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Des Moines, IA Urban Area

570,091 Population
224.5 square miles 2,539.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,287 ±$1,464 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,189 ±$3,360 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.7% ±1.2% (54,329  ±6,795) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.7 minutes ±0.5 (5,250,425  ±193,888) 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

233,802 ±3,774 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (561,728  ±6,328) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.6% ±1.4% (9,444  ±2,044) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

247,955 ±2,176 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$287,900 ±$6,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.1% ±1.4% (73,803  ±8,041.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% ±2.5% (351,255  ±10,434.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.5% ±1.8% (165,559  ±7,039) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.9% ±1% (62,267  ±5,522) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±0.6% (21,478  ±2,541) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,478 Total veterans ±2,541 19,546 Male ±2,356 1,932 Female ±706

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