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Iowa

3,241,488 Population
55,853.3 square miles 58 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,536 ±$427 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$75,501 ±$1,016 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.3% ±0.4% (356,404  ±12,911) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.4 minutes ±0.3 (30,301,924  ±465,522) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,343,422 ±8,051 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 (3,141,310  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±0.5% (39,589  ±3,803) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,458,471 ±525 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$227,300 ±$2,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.8% ±0.5% (376,872  ±14,909.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93% ±0.9% (2,038,609  ±20,451.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.1% ±0.6% (702,673  ±12,534) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.7% ±0.4% (295,223  ±12,834.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

6.3% (203,549  ±10,346) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±0.2% (155,483  ±5,007) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
155,483 Total veterans ±5,007 145,173 Male ±4,749 10,310 Female ±1,478

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