| Population | 752 |
| Nationwide Rank | 11579 |
Essex, Iowa is the 11,579th largest city in the United States as of 2018.
Essex, Iowa is a city.
Essex, Iowa is currently 15.1% smaller than it was in 1990, the year of its peak recorded population.
Essex, Iowa's growth is extremely below average. 90% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11569 | Bertrand, Missouri | 753 | 2.3% |
| 11570 | Cass Lake, Minnesota | 753 | -14.0% |
| 11571 | Clarkton, North Carolina | 753 | 7.1% |
| 11572 | Cuba, New Mexico | 753 | 26.9% |
| 11573 | Patoka, Indiana | 753 | -2.7% |
| 11574 | Perryville, Kentucky | 753 | -1.1% |
| 11575 | Red Cross, North Carolina | 753 | -3.2% |
| 11576 | Rosedale, Louisiana | 753 | -0.2% |
| 11577 | Ashmore, Illinois | 752 | -6.8% |
| 11578 | Axtell, Nebraska | 752 | 7.7% |
| 11579 | Essex, Iowa | 752 | -14.5% |
| 11580 | Hilltop, Minnesota | 752 | -1.6% |
| 11581 | Ridgeville, Indiana | 752 | -10.9% |
| 11582 | Sharon Springs, Kansas | 752 | -9.2% |
| 11583 | St. Nazianz, Wisconsin | 752 | 1.8% |
| 11584 | Alcester, South Dakota | 751 | -14.5% |
| 11585 | Driscoll, Texas | 751 | -8.7% |
| 11586 | Osmond, Nebraska | 751 | -5.2% |
| 11587 | Patterson, Georgia | 751 | 19.3% |
| 11588 | Mount Calvary, Wisconsin | 750 | -21.4% |
| 11589 | Raymond, Minnesota | 750 | -8.5% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8700 | Guthrie Center | 1,501 | -9.6% |
| 8748 | Slater | 1,483 | 12.8% |
| 8760 | Monona | 1,477 | -4.2% |
| 8763 | Urbana | 1,477 | 42.0% |
| 8771 | Akron | 1,473 | -1.0% |
| 8822 | State Center | 1,456 | 8.0% |
| 8840 | Corning | 1,447 | -18.8% |
| 8841 | Walford | 1,446 | 17.8% |
| 8884 | Logan | 1,431 | -7.7% |
| 8896 | Manning | 1,425 | -4.1% |
| 8910 | Granger | 1,420 | 118.7% |
| 8914 | Woodward | 1,420 | 17.7% |
| 8920 | Earlham | 1,417 | 9.0% |
| 8929 | Montezuma | 1,412 | -2.7% |
| 8945 | Wellman | 1,408 | -0.9% |
| 8969 | Woodbine | 1,402 | -10.5% |
| 8971 | Brooklyn | 1,401 | 2.4% |
| 8974 | Kingsley | 1,401 | 12.2% |
| 8976 | Bedford | 1,400 | -13.7% |
| 8987 | Lenox | 1,397 | -0.4% |
| 9011 | Lone Tree | 1,389 | 20.6% |
| 9016 | Sanborn | 1,387 | 2.5% |
| 9054 | Fayette | 1,374 | 1.8% |
| 9076 | Holstein | 1,364 | -6.9% |
| 9086 | Nora Springs | 1,359 | -11.1% |
| 9093 | Tripoli | 1,356 | 3.9% |
| 9103 | Clarksville | 1,352 | -6.1% |
| 9197 | Dysart | 1,317 | 1.2% |
| 9254 | Maharishi Vedic City | 1,300 | 1344.4% |
| 9265 | Arnolds Park | 1,295 | 7.7% |
| 9276 | Central City | 1,293 | 11.9% |
| 9298 | Manly | 1,288 | -3.9% |
| 9308 | New Sharon | 1,284 | -1.8% |
| 9310 | Shell Rock | 1,284 | -1.0% |
| 9325 | Dike | 1,280 | 34.4% |
