City profile · Town
Des Moines, Washington
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Des Moines, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Yoshiko Grace Matsui
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 29,267
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcedesmoineswa.gov/m/directory/department?did=7 ↗
- Official leadership pagedesmoineswa.gov/your_government/city_council ↗
- City websitedesmoineswa.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Yoshiko Grace Matsui CurrentMayor · added Aug 13, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 29,267
- Median household income
- $81,362
- Median age
- 38.2
- Land area
- 6.41 sq mi
- Population density
- 4,565.8 per sq mi
- County
- King County
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$102M
- City hall phone
- (206) 549-2463
- Official website
- desmoineswa.gov ↗
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