Council Bluffs is a city located in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Council Bluffs has a 2026 population of 62,665. It is also the county seat of Pottawattamie County. Council Bluffs is currently growing at a rate of 0.21% annually but its population has decreased by -0.19% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 62,784 in 2020.