Total Population in Des Moines County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
38,487
Rank #1,235/3,222 · #16 in IA
62th
Des Moines 38,487
IA 3,210,507 -98.8%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Des Moines County's total population of 38,487 compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 33 to 9,808,667.
Distribution of Total Population Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Des Moines County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,232 | Champaign County, OH | 38,804 |
| #1,233 | Colleton County, SC | 38,783 |
| #1,234 | Lawrence County, MO | 38,593 |
| #1,235 | Des Moines County, IA | 38,487 |
| #1,236 | Newberry County, SC | 38,435 |
| #1,237 | Brown County, TX | 38,347 |
| #1,238 | Defiance County, OH | 38,343 |
About Total Population
Des Moines County, Iowa has a total population of 38,487, ranking #1,235 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within Iowa, it ranks #16 of 99. This places it in the 62th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.