Census Data for Rider
As far as we can tell, Rider 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 Rider, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Urbandale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clive
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grimes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Johnston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Des Moines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waukee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Des Moines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Granger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Polk City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ankeny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cumming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Dallas Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Norwalk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Meter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Polk County ...
Rider is located in Polk County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Polk County.
Miscellaneous Information for Rider ...
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 Polk County or the community of Rider:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Rider:
- GNIS ID for Rider: 464717
- GNIS ID for Polk County: 465265
- 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: 153 (Polk County)
- Place Code: 66900 (Rider)
- State & County Code: 19/153 (Iowa / Polk County)
- State & Place Code: 19/66900 (Iowa / Rider)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Rider 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 Rider.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |