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People QuickFacts | West Des Moines | Iowa
Population, 2012 estimate | 59,296 | 3,074,186
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 56,701 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.6% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 56,609 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.1% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.1% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.6% | 14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.7% | 50.5%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 88.4% | 91.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.3% | 2.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.8% | 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.9% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 5.2% | 5.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 85.0% | 88.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.0% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.6% | 4.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 12.9% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 95.0% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 50.1% | 24.9%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,172 | 239,229
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 16.1 | 18.6
Housing units, 2010 | 26,219 | 1,336,417
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 64.0% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 38.0% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $183,000 | $121,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 23,604 | 1,219,137
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.35 | 2.41
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $37,646 | $26,110
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $67,179 | $50,451
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.0% | 11.9%
Business QuickFacts | West Des Moines | Iowa
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,703 | 259,931
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 0.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 0.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.4% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.3% | 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.6% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 257,348 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 275,121 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,228,515 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $22,414 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 186,547 | 4,737,719
Geography QuickFacts | West Des Moines | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 38.59 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,467.0 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 83910 | 19
Counties | Dallas County  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