U.S. PLACE PROFILE
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines is a City in Polk County, Iowa. The loaded 2025 population estimate is 212,086.
Published locationIowa
Population estimate212,0862025 loaded Census estimate
CountyPolk CountyPrimary loaded county
Place typeCityCensus place classification
Coordinates41.57259, -93.61024Census representative point
EXPLORE FROM DES MOINES
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Closest published places
Nearest qualifying Census places by straight-line distance.
Pleasant Hill, IA5.7 miles · E
Windsor Heights, IA5.7 miles · NW
Carlisle, IA7.5 miles · SE
Norwalk, IA7.6 miles · SW
Altoona, IA8.6 miles · NE
West Des Moines, IA9.0 miles · W→County coverage
Some incorporated places cross county lines. These county-part values come from the loaded Census county-place-part population layer.
| County | 2025 population in this place part |
|---|---|
| Warren County | 204 |
| Polk County | 211,882 |
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PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau
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