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Pottawattamie County, IA

93,179 Population
951.3 square miles 98 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,323 ±$3,565 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
$70,640 ±$3,994 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.1% ±3.6% (10,882  ±3,239) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent 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)

20.2 minutes ±0.8 (827,130  ±34,900) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

38,289 ±893 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (89,706  ±93) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6% ±2.4% (1,270  ±513) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

40,213 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$216,200 ±$19,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11% ±2.5% (10,148  ±2,306.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.8% ±4.9% (57,898  ±3,197.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
21.8% ±2.6% (13,885  ±1,667.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.3% (3,113  ±1,036) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.8% ±1.8% (6,344  ±1,313) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,344 Total veterans ±1,313 6,107 Male ±1,200 237 Female ±246

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