The Iowa city where most of state government is located continues to have the largest number of people living there. New Census estimates show Des Moines gained a little more than 13-hundred residents in the last year to lead the state in population at 210-thousand-330. State Data Center coordinator, Gary Krob, says several cities around Des Moines also saw growth.
There are 11 cities in Iowa with a population over 50-thousand, but Krob says many Iowans choose to live in a city that is smaller.
Krob says since 2010, 224 Iowa cities have gained population, 53 cities had no change, and 635 cities lost population.
Le Roy in southern Iowa’s Decatur County barely inched above one dozen residents to hit 14 and is the smallest city in the state. Beaconsfield is second smallest at 15. The state did lose one city in 2015 — Center Junction in Jones County.