| 9331 | Buffalo | 1,279 | -7.5% |
| 9355 | Roland | 1,271 | -4.0% |
| 9373 | Alton | 1,264 | 14.7% |
| 9413 | Melcher-Dallas | 1,253 | -3.5% |
| 9427 | Coon Rapids | 1,246 | -4.1% |
| 9490 | Strawberry Point | 1,224 | -11.2% |
| 9516 | Elkader | 1,215 | -17.0% |
| 9644 | Van Meter | 1,181 | 36.0% |
| 9696 | Mapleton | 1,168 | -11.4% |
| 9724 | Jewell Junction | 1,158 | -6.4% |
| 9731 | Elk Run Heights | 1,156 | 10.0% |
| 9750 | Villisca | 1,153 | -14.4% |
| 9775 | Gilbert | 1,146 | 15.2% |
| 9796 | Laurens | 1,140 | -22.1% |
| 9799 | Springville | 1,139 | 4.1% |
| 9800 | Baxter | 1,138 | 7.8% |
| 9820 | Mechanicsville | 1,133 | -3.7% |
| 9843 | Fairbank | 1,124 | 7.0% |
| 9846 | Lake Park | 1,122 | 9.0% |
| 9860 | St. Ansgar | 1,119 | 8.8% |
| 9883 | Sheffield | 1,113 | 19.9% |
| 9919 | Glidden | 1,103 | -13.7% |
| 9932 | Malvern | 1,099 | -12.5% |
| 9945 | Winfield | 1,096 | -3.0% |
| 9968 | Hamburg | 1,089 | -13.5% |
| 9989 | Palo | 1,084 | 75.1% |
| 10000 | Conrad | 1,081 | 2.4% |
| 10012 | Lake View | 1,077 | -10.1% |
| 10024 | Panora | 1,071 | -8.6% |
| 10031 | Greene | 1,068 | -2.5% |
| 10055 | Aplington | 1,061 | 0.3% |
| 10056 | Marcus | 1,061 | -6.6% |
| 10090 | George | 1,052 | 0.3% |
| 10103 | University Heights | 1,049 | 6.9% |
| 10126 | Sidney | 1,042 | -19.4% |
| 10186 | Riverside | 1,027 | 10.3% |
| 10263 | Eddyville | 1,007 | -5.4% |
| 10268 | North English | 1,006 | 1.3% |
| 10302 | De Soto | 1,000 | -1.5% |
| 10345 | Rockwell | 990 | 0.0% |
| 10346 | Tabor | 990 | 0.0% |
| 10353 | Allison | 988 | -1.6% |
| 10365 | Fruitland | 986 | 38.4% |
| 10379 | Janesville | 983 | 19.0% |
| 10383 | Paullina | 983 | -12.3% |
| 10385 | Sloan | 983 | -4.9% |
| 10408 | Dunlap | 976 | -14.3% |
| 10418 | Shellsburg | 974 | 3.6% |
| 10419 | Swisher | 974 | 20.8% |
| 10435 | Clarence | 970 | -4.4% |
| 10439 | Keota | 969 | -5.4% |
| 10452 | Gowrie | 967 | -7.1% |
| 10464 | Lawton | 965 | 37.8% |
| 10467 | Aurelia | 964 | -9.1% |
| 10468 | Treynor | 964 | 1.9% |
| 10476 | Preston | 963 | 1.4% |
| 10521 | Griswold | 953 | -8.1% |
| 10528 | Wayland | 951 | 0.7% |
| 10539 | Lansing | 948 | -6.1% |
| 10551 | Underwood | 947 | 36.6% |
| 10555 | Odebolt | 946 | -18.4% |
| 10560 | Princeton | 945 | 0.2% |
| 10578 | Hinton | 941 | 15.8% |
| 10583 | West Point | 941 | -3.8% |
| 10640 | Le Grand | 929 | 5.2% |
| 10671 | Calmar | 923 | -13.0% |
| 10696 | Eldon | 917 | -8.2% |
| 10702 | Maxwell | 915 | 12.5% |
| 10711 | Fredericksburg | 913 | -6.9% |
| 10725 | Danville | 911 | -0.3% |
| 10733 | Anita | 908 | -13.4% |
| 10746 | Keosauqua | 906 | -15.2% |
| 10747 | Larchwood | 906 | 14.9% |
| 10827 | Buffalo Center | 887 | -7.7% |
