 | -13.0% |
| 9733 | Laurens | 1,156 | -21.0% |
| 9772 | Springville | 1,143 | 4.4% |
| 9775 | Elk Run Heights | 1,142 | 8.7% |
| 9786 | Gilbert | 1,140 | 14.6% |
| 9816 | Van Meter | 1,131 | 30.2% |
| 9822 | Baxter | 1,129 | 7.0% |
| 9839 | St. Ansgar | 1,125 | 9.4% |
| 9844 | Fairbank | 1,123 | 6.9% |
| 9849 | Mechanicsville | 1,122 | -4.6% |
| 9858 | Lake Park | 1,120 | 8.8% |
| 9865 | Sheffield | 1,118 | 20.4% |
| 9872 | Glidden | 1,116 | -12.7% |
| 9903 | Winfield | 1,105 | -2.2% |
| 9947 | Malvern | 1,094 | -12.8% |
| 9966 | Lake View | 1,089 | -9.0% |
| 9973 | Hamburg | 1,086 | -13.7% |
| 9975 | Conrad | 1,085 | 2.8% |
| 9979 | Palo | 1,084 | 75.1% |
| 9992 | Greene | 1,079 | -1.5% |
| 10010 | Aplington | 1,074 | 1.6% |
| 10027 | University Heights | 1,070 | 9.0% |
| 10030 | Panora | 1,069 | -8.7% |
| 10073 | George | 1,059 | 1.0% |
| 10101 | Marcus | 1,050 | -7.5% |
| 10145 | Sidney | 1,037 | -19.8% |
| 10172 | Riverside | 1,031 | 10.7% |
| 10258 | De Soto | 1,008 | -0.7% |
| 10259 | Eddyville | 1,008 | -5.3% |
| 10263 | Rockwell | 1,008 | 1.8% |
| 10283 | North English | 1,004 | 1.1% |
| 10324 | Allison | 995 | -0.9% |
| 10350 | Paullina | 989 | -11.7% |
| 10351 | Fruitland | 988 | 38.7% |
| 10391 | Gowrie | 979 | -5.9% |
| 10394 | Janesville | 978 | 18.4% |
| 10397 | Tabor | 978 | -1.2% |
| 10400 | Sloan | 977 | -5.5% |
| 10427 | Dunlap | 971 | -14.7% |
| 10434 | Clarence | 970 | -4.4% |
| 10437 | Swisher | 970 | 20.3% |
| 10438 | Aurelia | 969 | -8.6% |
| 10455 | Preston | 967 | 1.8% |
| 10469 | Shellsburg | 965 | 2.6% |
| 10476 | Griswold | 963 | -7.1% |
| 10479 | Lawton | 962 | 37.4% |
| 10490 | Treynor | 960 | 1.4% |
| 10508 | Keota | 955 | -6.8% |
| 10514 | Odebolt | 953 | -17.8% |
| 10523 | Wayland | 952 | 0.8% |
| 10525 | Hinton | 950 | 16.9% |
| 10539 | Underwood | 948 | 36.7% |
| 10561 | Princeton | 943 | 0.0% |
| 10573 | Lansing | 941 | -6.8% |
| 10576 | West Point | 941 | -3.8% |
| 10597 | Le Grand | 936 | 6.0% |
| 10604 | Calmar | 935 | -11.9% |
| 10638 | Anita | 926 | -11.7% |
| 10660 | Keosauqua | 923 | -13.6% |
| 10661 | Maxwell | 923 | 13.5% |
| 10671 | Danville | 921 | 0.7% |
| 10680 | Fredericksburg | 920 | -6.2% |
| 10706 | Eldon | 915 | -8.4% |
| 10792 | Buffalo Center | 893 | -7.1% |
| 10858 | Larchwood | 877 | 11.2% |
| 10874 | Schleswig | 874 | 5.1% |
| 10893 | Gladbrook | 870 | -14.2% |
| 10896 | Victor | 869 | -8.8% |
| 10911 | Neola | 866 | 2.3% |
| 10916 | Edgewood | 865 | -5.9% |
| 10925 | Primghar | 864 | -2.7% |
| 10928 | Armstrong | 863 | -11.3% |
| 10934 | Donnellson | 862 | -10.3% |
| 10944 | Newell | 861 | -2.6% |
| 10955 | Montrose | 860 | -10.0% |
