Des Moines (saurara) babban birni ne kuma birni mafi yawan jama'a a cikin jihar Iowa ta Amurka. Har ila yau, shi ne babban birni mafi girma a cikin gundumar Polk County. An haɗa shi a ranar 22 ga Satumba, 1851, a matsayin Fort Des Moines, wanda aka rage zuwa "Des Moines" a 1857. An gina shi kuma an sa masa suna bayan Kogin Des Moines, wanda wataƙila an daidaita shi daga farkon sunan Faransanci, Rivière des Moines, ma'ana "River of the Monks". Yawan jama'ar garin ya kai 216,853 a matsayin ƙididdigar yawan jama'a na 2018. Yankin birni na gundumar biyar yana matsayi na 89 a cikin yawan jama'a a Amurka tare da mazauna 655,940 bisa ga ƙididdigar 2018 na Ofishin Ƙididdigar Ƙasar Amurka, kuma shine mafi girman birni mafi girma a cikin gundumar.
Gundumar Polk