| 10873 | Schleswig | 878 | 5.6% |
| 10905 | Neola | 869 | 2.7% |
| 10906 | Primghar | 869 | -2.1% |
| 10908 | Victor | 869 | -8.8% |
| 10913 | Long Grove | 868 | 45.8% |
| 10920 | Edgewood | 866 | -5.8% |
| 10941 | Gladbrook | 861 | -15.0% |
| 10953 | Newell | 859 | -2.8% |
| 10962 | Donnellson | 857 | -10.9% |
| 10988 | Winthrop | 854 | 11.0% |
| 10995 | Elkhart | 852 | 135.3% |
| 11038 | Newhall | 845 | -4.8% |
| 11053 | Armstrong | 842 | -13.4% |
| 11057 | McGregor | 842 | -2.9% |
| 11071 | Readlyn | 840 | 7.2% |
| 11076 | Dunkerton | 838 | 11.1% |
| 11084 | Inwood | 836 | -4.4% |
| 11088 | Sully | 836 | -7.7% |
| 11096 | Colo | 834 | -3.2% |
| 11127 | Rockford | 830 | -8.1% |
| 11148 | Hazleton | 826 | -12.9% |
| 11181 | Afton | 821 | -10.1% |
| 11202 | Carson | 817 | 22.6% |
| 11215 | Dakota City | 815 | -10.2% |
| 11236 | Melbourne | 811 | 2.1% |
| 11245 | Morning Sun | 810 | -7.0% |
| 11251 | Hills | 809 | 20.2% |
| 11262 | Oxford | 807 | 14.4% |
| 11263 | Cambridge | 806 | -2.5% |
| 11271 | Hubbard | 804 | -9.1% |
| 11286 | Raymond | 802 | 48.7% |
| 11296 | Correctionville | 800 | -6.1% |
| 11299 | Montrose | 800 | -16.3% |
| 11318 | Okoboji | 797 | -6.4% |
| 11324 | Graettinger | 796 | -11.5% |
| 11335 | Redfield | 795 | -4.9% |
| 11369 | Walker | 789 | 4.9% |
| 11377 | Dayton | 787 | -11.1% |
| 11392 | Grand Junction | 784 | -18.4% |
| 11405 | Ossian | 782 | -8.2% |
| 11432 | Hartford | 777 | 1.5% |
| 11433 | Lowden | 777 | -2.5% |
| 11444 | Earlville | 775 | -13.7% |
| 11452 | Walnut | 774 | -11.5% |
| 11465 | Exira | 771 | -4.3% |
| 11487 | Manilla | 766 | -8.4% |
| 11488 | Milo | 766 | -9.2% |
| 11518 | Riceville | 761 | -9.2% |
| 11526 | Wall Lake | 760 | -10.5% |
| 11566 | Sioux Rapids | 754 | 5.1% |
| 11579 | Essex | 752 | -14.5% |
| 11611 | West Bend | 747 | -10.2% |
| 11615 | Hedrick | 746 | -11.0% |
| 11620 | Alden | 744 | -17.5% |
| 11674 | Merrill | 736 | -2.2% |
| 11706 | Gilbertville | 729 | -4.9% |
| 11721 | Whiting | 728 | -9.1% |
| 11737 | Schaller | 726 | -7.3% |
| 11767 | Garnavillo | 720 | -4.0% |
| 11775 | Fremont | 718 | 1.2% |
| 11786 | Wheatland | 717 | -7.0% |
| 11794 | Ventura | 716 | 6.3% |
| 11815 | Stratford | 712 | -4.5% |
| 11823 | Murray | 710 | -7.6% |
| 11862 | Adair | 704 | -15.7% |
| 11869 | Hospers | 703 | 4.6% |
| 11872 | Alburnett | 702 | 26.0% |
| 11893 | Seymour | 699 | -13.5% |
| 11912 | Bancroft | 695 | -13.7% |
| 11916 | Lakeside | 695 | 44.1% |
| 11937 | Wellsburg | 692 | -3.3% |
| 11942 | Olin | 691 | -3.4% |
| 11947 | Battle Creek | 690 | -6.8% |
| 11967 | Boyden | 687 | -1.2% |
| 11988 | Ruthven | 684 | -10.5% |
| 12067 | Albert City | 671 | -4.9% |
