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Des Moines County, IA

38,597 Population
416.1 square miles 92.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,246 ±$2,006 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$60,662 ±$3,525 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.1% ±2% (5,354  ±763) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.6 minutes ±1.5 (324,555  ±28,021) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

17,188 ±312 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0 (37,913  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.2% ±1.7% (426  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

18,778 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$137,000 ±$7,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.7% ±1.7% (4,465  ±638.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94% ±3.5% (25,328  ±951.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23.8% ±1.7% (6,425  ±466.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% (1,006  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.2% ±1% (2,478  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,478 Total veterans ±308 2,288 Male ±296 190 Female ±85

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