Category:North America/United States of America/Iowa/West Des Moines/

Coordinates: 41°34′25″N 94°45′01″W 41.57361, -94.75028

West Des Moines

West Des Moines is a city in Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,403 a special census taken in the spring of 2005 counted 51,744 residents. West Des Moines is the second-largest city in the Des Moines metropolitan area and the ninth-largest city in Iowa. It ranked 94th in Money magazine's list of the "100 Best Places to Live and Launch" in 2008.West Des Moines is home to four-time Olympic medalist Shawn Johnson, a member of the 2008 United States Women's Gymnastics team, and Quinn Severs.^[1]

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