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People QuickFacts | Polk County | Iowa
Population, 2012 estimate | 443,710 | 3,074,186
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 430,640 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.0% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 430,640 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.3% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.4% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 11.2% | 15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 87.2% | 92.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 6.4% | 3.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 3.8% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.1% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 7.9% | 5.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 80.1% | 88.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.1% | 4.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 12.0% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.0% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 33.8% | 24.9%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 27,640 | 239,229
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.7 | 18.6
Housing units, 2011 | 183,277 | 1,340,529
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.2% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.5% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $151,800 | $121,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 169,246 | 1,219,137
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.46 | 2.41
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,673 | $26,110
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $57,473 | $50,451
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.6% | 11.9%
Business QuickFacts | Polk County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 11,719 | 80,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 230,072 | 1,263,665
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.9% | 0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 29,590 | 202,971
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