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Guthrie and Madison counties were added in 2003 after metropolitan areas were redefined. In 2005 the area was renamed the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area after a special census showed that West Des Moines had topped the 50,000 mark in population. [5] Jasper county was added in September 2018.
The Des Moines metro's population, 709,512 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, was 737,164 in 2023. More: Use this interactive map to see what the 2020 census data says about your Iowa neighborhood
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, nine metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Iowa. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA CSA, comprising the area around Iowa's capital and largest city, Des Moines.
Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted. Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States that is divided into 99 counties and contains 62 census-designated places (CDPs). [1] All population data is based on the 2010 census.
This was about 1.7% of the city's population in 1910. By 1880, Des Moines had a population of 22,408, making it Iowa's largest city. It displaced the three Mississippi River ports: Burlington, Dubuque, and Davenport, that had alternated holding the position since the territorial period. Des Moines has remained Iowa's most populous city.
Nearly every Des Moines suburbs is expected to have a special census in 2024 or 2025. In 2024, that includes Ankeny, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill and Waukee in the summer and Bondurant in the fall.
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West Des Moines is the second-largest city in the Des Moines metropolitan area and the sixth-largest city in Iowa. It ranked 94th in Money magazine's list of the "100 Best Places to Live and Launch" in 2008. [6] It is one of Iowa's largest and wealthiest cities and one of Des Moines's richest suburbs. 7 Ankeny: 67,887 Polk