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Des Moines

Des Moines County is located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,910, and was estimated to be 38,411 in 2024. The county seat and largest city is .
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  • Type: County with 40,300 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Des Moines County”, “Des Moines County, IA”, and “Des Moines County, Iowa”

Des Moines

Latitude
40.9195° or 40° 55′ 10″ north
Longitude
-91.1971° or 91° 11′ 50″ west
Population
40,300
Elevation
722 feet (220 metres)
Open location code
86GCWR93+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955472
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4853838
Wiki­data ID
Q115386
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Des Moines” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Des Moines County (Iowa)”
  • Albanian: “Des Moines County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دي موان، آيوا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دي موين”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه دي موين، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Դե Մոյն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Des Moines”
  • Bashkir: “Де-Мойн”
  • Basque: “Des Moines konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Des Moines County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Des Moines County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডেস মৈনেস কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডেস মৈনেস কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Де Мойн”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Des Moines”
  • Cebuano: “Des Moines County”
  • Chechen: “Де-Мойн (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Де-Мойн”
  • Chinese: “Des Moines Kūn”
  • Chinese: “得梅因县”
  • Chinese: “得梅因縣”
  • Czech: “Des Moines County”
  • Czech: “okres Des Moines”
  • Dutch: “Des Moines County”
  • Esperanto: “Des Moines County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Des Moines”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Des Moines”
  • Estonian: “Des Moinesi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Des Moines’n piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Des Moines”
  • French: “Comté de Des Moines”
  • French: “Des Moines County”
  • Georgian: “დე-მოინის ოლქი”
  • German: “Des Moines County”
  • Gilaki: “دس موینس ٚ شأرستان (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “دس موینس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ντε Μόιν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דה מוין”
  • Hungarian: “Des Moines megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Des Moines”
  • Italian: “contea di Des Moines”
  • Italian: “Contea di Des Moines”
  • Italian: “Des Moines County”
  • Japanese: “デ・モイン郡”
  • Japanese: “デモイン郡”
  • Korean: “디모인군”
  • Low German: “Des Moines County”
  • Mazanderani: “دس موینس شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “دس موینس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Des Moines Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Des Moines Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Des Moines County”
  • Norwegian: “Des Moines County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دس موینس، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دس موینس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Des Moines”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Des Moines”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Des Moines”
  • Portuguese: “Des Moines County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Des Moines”
  • Russian: “Де-Мойн”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Des Moines”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Des Moines County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Де Мојн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Des Moines County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Des Moines County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دز موینز بؤلگه‌سی، ایووا”
  • Spanish: “condado de Des Moines”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Des Moines”
  • Spanish: “Des Moines County”
  • Swedish: “Des Moines County”
  • Tatar: “Де-Мойн (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Де-Мойн”
  • Turkish: “Des Moines County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Des Moines County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Des Moines County”
  • Turkish: “Des Moines ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Des Moines ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Des Moines ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Де-Мойн”
  • Urdu: “دی موین کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “دی موین کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Des Moines”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Des Moines”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Des Moines, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Des Moines”
  • Welsh: “Des Moines County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Des Moines County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈیس موئینس کاؤنٹی”

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