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People QuickFacts | Des Moines | Iowa
Population, 2011 estimate | 206,599 | 3,064,097
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 203,433 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.6% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 203,433 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.9% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.8% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.0% | 14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.1% | 50.5%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 76.4% | 91.3%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 10.2% | 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.4% | 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.4% | 1.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 12.0% | 5.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 70.5% | 88.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 78.7% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.6% | 4.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 16.4% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.9% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.0% | 24.9%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 13,323 | 239,229
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.5 | 18.6
Housing units, 2010 | 88,729 | 1,336,417
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 63.5% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.8% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $118,100 | $121,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 82,600 | 1,219,137
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.39 | 2.41
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,006 | $26,110
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,997 | $50,451
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.9% | 11.9%
Business QuickFacts | Des Moines | Iowa
Total number of firms, 2007 | 15,229 | 259,931
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.6% | 0.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.5% | 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.5% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,552,854 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,667,683 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,240,789 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,450 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 378,072 | 4,737,719
Geography QuickFacts | Des Moines | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 80.87 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,515.6 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 21000 | 19
Counties | Polk County  Warren County
(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