| 12075 | Coggon | 670 | -10.5% |
| 12101 | Shueyville | 667 | 97.3% |
| 12135 | Blairstown | 662 | -2.9% |
| 12137 | Stanwood | 662 | -2.9% |
| 12174 | Van Horne | 656 | -8.3% |
| 12232 | Brighton | 647 | -6.0% |
| 12239 | Agency | 646 | 3.8% |
| 12278 | Stanton | 641 | -10.4% |
| 12285 | Moravia | 640 | -7.6% |
| 12311 | Elgin | 634 | -6.2% |
| 12374 | What Cheer | 624 | -8.1% |
| 12375 | Elk Horn | 623 | -3.8% |
| 12392 | St. Charles | 621 | -3.5% |
| 12410 | Farmington | 618 | -18.1% |
| 12426 | Crescent | 616 | 18.6% |
| 12428 | Shelby | 616 | -11.3% |
| 12468 | Dumont | 609 | -9.9% |
| 12481 | Pomeroy | 608 | -14.1% |
| 12487 | Fontanelle | 607 | -11.9% |
| 12488 | Keystone | 607 | -9.1% |
| 12520 | Ireton | 604 | 3.4% |
| 12526 | Kanawha | 603 | -18.1% |
| 12545 | Goldfield | 601 | -11.4% |
| 12547 | Sutherland | 601 | -14.6% |
| 12552 | Doon | 600 | 12.7% |
| 12587 | Grand Mound | 596 | -11.8% |
| 12589 | Hopkinton | 596 | -12.4% |
| 12611 | Kellogg | 592 | -2.6% |
| 12617 | Minden | 591 | 4.4% |
| 12636 | Orleans | 589 | -5.9% |
| 12657 | Fonda | 585 | -9.1% |
| 12673 | Clermont | 582 | -18.1% |
| 12697 | Moulton | 580 | -11.8% |
| 12701 | Ainsworth | 579 | 10.0% |
| 12756 | Dexter | 569 | -18.5% |
| 12782 | Richland | 567 | -3.2% |
| 12835 | Quasqueton | 561 | -2.2% |
| 12839 | Anthon | 560 | -13.5% |
| 12840 | Everly | 560 | -13.5% |
| 12870 | Batavia | 557 | 11.4% |
| 12878 | Sabula | 557 | -17.2% |
| 12977 | Russell | 542 | -3.0% |
| 12991 | Badger | 540 | -11.3% |
| 12994 | Rolfe | 540 | -19.4% |
| 13051 | Grandview | 533 | -12.7% |
| 13084 | Elma | 528 | -11.4% |
| 13088 | Norway | 528 | -12.2% |
| 13089 | Radcliffe | 528 | -13.0% |
| 13090 | Scranton | 528 | -12.2% |
| 13109 | Zearing | 526 | -14.8% |
| 13137 | Wyoming | 522 | -16.6% |
| 13177 | Early | 517 | -14.9% |
| 13190 | Otho | 516 | -9.9% |
| 13217 | Runnells | 513 | 49.1% |
| 13221 | Dows | 512 | -23.9% |
| 13240 | Swea City | 510 | -20.3% |
| 13245 | Lovilia | 509 | -12.3% |
| 13254 | Dow City | 508 | 0.7% |
| 13270 | New Albin | 506 | -3.8% |
| 13281 | Allerton | 504 | -9.8% |
| 13303 | Arcadia | 502 | 13.0% |
| 13307 | Burt | 502 | -9.3% |
| 13328 | Truro | 501 | 16.2% |
| 13335 | Ellsworth | 499 | -5.8% |
| 13357 | Garwin | 497 | -11.8% |
| 13375 | New Virginia | 495 | 4.6% |
| 13392 | Gilman | 493 | -17.8% |
| 13395 | Albion | 492 | -16.8% |
| 13401 | New Hartford | 492 | -25.4% |
| 13417 | Maynard | 490 | -2.1% |
| 13428 | Charter Oak | 489 | -7.3% |
| 13443 | Oxford Junction | 488 | -15.1% |
| 13448 | Delmar | 487 | -4.6% |
| 13493 | Humeston | 482 | -11.5% |
| 13514 | Beacon | 479 | -9.4% |
| 13523 | Thompson | 479 | -19.7% |
