Total Population in Des Moines County, IA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
38,487
Rank #1,235 of 3,222
62th percentile

How Des Moines County Compares

Des Moines County
38,487
Iowa Average
38,487
Rank #16 of 99 in state
National
330M
100.0% below

National Distribution

Where Des Moines County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Des Moines County: 38,487

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#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
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Total Population in Des Moines County, Iowa

Des Moines County, Iowa has a total population of 38,487, which ranks #1,235 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 100.0% below the national value of 330M.

Within Iowa, Des Moines County ranks #16 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 62th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.