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People QuickFacts | Polk County | Iowa
Population, 2013 estimate | 451,677 | 3,090,416
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 430,640 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 4.9% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 430,640 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 7.2% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 25.3% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 11.4% | 15.6%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.8% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 87.0% | 92.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 6.5% | 3.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 3.9% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.2% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 8.0% | 5.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 79.7% | 87.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 82.2% | 84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 8.5% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 12.5% | 7.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 91.8% | 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 34.9% | 25.7%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 26,762 | 226,175
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 19 | 18.8
Housing units, 2013 | 188,671 | 1,349,617
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 69.2% | 72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 23.7% | 18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $154,400 | $124,300
Households, 2009-2013 | 173,164 | 1,226,547
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.48 | 2.42
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $30,442 | $27,027
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $59,018 | $51,843
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 11.8% | 12.4%
Business QuickFacts | Polk County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 11,776 | 80,649
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 239,084 | 1,293,694
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 3.9% | 2.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 30,463 | 203,701
Total number of firms, 2007 | 37,950 | 259,931
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 0.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.0% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 7,519,907 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,697,167 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,714,418 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,130 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 825,244 | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2012 | 3,509 | 9,501
Geography QuickFacts | Polk County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 573.8 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 750.5 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 153 | 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