Census Data for Rising Sun
As far as we can tell, Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Altoona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carlisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Des Moines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bondurant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mitchellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Runnells
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ankeny
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Norwalk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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- Swan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Valeria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valeria is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
- Colfax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Polk County ...
Rising Sun is located in Polk County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Polk County.
Miscellaneous Information for Rising Sun ...
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 Rising Sun:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Rising Sun:
- GNIS ID for Rising Sun: 460644
- 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: 67260 (Rising Sun)
- State & County Code: 19/153 (Iowa / Polk County)
- State & Place Code: 19/67260 (Iowa / Rising Sun)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun.
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. |