Cedar Rapids, Iowa

"Cedar Rapids" redirects here. For other uses, see Cedar Rapids (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Cedar Falls, Iowa or Cedar County, Iowa.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
City
Cedar Rapids skyline and Cedar River Veterans Memorial Building National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library First Avenue Bridge and Quaker Oats Plant Brucemore St. Paul's United Methodist Church
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Nicknames:  City of Five Seasons
Interactive map of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Location within Iowa Cedar Rapids Location within the United States
Coordinates: 41.96419°N 91.67917°W / 41.96419; -91.67917
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Linn
Settled	Late-1830's
Platted	1838
Surveyed	1841
Incorporated	January 15, 1849
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Mayor	Tiffany O'Donnell (R)
• City manager	Jeff Pomeranz
• At-large	Tyler Olson
• Representatives	District 1: Martin Hoeger District 2: Scott Overland District 3: Dale Todd District 4: Scott Olson District 5: Ashley Vanorny
Area
• City	76.037 sq mi (196.935 km2)
• Land	74.787 sq mi (193.697 km2)
• Water	1.250 sq mi (3.238 km2)  1.64%
Elevation	810 ft (247 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	137,710
• Estimate  (2025)	137,935
• Rank	US: 211th IA: 2nd
• Density	1,841.4/sq mi (710.96/km2)
• Urban	192,844 (US: 198th)
• Urban density	2,242/sq mi (865.5/km2)
• Metro	278,677 (US: 182nd)
• Metro density	138.7/sq mi (53.56/km2)
• Combined	461,388 (US: 92nd)
• Combined density	144.6/sq mi (55.83/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	52401–52411, 52497–52499
Area code	319
FIPS code	19-12000
GNIS feature ID	467567
Website	cedar-rapids.org

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Cedar Rapids is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States, and the county seat. The population was 137,710 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 137,935 in 2025. making it the second-most populous city in Iowa. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, 20 miles (32 km) north of Iowa City and 128 miles (206 km) northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital.

Cedar Rapids is the economic hub of Eastern Iowa, located at the core of the Interstate 380 corridor. The population of the three-county Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of Marion and Hiawatha, was 276,520 in 2020. The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is also part of a combined statistical area with the Iowa City metropolitan area.