Census Data for Sterling

As far as we can tell, Sterling 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 Sterling, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Miles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miles is located in Jackson County
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Sabula
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sabula is located in Jackson County
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Savanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Savanna is located in Carroll County (IL)
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Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Andover is located in Clinton County
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Green Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
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Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Jackson County
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Spragueville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spragueville is located in Jackson County
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Goose Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
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Thomson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomson is located in Carroll County (IL)
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Hanover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
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Charlotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte is located in Clinton County
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Springbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook is located in Jackson County
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- Mount Carroll
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  - Mount Carroll is located in Carroll County (IL)
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- Bellevue
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Bellevue is located in Jackson County
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- Fulton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  - Fulton is located in Whiteside County (IL)
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Jackson County ...

Sterling is located in Jackson County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Jackson County.

Miscellaneous Information for Sterling ...

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 Jackson County or the community of Sterling:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sterling:
- GNIS ID for Sterling: 464760
- GNIS ID for Jackson County: 465237
- 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: 097 (Jackson County)
- Place Code: 75270 (Sterling)
- State & County Code: 19/097 (Iowa / Jackson County)
- State & Place Code: 19/75270 (Iowa / Sterling)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Sterling 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 Sterling.

Footnotes ...

<1>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.