American Community Survey 2019–2023

Des Moines area census tracts by population

Population is highest in Ankeny city (north-northwest) (17,865). This table ranks 111 eligible mapped census tracts.

Population values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Population rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

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#	Census tract area	Population
1	Ankeny city (north-northwest)	17,865
2	Bondurant city	12,363
3	Ankeny city (south-southwest)	9,474
4	Ankeny city (southwest)	9,099
5	Des Moines city (southeast 2)	7,814
6	Polk City city	7,741
7	Grimes city (south)	7,525
8	Des Moines city (east-northeast 1)	7,135
9	West Des Moines city (south-southwest)	7,042
10	Saylorville CDP (south-southeast)	6,727
11	Johnston city (north-northeast)	6,711
12	Ankeny city (west-northwest 1)	6,603
13	Des Moines city (south-southwest 1)	6,450
14	Mitchellville city	6,422
15	Altoona city (south)	6,243
16	Ankeny city (northeast 2)	6,114
17	Des Moines city (south 1)	6,015
18	West Des Moines city (southwest)	5,920
19	Johnston city (southwest)	5,908
20	Pleasant Hill city (southeast)	5,748
21	Des Moines city (northwest 5)	5,712
22	Des Moines city (southeast 4)	5,699
23	Ankeny city (northeast 1)	5,571
24	Altoona city (north)	5,522
25	Des Moines city (northwest 2)	5,326
26	Windsor Heights city	5,244
27	Pleasant Hill city (northwest)	5,228
28	West Des Moines city (east-northeast)	5,169
29	Urbandale city (west)	5,162
30	West Des Moines city (northeast)	5,125
31	Des Moines city (northeast 1)	4,937
32	West Des Moines city (south-southeast)	4,913
33	Ankeny city (south-southeast 2)	4,830
34	Ankeny city (west)	4,822
35	Des Moines city (east-northeast 5)	4,820
36	Des Moines city (north 1)	4,811
37	Urbandale city (southeast)	4,800
38	Des Moines city (north-northwest 2)	4,626
39	Urbandale city (northeast)	4,589
40	Des Moines city (north-northeast 1)	4,552
41	Des Moines city (south 4)	4,491
42	Des Moines city (west-northwest 3)	4,477
43	Des Moines city (southeast 1)	4,474
44	Johnston city (east-southeast)	4,466
45	Des Moines city (northeast 2)	4,392
46	Altoona city (east-northeast)	4,362
47	Urbandale city (northwest)	4,318
48	Des Moines city (east 2)	4,261
49	Des Moines city (south-southwest 3)	4,255
50	Urbandale city (east-southeast)	4,178
51	Ankeny city (west-northwest 2)	4,175
52	Urbandale city (east-northeast)	4,113
53	Altoona city (west-southwest)	4,107
54	Des Moines city (south 3)	4,101
55	West Des Moines city (east)	4,073
56	Saylorville CDP (north-northwest)	4,068
57	West Des Moines city (north-northwest)	3,993
58	Des Moines city (west-northwest 2)	3,958
59	West Des Moines city (west-northwest)	3,954
60	Des Moines city (east-northeast 7)	3,952
61	Des Moines city (west 5)	3,889
62	Grimes city (north-northwest)	3,878
63	Ankeny city (east-southeast)	3,859
64	Des Moines city (south-southeast 2)	3,859
65	Des Moines city (west 1)	3,828
66	West Des Moines city (north-northeast)	3,818
67	Clive city (west)	3,802
68	Des Moines city (west-northwest 1)	3,790
69	Des Moines city (southwest 1)	3,761
70	Grimes city (north-northeast)	3,747
71	Des Moines city (southeast 3)	3,695
72	Urbandale city (west-southwest)	3,686
73	Des Moines city (south-southeast 3)	3,679
74	Des Moines city (north-northwest 3)	3,626
75	Des Moines city (north-northwest 1)	3,536
76	Clive city (east 1)	3,521
77	Clive city (east 2)	3,516
78	Des Moines city (west 2)	3,445
79	Des Moines city (northwest 3)	3,420
80	Des Moines city (northwest 6)	3,357
81	Des Moines city (west 3)	3,321
82	Johnston city (north-northwest)	3,226
83	Des Moines city (south 2)	3,204
84	Des Moines city (south-southwest 2)	3,099
85	Des Moines city (east-southeast)	3,091
86	Des Moines city (southwest 2)	3,075
87	Des Moines city (northwest 1)	3,045
88	Des Moines city (west-northwest 5)	3,038
89	Johnston city (south)	2,997
90	Des Moines city (north-northwest 4)	2,980
91	Des Moines city (south-southeast 1)	2,971
92	Des Moines city (north-northeast 2)	2,913
93	Johnston city (west-southwest)	2,884
94	Des Moines city (northeast 4)	2,816
95	Des Moines city (east-northeast 2)	2,794
96	Ankeny city (south-southeast 1)	2,761
97	Des Moines city (west-southwest 2)	2,748
98	Des Moines city (northeast 3)	2,730
99	Des Moines city (northwest 4)	2,709
100	Des Moines city (east 3)	2,591
101	Des Moines city (west-northwest 4)	2,578
102	Urbandale city (east)	2,567
103	Des Moines city (east-northeast 3)	2,544
104	Des Moines city (south-southwest 5)	2,476
105	West Des Moines city (northwest)	2,435
106	Des Moines city (east-northeast 6)	2,222
107	Des Moines city (east-northeast 4)	2,197
108	Des Moines city (west 4)	2,079
109	Des Moines city (west-southwest 1)	1,818
110	Des Moines city (north 2)	1,703
111	Des Moines city (east 1)	1,572

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.