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Northwest Central Iowa--Storm Lake, Denison & Cherokee Region PUMA, IA

118,898 Population
5,852.7 square miles 20.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,111 ±$1,488 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,537 ±$2,538 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.3% ±1.6% (11,894  ±1,815) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.7 minutes ±1 (1,006,825  ±65,982) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

50,162 ±1,209 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (115,342  ±2,295) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.5% ±2.2% (1,449  ±499) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

55,522 ±968 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$165,200 ±$8,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.8% ±1.4% (10,363  ±1,702.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.5% ±3.5% (75,282  ±3,166.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20.6% ±1.7% (16,970  ±1,456.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

12.2% ±0.5% (13,761  ±578.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 9.1% 276,143 (±0.2% / ±5,110.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

7.8% ±1.3% (9,311  ±1,571) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.7% ±0.9% (6,110  ±855) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,110 Total veterans ±855 5,790 Male ±773 320 Female ±215

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