| 10977 | Long Grove | 856 | 43.8% |
| 10987 | Winthrop | 855 | 11.1% |
| 11037 | Colo | 844 | -2.0% |
| 11039 | McGregor | 844 | -2.7% |
| 11045 | Newhall | 843 | -5.0% |
| 11081 | Readlyn | 838 | 7.0% |
| 11095 | Dunkerton | 835 | 10.7% |
| 11125 | Sully | 830 | -8.3% |
| 11128 | Afton | 829 | -9.2% |
| 11135 | Inwood | 828 | -5.3% |
| 11148 | Hazleton | 826 | -12.9% |
| 11153 | Rockford | 825 | -8.7% |
| 11171 | Hubbard | 822 | -7.1% |
| 11195 | Melbourne | 819 | 3.1% |
| 11197 | Morning Sun | 818 | -6.0% |
| 11205 | Dakota City | 816 | -10.1% |
| 11207 | Cambridge | 815 | -1.4% |
| 11218 | Okoboji | 814 | -4.4% |
| 11221 | Carson | 813 | 22.0% |
| 11227 | Elkhart | 812 | 124.3% |
| 11233 | Graettinger | 811 | -9.8% |
| 11258 | Oxford | 808 | 14.6% |
| 11284 | Raymond | 804 | 49.1% |
| 11291 | Hills | 803 | 19.3% |
| 11299 | Correctionville | 801 | -5.9% |
| 11315 | Dayton | 798 | -9.9% |
| 11340 | Redfield | 795 | -4.9% |
| 11353 | Ossian | 792 | -7.0% |
| 11355 | Walker | 792 | 5.3% |
| 11365 | Riceville | 790 | -5.8% |
| 11398 | Grand Junction | 784 | -18.4% |
| 11410 | Exira | 782 | -2.9% |
| 11439 | Earlville | 777 | -13.5% |
| 11442 | Walnut | 777 | -11.2% |
| 11462 | Lowden | 772 | -3.1% |
| 11469 | Hartford | 770 | 0.6% |
| 11483 | Milo | 767 | -9.1% |
| 11485 | Sioux Rapids | 767 | 6.9% |
| 11488 | Wall Lake | 767 | -9.7% |
| 11498 | Manilla | 765 | -8.6% |
| 11547 | West Bend | 757 | -9.0% |
| 11549 | Alden | 756 | -16.1% |
| 11575 | Essex | 753 | -14.4% |
| 11625 | Hedrick | 744 | -11.3% |
| 11660 | Merrill | 738 | -1.9% |
| 11678 | Gilbertville | 735 | -4.1% |
| 11681 | Schaller | 735 | -6.2% |
| 11694 | Whiting | 733 | -8.4% |
| 11709 | Wheatland | 731 | -5.1% |
| 11732 | Fremont | 727 | 2.5% |
| 11741 | Murray | 726 | -5.5% |
| 11758 | Garnavillo | 723 | -3.6% |
| 11770 | Ventura | 722 | 7.2% |
| 11778 | Stratford | 721 | -3.3% |
| 11865 | Ruthven | 706 | -7.7% |
| 11866 | Seymour | 706 | -12.7% |
| 11868 | Bancroft | 705 | -12.5% |
| 11873 | Adair | 704 | -15.7% |
| 11874 | Hospers | 704 | 4.7% |
| 11883 | Lakeside | 702 | 45.6% |
| 11899 | Alburnett | 699 | 25.4% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1,398 | 8,975 |
| 2016 | 1,410 | 8,922 |
| 2015 | 1,415 | 8,898 |
| 2014 | 1,404 | 8,924 |
| 2013 | 1,406 | 8,917 |
| 2012 | 1,413 | 8,891 |
| 2011 | 1,423 | 8,872 |
| 2010 | 1,440 | 8,822 |
| 2009 | 1,470 | 8,654 |
| 2008 | 1,467 | 8,657 |
| 2007 | 1,481 | 8,600 |
| 2006 | 1,509 | 8,511 |
| 2005 | 1,506 | 8,502 |
| 2004 | 1,537 | 8,406 |
| 2003 | 1,560 | 8,344 |
| 2002 | 1,582 | 8,284 |
| 2001 | 1,603 | 8,230 |
| 2000 | 1,624 | 8,183 |
| 1990 | 1,735 | 7,486 |