Census Data for Benson
As far as we can tell, Benson has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Benson, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Cedar Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dike
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stout is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shell Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Parkersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Denver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evansdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (114 more) ...
- Elk Run Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Run Heights is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Heights
- Morrison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reinbeck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Black Hawk County ...
Benson is located in Black Hawk County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Black Hawk County.
Miscellaneous Information for Benson ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Black Hawk County or the community of Benson:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Benson:
- GNIS ID for Benson: 464458
- GNIS ID for Black Hawk County: 465196
- GNIS ID for State of Iowa: 1779785
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 19 (Iowa)
- County Code: 013 (Black Hawk County)
- Place Code: 05805 (Benson)
- State & County Code: 19/013 (Iowa / Black Hawk County)
- State & Place Code: 19/05805 (Iowa / Benson)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Benson is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Benson.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Black Hawk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |