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Des Moines County
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county in Iowa, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 456 inbound references to Des Moines County, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Burlington and Donald Trump.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IA.
It sits within the topics 1834 establishments in Michigan Territory, Burlington micropolitan area, Iowa and Des Moines County, Iowa.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- October 1, 1834
- Named after
- Des Moines River
- Seat
- Burlington
- Largest city
- Burlington
- Total
- 429.775 sq mi (1,113.11 km )
- Land
- 416.129 sq mi (1,077.77 km )
- Water
- 13.646 sq mi (35.34 km ) 3.18%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,077
- Density
- 93.50/sq mi (36.10/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- desmoinescounty.iowa.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 38910
- Area
- 1113
- Official website
- www.co.des-moines.ia.us
- Image
- Des Moines County Court House - Burlington Iowa.jpg
- Households
- 16850
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- Commons category
- Des Moines County, Iowa
- inception
- 1834-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 3.2
- native label
- Des Moines County
- per capita income
- 31046
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Encyclopedic overview
Des Moines County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,910, and was estimated to be 38,077 in 2025. The county seat and largest city is Burlington. It is one of Iowa's two original counties along with Dubuque County; both were organized by the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1834. Des Moines County is part of the Burlington micropolitan statistical area.
Des Moines County sits on Iowa's eastern border alongside the Mississippi River. The city of Des Moines is in Polk County in central Iowa. Both places derive their name from the Des Moines River, which flows through the city of Des Moines and originally flowed through the county. When the county was divided early in Iowa's history, the river ended up further west, forming the border between Lee County, Iowa and the state of Missouri.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Des Moines County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.