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Des Moines, IA Urban Area

560,170 Population
224.7 square miles 2,492.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,101 ±$1,830 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$81,787 ±$2,213 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.5% ±1.4% (63,415  ±7,597) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.4 minutes ±0.6 (5,057,010  ±216,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

231,329 ±3,545 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (552,324  ±5,377) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.3% ±1.1% (7,368  ±1,521) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

246,767 ±2,023 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$275,900 ±$6,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.1% ±1.7% (83,379  ±9,193.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.9% ±2.3% (343,664  ±9,326) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.8% ±1.6% (159,877  ±6,218.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 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

10.8% ±1% (60,397  ±5,345) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.7% (23,194  ±3,003) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
23,194 Total veterans ±3,003 20,290 Male ±2,593 2,904 Female ±1,111

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