Jasper County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- William Jasper
- Seat
- Newton
- Largest city
- Newton
- Total
- 733 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Land
- 730 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Water
- 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,153
- Density
- 52/sq mi (20/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- jasperia .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Jasper
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Newton
- Capital
- Newton
- Population
- 37813
- Area
- 1898
- Shares border with
- Polk County
- Official website
- www.co.jasper.ia.us
- Image
- Jasper County, Iowa Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 14644
Show 8 more facts
- native label
- Jasper County
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- Commons category
- Jasper County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Jasper County, Iowa
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jasper County, Iowa
- different from
- Jasper County
- per capita income
- 29576
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Encyclopedic overview
Jasper County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,813. The county seat is Newton. The county was organized in 1846 and is named after Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero.
Jasper County is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jasper County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.