List of largest Iowa cities by population

Columns: Rank | City | Population | County | Description
1 | Des Moines | 217,521 | Polk Warren | Des Moines is a major center for the insurance industry and also has a sizable financial services and publishing business base . In fact , Des Moines was credited with the number one spot for U.S. insurance companies in a Business Wire article . The city is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group , the Meredith Corporation , Ruan Transportation , EMC Insurance Companies , and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield . Forbes magazine ranked Des Moines as the Best Place for Business in 2010 | 2 | Cedar Rapids | 132,228 | Linn | Cedar Rapids is home to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art , the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library , the Paramount Theatre , Theatre Cedar Rapids , and the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance . It is also home to the Cedar Rapids Kernels ( Class A minor league baseball club affiliated with the Minnesota Twins ) , the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders ( hockey ) , the Cedar Rapids Titans ( IFL football ) , and the Cedar Rapids Rampage ( soccer ) | 3 | Davenport | 102,320 | Scott | Located approximately halfway between Chicago and Des Moines , Davenport is on the border of Iowa and Illinois within the area known as the Quad Cities . The city is prone to occasional flooding due to its location on the Mississippi River . There are two main universities : Saint Ambrose University and Palmer College of Chiropractic , which is where the first chiropractic adjustment took place . The city has a Class A minor league baseball team , the Quad Cities River Bandits and hosts the Quad City Air Show , Iowa 's largest airshow | 4 | Sioux City | 82,514 | Woodbury Plymouth | Sioux City is at the navigational head of the Missouri River , about 95 miles north of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area . Sioux City and the surrounding areas of northwestern Iowa , northeastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota are sometimes referred to as Siouxland , especially by the local media . The city is home to several cultural points of interest including the Sioux City Public Museum , Sioux City Art Center and Sergeant Floyd Monument , which is a National Historical Landmark | 5 | Iowa City | 75,798 | Johnson | Iowa City was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city of the State of Iowa . The Old Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark , and it is a tourist attraction in the center of the campus of the University of Iowa , as well as being an integral part of the university . The University of Iowa Art Museum and Plum Grove , the home of the first Governor of Iowa , are other landmarks . In 2008 , Forbes magazine named Iowa City the second-best small metropolitan area for doing business in the United States | 6 | Waterloo | 67,587 | Black Hawk | The name Waterloo supplanted the original name , Prairie Rapids Crossing shortly after Charles Mullan petitioned for a post office in the town . Since the signed petition did not include the name of the proposed post office location , Mullan was charged with selecting the name when he submitted the petition . Tradition has it that as he flipped through a list of other post offices in the United States , he came upon the current name . The city is part of the Waterloo - Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area | 7 | Ames | 66,498 | Story | Ames is the home of the Iowa State University , a public research institution , and Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine . Ames hosts a national site for the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service ( APHIS ) which comprises the National Veterinary Services Laboratories ( NVSL ) and the Center for Veterinary Biologics ( CVB ) , and the Agricultural Research Service 's National Animal Disease Center ( NADC )

Example questions:
Of the two counties in Iowa that house the city that is home to Chris Larsen Park , which is the more populous ? | What is the total population of the county with the second most populous city in Iowa ? | What other distinction besides most populous does the Iownian city with the highest population have ? | What body of water is located in the county seat of Linn County , Iowa ? | What educational institute is located in the first capital city of Iowa ?

Answers:
Woodbury | 211,226 | Capital city | Cedar River | University of Iowa