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Polk County, IA

505,255 Population
572.4 square miles 882.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,757 ±$1,942 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$78,979 ±$3,914 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.7% ±1.4% (58,031  ±6,950) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.9 minutes ±0.6 (4,712,015  ±191,188) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 20 29,172,684 (±0.2 / ±446,587)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

207,757 ±2,692 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (497,040  ±169) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.5% ±1.2% (6,803  ±1,530) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

222,344 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$271,300 ±$7,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.3% ±1.7% (71,380  ±8,523.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.4% ±2.5% (309,678  ±8,554.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
41.1% ±1.6% (139,113  ±5,431) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

10.4% (52,637  ±4,365) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.7% (20,966  ±2,738) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
20,966 Total veterans ±2,738 18,448 Male ±2,378 2,518 Female ±1,040

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