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Des Moines
State capital city
The skyline of Downtown Des Moines
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): "Hartford of the West"^[1]^[2]
Location within Iowa
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Coordinates: 41°35′27″N 93°37′15″W / 41.59083°N 93.62083°W / 41.59083; -93.62083
Country	United States
State	Iowa
Counties	Polk, Warren
Founded	1843; 181 years ago (1843)
Incorporated	September 22, 1851; 173 years ago (1851-09-22)
Government
• Type	Council–manager^[3]
• Mayor	Connie Boesen (D)
• U.S. Congress	Zach Nunn (R)
Area ^[4]
• State capital city	90.70 sq mi (234.92 km²)
• Land	88.18 sq mi (228.38 km²)
• Water	2.52 sq mi (6.54 km²)
Elevation ^[5]	873 ft (266 m)
Population (2020)^[6]
• State capital city	214,133
• Rank	US: 106th IA: 1st
• Density	2,428.39/sq mi (937.60/km²)
• Urban	542,486 (US: 78th)
• Urban density	2,413.8/sq mi (932.0/km²)
• Metro	709,466 (US: 81st)
• CSA	890,322 (US: 66th)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	50301-50340-50310-50316
Area code	515
FIPS code	19-21000
GNIS feature ID	465961
Website	www.dmgov.org

Des Moines is a city in Iowa. It is the capital city of Iowa. The city had a population of 214,133 in the 2020 United States Census.^[6] It is the home of the Des Moines Art Center, a regional art museum, and the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, an outdoor sculpture garden.

References

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↑ Shankle, George Earlie (1955). American nicknames; their origin and significance. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company. pp. 123. ISBN 978-0-82420-004-6. Des Moines was nicknamed the Hartford of the West because like Hartford, Conn., it is an insurance center.
↑ Neal R. Peirce (1973), The Great Plains States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Nine Great Plains States Archived May 1, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-393-05349-0, page 106
↑ "City Manager's Office". City of Des Moines – City Manager's Office. Archived from the original on November 4, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
↑ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Des Moines city, Iowa". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Des Moines
Cities	Alleman Altoona Ankeny Bondurant Carlisle‡ Clive‡ Des Moines‡ Elkhart Granger‡ Grimes‡ Johnston Mitchellville‡ Norwalk‡ Pleasant Hill Polk City Runnells Sheldahl‡ Urbandale‡ West Des Moines‡ Windsor Heights	Map of Iowa highlighting Polk County
Townships	Allen Beaver Bloomfield Camp Clay Crocker Delaware Des Moines Douglas Elkhart Four Mile Franklin Jefferson Lee Lincoln Madison Saylor Union Walnut Washington Webster
CDP	Saylorville
Other communities	Avon Berwick Crocker Enterprise Farrar Herrold Oralabor Saylor
Ghost town	Dudley Zook Spur
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v t e State of Iowa
Des Moines (capital)
Topics	Delegations Government Iowa House of Representatives Iowa Senate History Iowa Territory People Transportation Visitor attractions
Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics Universities University of Iowa Iowa State University
Cities and communities	Des Moines Cedar Rapids Quad Cities Davenport Bettendorf Dubuque Iowa City Sioux City Waterloo Council Bluffs Fort Dodge Mason City

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v t e All-America City Award Hall of Fame (1949–2021)
Three-time winners	Alexandria, Virginia (1963, 1984, 1985) Allentown, Pennsylvania (1962, 1974, 1975) Asheville, North Carolina (1951, 1969, 1997) Bloomington, Indiana (1958, 1981, 1982) Boston, Massachusetts (1949, 1951, 1962) Cincinnati, Ohio (1949, 1950, 1981) Dayton, Ohio (1951, 1978, 1991) Delray Beach, Florida (1993, 2001, 2017) Edinburg, Texas (1968, 1995, 2000) Fayetteville, North Carolina (1985, 2001, 2011) Fort Worth, Texas (1964, 1993, 2011) Gastonia, North Carolina (1963, 2000, 2010) Grand Rapids, Michigan (1949, 1960, 1981) Hampton, Virginia (1972, 2002, 2014) Hickory, North Carolina (1967, 1987, 2007) Independence, Missouri (1961, 1982, 2001) Laurinburg, North Carolina (1956, 1967, 2003) Louisville, Kentucky (1963, 1995, 2012) Norfolk, Virginia (1959, 2013, 2016) Rochester, New York (1981, 1998, 2020) Seward, Alaska (1963, 1965, 2005) Shreveport, Louisiana (1953, 1980, 1999) Somerville, Massachusetts (1972, 2009, 2015) Spokane, Washington (1975, 2004, 2015) Tacoma, Washington (1956, 1984, 1998)
Four-time winners	Akron, Ohio (1980, 1981, 1995, 2008) Anchorage, Alaska (1956, 1965, 1985, 2002) Baltimore, Maryland (1952, 1977, 1991, 2012) Columbus, Ohio (1958, 1987, 1992, 2006) Fort Wayne, Indiana (1983, 1998, 2009, 2021) Grand Island, Nebraska (1955, 1967, 1981, 1982) New Haven, Connecticut (1958, 1998, 2003, 2008) Peoria, Illinois (1953, 1966, 1989, 2013) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1949, 1951, 1957, 1994) Rockville, Maryland (1954, 1961, 1977, 1979) Toledo, Ohio (1950, 1983, 1984, 1998)
Five-time winners	Cleveland, Ohio (1949, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1993) Dubuque, Iowa (2007, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019) El Paso, Texas (1969, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2021) Phoenix, Arizona (1950, 1958, 1980, 1989, 2009) Stockton, California (1999, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018) Tupelo, Mississippi (1967, 1989, 1999, 2011, 2015) Wichita, Kansas (1961, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2019) Worcester, Massachusetts (1949, 1960, 1965, 1981, 2000)
Six-time winners	Des Moines, Iowa (1949, 1977, 1982, 2003, 2010, 2017)
Seven-time winners	Kansas City, Missouri (1950, 1951, 1986, 1994, 2006, 2017, 2021) Roanoke, Virginia (1952, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1996, 2012, 2017) San Antonio, Texas (1949, 1951, 1983, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018)

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