Editing Harlan, Iowa

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|population_total         = 4893
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|blank_info               = 19-34500
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'''Harlan''' is a city and the [[county seat]] of [[Shelby County, Iowa]], along the [[Nishnabotna River|West Nishnabotna River]]. The population was 4,893 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=cen2020>{{cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |website=census.gov |publisher=United states Census Bureau |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

==History==
Harlan was [[plat]]ted in 1858.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA226 | title=Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=White, Edward Speer | year=1915 | pages=226}}</ref> It was named for one of Iowa's early [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]], [[James Harlan (Iowa politician)|James Harlan]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n148 149]}}</ref> Harlan was designated county seat in 1859.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA81|year=1908|page=81}}</ref> The town was incorporated on May 2, 1879.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.39|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-05-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-07-02}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Harlan, Iowa, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1899&ndash;2016

|Jan record high F = 68
|Feb record high F = 71
|Mar record high F = 90
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 106
|Jun record high F = 107
|Jul record high F = 114
|Aug record high F = 111
|Sep record high F = 106
|Oct record high F = 94
|Nov record high F = 80
|Dec record high F = 68

|Jan avg record high F = 51.5
|Feb avg record high F = 57.5
|Mar avg record high F = 73.3
|Apr avg record high F = 85.3
|May avg record high F = 88.8
|Jun avg record high F = 93.4
|Jul avg record high F = 94.4
|Aug avg record high F = 93.4
|Sep avg record high F = 89.9
|Oct avg record high F = 82.5
|Nov avg record high F = 68.2
|Dec avg record high F = 53.0
|year avg record high F = 96.5

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =30.7
| Feb high F  =35.7
| Mar high F  =49.9
| Apr high F  =63.3
| May high F  =74.1
| Jun high F  =83.6
| Jul high F  =85.9
| Aug high F  =84.0
| Sep high F  =78.5
| Oct high F  =65.4
| Nov high F  =49.3
| Dec high F  =35.9
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =20.5
| Feb mean F  =24.7
| Mar mean F  =37.6
| Apr mean F  =49.8
| May mean F  =61.7
| Jun mean F  =71.7
| Jul mean F  =74.7
| Aug mean F  =72.4
| Sep mean F  =65.1
| Oct mean F  =52.2
| Nov mean F  =37.6
| Dec mean F  =25.8
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =10.3
| Feb low F  =13.7
| Mar low F  =25.3
| Apr low F  =36.4
| May low F  =49.3
| Jun low F  =59.9
| Jul low F  =63.6
| Aug low F  =60.8
| Sep low F  =51.7
| Oct low F  =39.1
| Nov low F  =25.9
| Dec low F  =15.7

|Jan avg record low F = -10.1
|Feb avg record low F = -7.4
|Mar avg record low F = 5.9
|Apr avg record low F = 21.1
|May avg record low F = 35.7
|Jun avg record low F = 46.9
|Jul avg record low F = 51.7
|Aug avg record low F = 49.7
|Sep avg record low F = 34.9
|Oct avg record low F = 22.9
|Nov avg record low F = 9.1
|Dec avg record low F = -6.5
|year avg record low F = -16.1

|Jan record low F = -37
|Feb record low F = -37
|Mar record low F = -23
|Apr record low F = 2
|May record low F = 18
|Jun record low F = 31
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 35
|Sep record low F = 20
|Oct record low F = 0
|Nov record low F = -16
|Dec record low F = -27

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =0.90
| Feb precipitation inch  =0.98
| Mar precipitation inch  =2.05
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.34
| May precipitation inch  =4.74
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.17
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.72
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.32
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.00
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.37
| Nov precipitation inch  =1.43
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.31

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 5.8
|Feb precipitation days = 6.7
|Mar precipitation days = 7.4
|Apr precipitation days = 10.9
|May precipitation days = 12.2
|Jun precipitation days = 11.1
|Jul precipitation days = 8.7
|Aug precipitation days = 8.8
|Sep precipitation days = 7.3
|Oct precipitation days = 7.5
|Nov precipitation days = 5.7
|Dec precipitation days = 6.2

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =7.6
| Feb snow inch  =7.6
| Mar snow inch  =4.0
| Apr snow inch  =1.5
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.9
| Nov snow inch  =2.2
| Dec snow inch  =6.7

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 4.6
|Feb snow days = 5.0
|Mar snow days = 2.1
|Apr snow days = 0.9
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.3
|Nov snow days = 1.8
|Dec snow days = 4.4

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00133632&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Harlan, IA
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=oax
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Omaha
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title= Historical populations
|type= USA
|align= left
|1860|47
|1870|128
|1880|1304
|1890|1765
|1900|2422
|1910|2570
|1920|2831
|1930|3145
|1940|3727
|1950|3915
|1960|4350
|1970|5049
|1980|5357
|1990|5148
|2000|5282
|2010|5106
|2020|4893
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cen2020/>}}|footnote=Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=U.S. Census website|access-date=2020-03-29}} and [http://data.iowadatacenter.org/datatables/PlacesAll/plpopulation18502000.pdf Iowa Data Center]
}}

===2020 census===
At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] there were 4,893 people, 2,288 households, and 1,275 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,111.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,348 housing units at an average density of {{convert|534.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#2020 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 90.8% White, 0.8% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 2.5% from other races, and 4.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.6%.<ref name="wwwcensusgov" />

Of the 2,288 households, 21.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.3% were non-families. 37.0% of households were one person and 17.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.75.

