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Iowa

3,200,517 Population
55,853.4 square miles 57.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$38,917 ±$522 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$69,588 ±$889 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11% ±0.4% (339,867  ±12,981) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

19.7 minutes ±0.3 (28,607,816  ±421,776) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,330,995 ±5,631 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 (3,101,828  ±) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.8% ±0.4% (41,204  ±2,685) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,438,456 ±779 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$194,600 ±$2,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.8% ±0.4% (406,658  ±14,081.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.5% ±0.9% (2,018,490  ±19,329) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
32.3% ±0.5% (697,806  ±11,458.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

8.9% ±0.3% (270,028  ±10,193.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

6% (190,727  ±7,532) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.4% ±0.2% (158,976  ±4,558) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
158,976 Total veterans ±4,558 146,742 Male ±3,916 12,234 Female ±1,906

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