City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 8 times smaller than Jacksonville.

Jacksonville (map shows its 197 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,935 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 11.8% the size of Jacksonville.

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