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Des Moines County, IA

38,487 Population
416.1 square miles 92.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,662 ±$1,579 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,928 ±$3,409 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±1.8% (4,851  ±678) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±1.3 (315,270  ±24,265) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,178 ±316 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (37,814  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±2% (376  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,802 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,500 ±$6,983 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±1.9% (4,478  ±716.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±3.3% (25,348  ±925.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.8% ±1.7% (6,442  ±449.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% (899  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±1.1% (2,425  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,425 Total veterans ±340 2,291 Male ±331 134 Female ±76

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