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People QuickFacts | Dallas County | Iowa
Population, 2012 estimate | 71,967 | 3,074,186
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 66,135 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 8.8% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 66,135 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 8.5% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 28.9% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 9.8% | 14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.0% | 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.0% | 93.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.6% | 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.3% | 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 6.2% | 5.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 88.2% | 88.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.4% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.6% | 4.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.6% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 93.3% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 41.1% | 24.9%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,844 | 239,229
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.1 | 18.6
Housing units, 2011 | 28,065 | 1,340,529
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.8% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $182,800 | $121,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 24,678 | 1,219,137
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.41
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $34,246 | $26,110
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $71,691 | $50,451
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.7% | 11.9%
Business QuickFacts | Dallas County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,520 | 80,801
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 29,040 | 1,253,095
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 196.4 | -0.9
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 5,004 | 201,448
Total number of firms, 2007 | 6,613 | 259,931
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.2% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 19.9% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 574,183 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 218,271 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 905,710 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,813 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 110,369 | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2011 | 212 | 7,526
Geography QuickFacts | Dallas County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 588.45 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 112.4 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 49 | 19
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts