Carter Lake, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 3248 Housing Units (2000): 1292 Land area (2000): 1.804793 sq. miles (4.674393 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.201462 sq. miles (0.521783 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.006255 sq. miles (5.196176 sq. km) FIPS code: 11215 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 41.292647 N, 95.913989 W ZIP Codes (1990): 51510 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Carter Lake, IA Carter Lake