Des Moines Metro Area Population 1950-2023
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Des Moines metro area from 1950 to 2023. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Des Moines in 2023 is 566,000, a 1.25% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Des Moines in 2022 was 559,000, a 1.27% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Des Moines in 2021 was 552,000, a 1.47% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Des Moines in 2020 was 544,000, a 1.49% increase from 2019.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,937,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,534,000 |
| Chicago |
8,937,000 |
| Houston |
6,707,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,574,000 |
| Miami |
6,265,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,106,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,785,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,490,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,717,000 |
| Boston |
4,344,000 |
| Detroit |
3,521,000 |
| Seattle |
3,519,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,328,000 |
| San Diego |
3,319,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,990,000 |
| Tampa |
2,977,000 |
| Denver |
2,931,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,899,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,595,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,454,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,355,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,267,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,230,000 |
| Austin |
2,228,000 |
| Portland |
2,220,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,215,000 |
| Orlando |
2,071,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,881,000 |
| San Jose |
1,821,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,775,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,764,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,725,000 |
| Columbus |
1,708,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,702,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,591,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,488,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,455,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,330,000 |
| Nashville |
1,315,000 |
| Providence |
1,205,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,203,000 |
| Memphis |
1,170,000 |
| Richmond |
1,140,000 |
| Louisville |
1,116,000 |
| McAllen |
1,081,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,018,000 |
| Hartford |
1,016,000 |
| Tucson |
1,014,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,013,000 |
| El Paso |
985,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
965,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
961,000 |
| Albuquerque |
955,000 |
| Cape Coral |
935,000 |
| Honolulu |
912,000 |
| Buffalo |
884,000 |
| Birmingham |
863,000 |
| Omaha |
860,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
840,000 |
| Fresno |
795,000 |
| Tulsa |
791,000 |
| Allentown |
785,000 |
| Knoxville |
784,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
767,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
757,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
755,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
750,000 |
| Rochester |
749,000 |
| Dayton |
746,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
745,000 |
| Bakersfield |
730,000 |
| Concord |
698,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
693,000 |
| Springfield |
680,000 |
| The Woodlands |
675,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
648,000 |
| Albany |
638,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
606,000 |
| New Haven |
600,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
593,000 |
| Kissimmee |
585,000 |
| Akron |
566,000 |
| Des Moines |
566,000 |
| Harrisburg |
565,000 |
| Worcester |
562,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
560,000 |
| Greenville |
559,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
556,000 |
| Wichita |
539,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
537,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
534,000 |
| Little Rock |
533,000 |
| Reno |
531,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
528,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
527,000 |
| Lancaster |
519,000 |
| Toledo |
511,000 |
| Madison |
507,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
506,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
496,000 |
| Boise City |
470,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
464,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
463,000 |
| Spokane |
461,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
456,000 |
| Concord |
454,000 |
| Visalia |
452,000 |
| Stockton |
451,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
436,000 |
| Durham |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
430,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
425,000 |
| Syracuse |
422,000 |
| Modesto |
422,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
421,000 |
| Huntsville |
407,000 |
| Oxnard |
404,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
389,000 |
| Lafayette |
383,000 |
| Scranton |
375,000 |
| Montgomery |
374,000 |
| Greensboro |
372,000 |
| Asheville |
371,000 |
| Antioch |
370,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
364,000 |
| Lakeland |
364,000 |
| Pensacola |
359,000 |
| Fayetteville |
355,000 |
| Fort Collins |
354,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
353,000 |
| Youngstown |
352,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
346,000 |
| Flint |
344,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
344,000 |
| Savannah |
339,000 |
| Trenton |
336,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
336,000 |
| Mobile |
335,000 |
| Laredo |
334,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
333,000 |
| Rockford |
330,000 |
| Lansing |
329,000 |
| Shreveport |
327,000 |
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Des Moines - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2023 |
566,000 |
1.25% |
| 2022 |
559,000 |
1.27% |
| 2021 |
552,000 |
1.47% |
| 2020 |
544,000 |
1.49% |
| 2019 |
536,000 |
1.52% |
| 2018 |
528,000 |
1.93% |
| 2017 |
518,000 |
1.97% |
| 2016 |
508,000 |
2.01% |
| 2015 |
498,000 |
1.84% |
| 2014 |
489,000 |
2.09% |
| 2013 |
479,000 |
1.91% |
| 2012 |
470,000 |
1.95% |
| 2011 |
461,000 |
1.99% |
| 2010 |
452,000 |
1.80% |
| 2009 |
444,000 |
2.07% |
| 2008 |
435,000 |
1.87% |
| 2007 |
427,000 |
2.15% |
| 2006 |
418,000 |
1.95% |
| 2005 |
410,000 |
1.99% |
| 2004 |
402,000 |
1.77% |
| 2003 |
395,000 |
2.07% |
| 2002 |
387,000 |
1.84% |
| 2001 |
380,000 |
2.15% |
| 2000 |
372,000 |
2.20% |
| 1999 |
364,000 |
2.25% |
| 1998 |
356,000 |
2.30% |
| 1997 |
348,000 |
2.35% |
| 1996 |
340,000 |
2.41% |
| 1995 |
332,000 |
2.47% |
| 1994 |
324,000 |
2.21% |
| 1993 |
317,000 |
2.59% |
| 1992 |
309,000 |
2.32% |
| 1991 |
302,000 |
2.37% |
| 1990 |
295,000 |
1.03% |
| 1989 |
292,000 |
1.04% |
| 1988 |
289,000 |
1.05% |
| 1987 |
286,000 |
1.06% |
| 1986 |
283,000 |
0.71% |
| 1985 |
281,000 |
1.08% |
| 1984 |
278,000 |
0.72% |
| 1983 |
276,000 |
1.10% |
| 1982 |
273,000 |
1.11% |
| 1981 |
270,000 |
0.75% |
| 1980 |
268,000 |
0.75% |
| 1979 |
266,000 |
0.38% |
| 1978 |
265,000 |
0.38% |
| 1977 |
264,000 |
0.38% |
| 1976 |
263,000 |
0.38% |
| 1975 |
262,000 |
0.38% |
| 1974 |
261,000 |
0.77% |
| 1973 |
259,000 |
0.39% |
| 1972 |
258,000 |
0.39% |
| 1971 |
257,000 |
0.39% |
| 1970 |
256,000 |
0.39% |
| 1969 |
255,000 |
0.79% |
| 1968 |
253,000 |
0.40% |
| 1967 |
252,000 |
0.80% |
| 1966 |
250,000 |
0.40% |
| 1965 |
249,000 |
0.81% |
| 1964 |
247,000 |
0.41% |
| 1963 |
246,000 |
0.82% |
| 1962 |
244,000 |
0.41% |
| 1961 |
243,000 |
0.83% |
| 1960 |
241,000 |
1.26% |
| 1959 |
238,000 |
2.15% |
| 1958 |
233,000 |
1.75% |
| 1957 |
229,000 |
1.78% |
| 1956 |
225,000 |
1.81% |
| 1955 |
221,000 |
2.31% |
| 1954 |
216,000 |
1.89% |
| 1953 |
212,000 |
1.44% |
| 1952 |
209,000 |
1.95% |
| 1951 |
205,000 |
1.99% |
| 1950 |
201,000 |
0.00% |
