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Southwest Iowa--Council Bluffs City PUMA, IA

172,439 Population
4,843.4 square miles 35.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,539 ±$2,338 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$69,321 ±$2,177 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.7% ±2% (19,589  ±3,306) 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)

21.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,632,730  ±119,202) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 20 29,172,684 (±0.2 / ±446,587)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

72,595 ±1,342 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (167,640  ±2,437) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5% ±1.6% (1,829  ±603) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

78,374 ±991 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$191,800 ±$14,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.4% ±1.5% (16,029  ±2,635.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.1% ±3.3% (111,894  ±4,318.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
23.5% ±1.9% (28,180  ±2,261.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

4.2% ±0.4% (6,711  ±653.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 8.9% 268,183 (±0.2% / ±5,121.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2.2% ±0.6% (3,830  ±1,059) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.2% ±1.2% (10,887  ±1,582) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,887 Total veterans ±1,582 10,447 Male ±1,482 440 Female ±289

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