Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
City
Downtown Iowa City, June 2021
Location within Johnson County and Iowa
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Coordinates: 41°40′N 91°32′W / 41.66°N 91.53°W / 41.66; -91.53
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Johnson
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	Bruce Teague (D)[1]
• City manager	Geoff Fruin
Area [2]
• City	26.19 sq mi (67.82 km2)
• Land	25.65 sq mi (66.43 km2)
• Water	0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
Elevation	668 ft (203.6 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	74,828
• Rank	5th in Iowa
• Density	2,917.50/sq mi (1,126.47/km2)
• Metro	171,491
• Demonym	Iowa Citian
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	52240, 52242 – 52246
Area code	319
FIPS code	19-38595
GNIS feature ID	0457827
Website	icgov.org

Iowa City is the county seat and largest city of Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 74,828, making it the state's fifth-most populous city.^[3] The Iowa City metropolitan area, which encompasses Johnson and Washington counties, has a population of over 171,000. The metro area is also a part of a combined statistical area with the Cedar Rapids metro area known as the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids region which collectively has a population of nearly 500,000.

Iowa City was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city of the State of Iowa. The Old Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark in the center of the University of Iowa campus. The University of Iowa Art Museum and Plum Grove, the home of the first governor of Iowa, are also tourist attractions.