Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines population, 2020 to 2024

Des Moines lost 673 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +2,008. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Des Moines is 22.4 times that size.

Des Moines covers 88.16 square miles of land and 2.55 of water, for 2,417 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Des Moines is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Des Moines spans

Des Moines crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 213,096 residents as follows; Polk County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Des Moines

12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Des Moines by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50309, 50310, 50311, 50312, 50313, 50314, 50315, 50316, 50317, 50319, 50320, 50321. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Des Moines is

The Census internal point of Des Moines is at 41.572600, -93.610200. Des Moines, the capital, is 1.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Omaha, NE (489,265 people), 128.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 103.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 244 m (801 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Des Moines

At 41.57° N, Des Moines gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Des Moines daylight page.

Places near Des Moines

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasant Hill, 5.7 miles away, with 11,942 people.