Ankeny
Ankeny is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States and a suburb of the state capital of Des Moines. The population was 67,887 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 77,833 in 2025, making it Iowa's fifth-most populous city.- City with about 67,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 990 feet (300 metres)
- Description: city in Polk County, Iowa, United States
- Postal code: 50021
- Also known as“Ankenny”“Ankeny, IA”“Ankeny, Iowa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oralabor.
Oralabor
Hamlet
Oralabor is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States.
Ankeny
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Latitude
41.7321° or 41° 43′ 56″ north
Longitude
-93.6051° or 93° 36′ 18″ west
UN/LOCODE
US AKE
Open location code
86H8P9JV+RX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Ankeny” goes by many names.
أنكينيArabic
AnkenyBasque
АнкенйBulgarian
AnkenyCatalan
AnkenyCebuano
АнкениChechen
安克尼Chinese
AnkenyCzech
AnkenyDanish
AnkenyDutch
Ankeny (Iowa)Dutch
انكينىEgyptian Arabic
ანკენიGeorgian
أنکنيGilaki
أنکني (آیؤوا)Gilaki
AnkenyHaitian
Ankeny, IowaHaitian
AnkenyHungarian
AnkenyIdo
Ankeny, IowaIdo
AnkenyIndonesian
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AnkenyIrish
AnkenyItalian
アンケニーJapanese
АнкэниKazakh
АнкэниKirghiz
AnkenyLadin
AnkenyMalagasy
Ankeny, IowaMalagasy
انکنیMazanderani
انکنی (آیووا)Mazanderani
AnkenyMin Nan Chinese
AnkenyNorwegian
AnkenyNorwegian Bokmål
انکنیPersian
انکنی، آیوواPersian
AnkenyPolish
AnkenyRomanian
Ankeny, IowaRomanian
АнкениRussian
Анкени (Айова)Russian
АнкениSerbian
AnkenySerbo-Croatian
Ankeny, IowaSerbo-Croatian
AnkenySlovak
انکنی، آیوواSouth Azerbaijani
AnkenySwahili
Ankeny, IowaSwahili
AnkenySwedish
Ankeny, IowaSwedish
АнкениTatar
AnkenyTurkish
АнкеніUkrainian
انکینیUrdu
انکینی، آئیوواUrdu
AnkenyUzbek
Ankeny, IAUzbek
Ankeny, IowaUzbek
AnkenyVietnamese
Ankeny, IowaVietnamese
AnkenyVolapük
Ankeny (IA)Volapük
Ankeny (Iowa)Volapük
AnkenyWaray (Philippines)
Ankeny, IowaWaray (Philippines)
AnkenyWelsh
Ankeny, IowaWelsh
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