des moines and surrounding population
The Des Moines metropolitan area, officially known as the Des MoinesâWest Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area, consists of five counties in central Iowa, United States: Polk, Dallas, Warren, Madison, and Guthrie. The 2010 census population of these counties was 569,633, and the 2014 estimated population was 611,549. Three additional counties, Boone, Jasper, and Story, are part of the Des MoinesâAmesâWest Des Moines Combined Statistical Area. The area encompasses the separate ...