Census Data for Fort Des Moines

As far as we can tell, Fort Des Moines has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Fort Des Moines, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Norwalk
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Norwalk is located in Polk County
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• Des Moines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Des Moines is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Moines
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• Carlisle
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Carlisle is located in Polk County
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• Pleasant Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Polk County
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• Cumming
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cumming is located in Warren County
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• Spring Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Spring Hill is located in Warren County
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• Windsor Heights
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Windsor Heights is located in Polk County
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• West Des Moines
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • West Des Moines is located in Polk County
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• Altoona
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Altoona is located in Polk County
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• Clive
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Clive is located in Polk County
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• Hartford
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hartford is located in Warren County
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• Indianola
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Indianola is located in Warren County
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  • Martensdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Martensdale is located in Warren County
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  • Urbandale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Urbandale is located in Polk County
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  • Ackworth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ackworth is located in Warren County
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Polk County ...

Fort Des Moines is located in Polk County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Polk County.

Miscellaneous Information for Fort Des Moines ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Polk County or the community of Fort Des Moines:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Fort Des Moines:
  • GNIS ID for Fort Des Moines: 456684
  • GNIS ID for Polk County: 465265
  • GNIS ID for State of Iowa: 1779785

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 19 (Iowa)
  • County Code: 153 (Polk County)
  • Place Code: 28470 (Fort Des Moines)
  • State & County Code: 19/153 (Iowa / Polk County)
  • State & Place Code: 19/28470 (Iowa / Fort Des Moines)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Fort Des Moines is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Fort Des Moines.