City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 1.3 times smaller than Jackson.

Jackson (map shows its 125 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 289 sq km, while Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, making Des Moines 78.94% the size of Jackson.

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Jackson vs. Des Moines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.