The data for Des Moines County are summarized in this water planning data fact sheet. Des Moines County is located in southeast Iowa on the Mississippi River.
Manufacturing is the principal economic sector, as measured by employee earnings.
The county contains steeply rolling hills and the flat-floored corridor of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain. The population of 42,614 is distributed in 5 incorporated cities and the surrounding rural areas. U.S. Highway 61 and State Highway 99 cross the county from north to south. U.S. Highway 34 crosses the county from east to west. This data sheet focuses on water uses that withdraw water from ground and surface water sources.