The median age was 47.4 years. 20.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 29.2% were between the ages of 15 and 44; and 25.0% were 65 years or older. The gender makeup of the city was 43.5% male and 53.7% female.[[File:HarlanIowaPopPlot.png|thumb|left|alt=The population of Harlan, Iowa from US census data|The population of Harlan, Iowa from US census data]]

===2010 census===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] there were 5,106 people, 2,222 households, and 1,341 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1163.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,410 housing units at an average density of {{convert|549.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 97.0% White, 0.5% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.9%.<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://census.gov/|access-date=2012-05-11|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

Of the 2,222 households, 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.6% were non-families. 34.2% of households were one person and 17.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.88.

The median age was 43.8 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.4% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 21.8% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.4% male and 53.6% female.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 5,282 people, 2,204 households, and 1,498 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,209.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,306 housing units at an average density of {{convert|528.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 98.30% White, 0.08% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.62%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 2,204 households, 31.1% included children under the age of 18; 56.6% were married couples living together, 8.9% consisted of a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 28.9% of households were one person and 16.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.35, and the average family size was 2.88.

25.1% are under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% 65 or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The median household income was $35,899 and the median family income was $45,888. Males had a median income of $31,365 versus $19,671 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,514. About 5.3% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
A major Harlan employer is [[CDS Global]], the Des Moines-based [[fulfillment house]] owned by the [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst]] media conglomerate. Since this company provides subscription services for hundreds of periodicals, it is common to see a Harlan [[Post office box|P.O. box]] as a magazine's customer service address.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ia/harlan/profile/subscription-agents/good-housekeeping-subscription-services-0714-300074897|publisher=[[Better Business Bureau]]|access-date=2020-11-05|title=Good Housekeeping Subscription Services}}</ref>

==Education==

=== Primary or secondary schools ===
{{Main|Harlan Community School District}}
Public schools in Harlan are governed and operated by the [[Harlan Community School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_HARLAN_0.pdf|title=FY20_HARLAN|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|access-date=2020-07-31}}</ref> The school district also serves residents of [[Jacksonville, Iowa|Jacksonville]], [[Corley, Iowa|Corley]], [[Defiance, Iowa|Defiance]], [[Panama, Iowa|Panama]], [[Portsmouth, Iowa|Portsmouth]], [[Earling, Iowa|Earling]], and [[Westphalia, Iowa|Westphalia]]. 
As of November 2021, the district has a student enrollment of 1,450. The district's racial demographics are 91.4% White, 5.7% Hispanic, 0.8% African American, and 2% non-white of other minorities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Education - Iowa School Performance Profiles|url=https://www.iaschoolperformance.gov/ECP/StateDistrictSchool/DistrictSummary?k=7795&y=2020|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.iaschoolperformance.gov}}</ref>

The district operates four schools spread amongst two campuses,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harlan Community School District site|url=http://www.harlan.k12.ia.us/home|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.harlan.k12.ia.us|language=en-US}}</ref>  all in Harlan:

* Harlan Primary School (K-2)
* Harlan Intermediate School (3-5)
* Harlan Community Middle School (6-8)
* Harlan Community High School (9-12)

[[Shelby County Catholic School]] is a private primary and elementary school in Harlan, Iowa. A department of St Michael's Catholic Church, it is the only private school in Harlan.
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* [[Johnny Beauchamp]], NASCAR driver with two career [[NASCAR Cup Series|Cup Series]] wins
* [[Mary Lincoln Beckwith]], great-grandchild of [[Abraham Lincoln]]
* [[Howard Webster Byers]], Iowa Attorney General
* [[Susan Christensen]], Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice
* [[Billy Cundiff]], [[NFL]] kicker
* [[Zach Daeges]], baseball [[outfielder]]
* [[George Sabin Gibbs]], [[United States Army]] [[General]]
* [[Albert Hansen]], [[college football]] coach
* [[Kij Johnson]], author
* [[Greg Lansing]], former [[Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball]] coach<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212050524/http://hawkeyesports.collegesports.com:80/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lansing_greg00.html|archivedate=December 12, 2005|title=Greg Lansing|publisher=University of Iowa|url=http://hawkeyesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lansing_greg00.html|accessdate=March 14, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Jerry L. Larson]], Iowa Supreme Court Justice
* [[Tiny Lund]] (1929–1975) [[NASCAR]] driver and 1963 winner of the [[Daytona 500]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/halloffame/1994/Tiny_Lund_main.htm|title= Tiny Lund|publisher= International Motorsports Hall of Fame|access-date= 2011-01-15|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110927133547/http://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/halloffame/1994/Tiny_Lund_main.htm|archive-date= 2011-09-27}}</ref>
* [[Raymond Eugene Plummer]], lawyer and judge
* [[Lynn Reynolds]], film director
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==See also==
{{Portal|Iowa}}
Building on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]
*[[St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Harlan, Iowa)|St. Paul's Episcopal Church]]
*[[Shelby County Courthouse (Iowa)|Shelby County Courthouse]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}} <!-- for current and future use if material is uploaded -->
*[http://www.cityofharlan.com/ Harlan official website]
*[http://www.city-data.com/city/Harlan-Iowa.html City-Data] Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Harlan

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