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Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area


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2024 population: 753,913   ( 44,396 from 2020)
Land area: 3612.4 square miles
Population density: 208.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:581,951 77.19% 2.8%
Black:47,6706.32% 22.2%
Indian:1,2770.17% 4.3%
Asian:35,8284.75% 14.0%
2+ races:16,6342.21% 17.2%
Hispanic:70,5539.36% 22.0%
Total non-White:171,96222.81% 19.7%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:38,454 13.5
Deaths:26,1719.2
Net Migration: 16,8705.9
Net Immigration: 15,1915.4
Change in White population:16,082 2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:28,314 4.0



Historical Presidential Election Results for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 69% Kamala Harris (D) 194,312 49.9% Donald Trump (R) 188,111 48.3% 6,949 [+] 1.8% 389,372 -1 0.25%
2020 71% Joe Biden (D) 198,559 52.0% Donald Trump* (R) 175,432 45.9% 8,204 [+] 2.1% 382,195 -1 0.24%
2016 66% Hillary Clinton (D) 157,435 47.6% Donald Trump (R) 147,193 44.5% 25,899 [+] 7.8% 330,527 -1 0.24%
2012 70% Barack Obama* (D) 174,048 53.2% Mitt Romney (R) 146,822 44.9% 6,061 [+] 1.9% 326,931 -2 0.25%
2008 70% Barack Obama (D) 165,040 54.0% John McCain (R) 135,213 44.2% 5,440 [+] 1.8% 305,693 -1 0.23%
2004 70% John Kerry (D) 143,289 50.1% George W. Bush* (R) 140,496 49.1% 2,239 [+] 0.8% 286,024 -2 0.23%
2000 63% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 122,082 50.2% George W. Bush (R) 115,085 47.3% 6,256 [+] 2.6% 243,423 -1 0.23%
1996 60% Bill Clinton* (D) 115,412 53.0% Robert Dole (R) 85,434 39.3% 16,794 [+] 7.7% 217,640 -1 0.23%
1992 67% Bill Clinton (D) 106,630 46.2% George Bush* (R) 87,786 38.0% 36,474 [+] 15.8% 230,890 1 0.22%
1988 60% Michael Dukakis (D) 116,875 58.9% George Bush (R) 80,254 40.5% 1,143 [+] 0.6% 198,272 -13 0.22%
1984 64% Walter Mondale (D) 103,755 50.5% Ronald Reagan* (R) 100,297 48.8% 1,396 0.7% 205,448 -10 0.22%
1980 65% Ronald Reagan (R) 92,632 46.1% Jimmy Carter* (D) 85,524 42.5% 22,976 [+] 11.4% 201,132 -5 0.23%
1976 75% Jimmy Carter (D) 101,057 52.5% Gerald Ford* (R) 86,776 45.1% 4,622 [+] 2.4% 192,455 -3 0.24%
1972 75% Richard Nixon* (R) 99,988 54.0% George McGovern (D) 80,896 43.7% 4,414 [+] 2.4% 185,298 -7 0.24%
1968 76% Richard Nixon (R) 77,380 47.2% Hubert Humphrey (D) 73,217 44.7% 13,330 [+] 8.1% 163,927 4 0.22%
1964 77% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 105,976 65.8% Barry Goldwater (R) 54,462 33.8% 615 0.4% 161,053 -5 0.23%
1960 85% Richard Nixon (R) 93,838 54.7% John Kennedy (D) 77,684 45.3% 100 0.1% 171,622 5 0.25%
1956 81% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 91,917 55.1% Adlai Stevenson (D) 74,670 44.8% 126 0.1% 166,713 -2 0.27%
1952 85% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 94,807 57.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 69,578 42.0% 1,310 0.8% 165,695 2 0.27%
1948 67% Harry Truman* (D) 67,334 53.6% Thomas Dewey (R) 54,734 43.6% 3,535 [+] 2.8% 125,603 -2 0.26%
1944 71% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 67,134 52.3% Thomas Dewey (R) 60,500 47.1% 758 0.6% 128,392 1 0.27%
1940 84% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 76,494 52.4% Wendell Willkie (R) 68,929 47.2% 597 0.4% 146,020 2 0.29%
1936 82% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 69,925 53.7% Alf Landon (R) 58,121 44.6% 2,266 [+] 1.7% 130,312 8 0.29%
1932 71% Herbert Hoover* (R) 52,963 48.3% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 52,749 48.1% 3,847 [+] 3.5% 109,559 9 0.28%
1928 74% Herbert Hoover (R) 73,158 68.7% Al Smith (D) 33,342 31.3% 0 0.0% 106,500 10 0.29%
1924 73% Calvin Coolidge (R) 63,603 61.7% Robert LaFollette (Prog) 27,226 26.4% 12,293 [+] 11.9% 103,122 8 0.35%
1920 70% Warren Harding (R) 65,283 68.3% James Cox (D) 27,860 29.1% 2,451 [+] 2.6% 95,594 8 0.36%
1916 40% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 23,656 48.5% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 23,490 48.2% 1,593 [+] 3.3% 48,739 2 0.26%
1912 41% Woodrow Wilson (D) 15,415 33.4% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 14,528 31.5% 16,144 [+] 35.0% 46,087 3 0.31%
1908 47% William Taft (R) 26,804 58.0% William J. Bryan (D) 17,265 37.4% 2,136 [+] 4.6% 46,205 6 0.31%
1904 46% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 29,971 69.0% Alton Parker (D) 9,600 22.1% 3,841 [+] 8.8% 43,412 13 0.32%
1900 53% William McKinley* (R) 28,485 60.8% William J. Bryan (D) 16,890 36.0% 1,484 [+] 3.2% 46,859 9 0.34%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote