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Des Moines, IA MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 339,647-- ----
1971 345,8001.86,153 ----
1972 348,3000.72,500 ----
1973 354,5001.86,200 ----
1974 358,7001.24,200 ----
1975 361,8000.93,100 ----
1976 364,2000.72,400 ----
1977 363,300-0.2-900 ----
1978 365,3000.62,000 ----
1979 365,6000.1300 ----
1980 367,5610.51,961 ----
1981 369,2040.41,643 7,5983,644--
1982 368,468-0.2-736 5,9662,869--
1983 369,7570.31,289 5,9072,914--
1984 371,0500.31,293 5,8872,956--
1985 372,3720.41,322 5,9233,001--
1986 373,4920.31,120 5,9043,030--
1987 376,6920.93,200 5,8563,022--
1988 381,4621.34,770 5,8823,107--
1989 387,4341.65,972 6,1783,151--
1990 392,9281.45,494 4,8672,338--
1991 400,7192.07,791 7,8873,8805482,287
1992 408,1531.97,434 6,5633,0486342,510
1993 415,1741.77,021 6,5673,1305412,186
1994 420,5831.35,409 6,4113,228665684
1995 426,7911.56,208 6,2043,2068361,543
1996 432,5461.35,755 6,5633,322952730
1997 437,3571.14,811 6,9313,3981,149-713
1998 443,1491.35,792 6,7833,3541,453129
1999 450,6231.77,474 6,9793,4741,9141,414
2000 456,0221.25,399 ----
2001 464,9622.08,940 9,0534,1402,0911,576
2002 471,8661.56,904 7,1183,5211,5991,479
2003 479,1181.57,252 7,3553,4391,3611,816
2004 486,7311.67,613 7,4283,5561,3002,748
2005 498,3272.411,596 7,8073,4581,2974,985
2006 509,4362.211,109 8,1593,4071,3565,009
2007 520,1302.110,694 8,2703,5121,3384,531
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.

 
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