| 13524 | Whittemore | 479 | -9.2% |
| 13535 | Latimer | 477 | -10.6% |
| 13536 | Lime Springs | 477 | -3.4% |
| 13555 | Breda | 475 | 0.0% |
| 13567 | Collins | 474 | -5.0% |
| 13583 | Gilmore City | 473 | -14.4% |
| 13610 | Klemme | 470 | -20.4% |
| 13612 | Pacific Junction | 470 | -7.2% |
| 13613 | University Park | 470 | -12.8% |
| 13618 | Delhi | 469 | 2.6% |
| 13641 | Martensdale | 467 | -0.8% |
| 13657 | Stacyville | 466 | -0.8% |
| 13712 | Ocheyedan | 461 | -13.6% |
| 13733 | Alleman | 457 | 4.3% |
| 13742 | Lamont | 456 | -9.3% |
| 13749 | Bayard | 455 | -14.9% |
| 13758 | Marquette | 454 | -5.6% |
| 13809 | Titonka | 449 | -22.9% |
| 13844 | Farragut | 445 | -12.4% |
| 13883 | Emerson | 441 | -8.1% |
| 13912 | Miles | 439 | -4.9% |
| 13913 | Riverdale | 439 | -32.8% |
| 13921 | Little Rock | 438 | -10.2% |
| 14019 | Ashton | 426 | -7.3% |
| 14028 | Vail | 426 | -5.7% |
| 14044 | Conesville | 424 | -0.4% |
| 14095 | Lawler | 419 | -8.7% |
| 14106 | Galva | 418 | 14.2% |
| 14110 | Birmingham | 417 | -1.6% |
| 14121 | Bussey | 415 | -7.7% |
| 14128 | Plainfield | 415 | -4.8% |
| 14143 | New Vienna | 414 | 5.0% |
| 14150 | Earling | 413 | -12.3% |
| 14173 | Hawkeye | 411 | -15.9% |
| 14177 | Royal | 411 | -13.8% |
| 14190 | Andrew | 409 | -11.0% |
| 14202 | Lost Nation | 408 | -17.5% |
| 14210 | Cumming | 407 | 143.7% |
| 14215 | Mystic | 407 | -31.3% |
| 14221 | New Market | 406 | -11.1% |
| 14228 | Casey | 405 | -14.9% |
| 14236 | Bonaparte | 404 | -11.7% |
| 14248 | Thornton | 404 | -4.0% |
| 14260 | Stanhope | 403 | -17.0% |
| 14262 | Calamus | 402 | 2.2% |
| 14270 | Arlington | 401 | -18.1% |
| 14274 | Lewis | 401 | -8.2% |
| 14309 | Worthington | 398 | 4.4% |
| 14319 | Lehigh | 397 | -20.2% |
| 14336 | Lynnville | 395 | 4.4% |
| 14341 | Milton | 394 | -28.3% |
| 14360 | Duncombe | 391 | -17.3% |
| 14367 | Bennett | 390 | -1.2% |
| 14408 | Salix | 386 | -2.7% |
| 14459 | Union | 382 | -10.5% |
| 14469 | Salem | 381 | -17.7% |
| 14474 | Colesburg | 380 | -7.5% |
| 14475 | Columbus City | 380 | 1.0% |
| 14495 | Letts | 378 | -3.5% |
| 14507 | Mondamin | 377 | -10.8% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 752 | 11,579 |
| 2017 | 753 | 11,575 |
| 2016 | 762 | 11,520 |
| 2015 | 770 | 11,460 |
| 2014 | 774 | 11,444 |
| 2013 | 779 | 11,430 |
| 2012 | 782 | 11,403 |
| 2011 | 795 | 11,333 |
| 2010 | 798 | 11,310 |
| 2009 | 776 | 11,360 |
| 2008 | 798 | 11,225 |
| 2007 | 809 | 11,152 |
| 2006 | 819 | 11,087 |
| 2005 | 825 | 11,036 |
| 2004 | 830 | 11,009 |
| 2003 | 843 | 10,945 |
| 2002 | 854 | 10,900 |
| 2001 | 873 | 10,799 |
| 2000 | 880 | 10,776 |
| 1990 | 886 | 10,329 |