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People QuickFacts | Des Moines County | Iowa
Population, 2012 estimate | 40,340 | 3,074,186
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 40,325 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 40,325 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.4% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.2% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 18.1% | 15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.1% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 91.2% | 92.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.4% | 3.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.2% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.8% | 5.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 88.9% | 88.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.0% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.8% | 4.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.2% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.4% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.3% | 24.9%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,603 | 239,229
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 16.4 | 18.6
Housing units, 2011 | 18,465 | 1,340,529
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.8% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.9% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $92,600 | $121,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 17,007 | 1,219,137
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.31 | 2.41
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,908 | $26,110
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,111 | $50,451
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.4% | 11.9%
Business QuickFacts | Des Moines County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,123 | 80,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 19,516 | 1,263,665
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.7% | 0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,370 | 202,971
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,407 | 259,931
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% | 0.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.0% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 616,900 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,182 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 68,773 | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2012 | 35 | 9,501
Geography QuickFacts | Des Moines County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 416.12 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 96.9 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 57 | 19
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Burlington, IA-IL Micro 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