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Information About Polk County, Iowa

Population of Polk County: 401,006 (Census 2005 estimate)

Number of populated places in Polk County: 21
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"Populated Places" include cities, boroughs, towns, villages and named areas that have city features.

Land area of Polk County: 569.346 square miles
Water area of Polk County: 22.554 square miles
Total area of Polk County: 591.900 square miles

USGS aerial image of Polk County coordinates circa 1990, provided by Terraserver USA

Image Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey

Biggest Populated Areas in Polk County, Iowa
By Population	By Land Area (in sq. mi.)
Des Moines (198,682) West Des Moines (46,403) Urbandale (29,072) Ankeny (27,117) Clive (12,855)	Des Moines (76) West Des Moines (27) Urbandale (21) Ankeny (17) Johnston (14)

Demographic Information for Polk County, Iowa

Urban Population: 94.14% Male Population: 48.52%	Rural Population: 5.86% Female Population: 51.48%
Poverty Rate: 7.94%

Expanded Demographics for Polk County, Iowa

Points of Interest In Polk County, Iowa

Airports (13)	Bridges (7)	Buildings (170)
Canals (7)	Cemeteries (64)	Channels (1)
Churches (416)	Civil Areas & Districts (22)	Crossings (19)
Dams (5)	Forests (1)	Guts (1)
Hospitals (76)	Islands (1)	Lakes (11)
Locales (89)	Parks (144)	Post Offices (71)
Populated Places³ (83)	Reservoirs (7)	Schools (188)
Streams (36)	Swamps (1)	Towers (24)

Polk County, Iowa
Polk County, Iowa

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Some Data About Polk County, Iowa Provided by U.S. Geological Survey and U.S.Census

Geological "bars", not drinking establishments
Levee locations are pre-Katrina
U.S.G.S. designated "populated places" (around 179,000) do not necessarily sync with Census "populated places" (around 25,000) and often do not have a population counted for them.

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