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Des Moines, Iowa Population Profile

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	Des Moines, Iowa	United States
State	Iowa
City	Des Moines
Total population	198,682	281,421,906
Male	96,157	138,053,563
Female	102,525	143,368,343
Median age (years)	33.8	35.3
Total households	80,504	105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)	38,408	41,994

Des Moines, Iowa Population

	Des Moines, Iowa	%, Des Moines, Iowa	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	96,157	48.4%	49.06%
Female	102,525	51.6%	50.94%
Under 5 years	14,893	7.5%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	13,945	7.02%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	13,049	6.57%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	13,314	6.7%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	15,198	7.65%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	32,450	16.33%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	30,760	15.48%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	25,037	12.6%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	8,689	4.37%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	6,788	3.42%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	11,934	6.01%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	9,008	4.53%	4.39%
85 years and over	3,617	1.82%	1.51%
Median age (years)	33.8		35.3
18 years and over	149,354	75.17%	74.31%
- Male	70,962	35.72%	35.89%
- Female	78,392	39.46%	38.42%
21 years and over	140,308	70.62%	69.97%
62 years and over	28,440	14.31%	14.66%
65 years and over	24,559	12.36%	12.43%
- Male	9,472	4.77%	5.12%
- Female	15,087	7.59%	7.31%
RACE
One race	194,252	97.77%	97.57%
- White	163,494	82.29%	75.14%
- Black or African American	16,025	8.07%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	705	0.35%	0.88%
- Asian	6,946	3.5%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	560	0.28%	0.6%
- - Chinese	364	0.18%	0.86%
- - Filipino	221	0.11%	0.66%
- - Japanese	95	0.05%	0.28%
- - Korean	288	0.14%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	2,220	1.12%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	3,198	1.61%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	95	0.05%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	29	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	17	0.01%	0.02%
- - Samoan	20	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	29	0.01%	0.04%
- Some other race	7,787	3.92%	5.46%
Two or more races	4,430	2.23%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	167,179	84.14%	77.08%
Black or African American	17,690	8.9%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,633	0.82%	1.46%
Asian	7,906	3.98%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	286	0.14%	0.31%
Some other race	8,677	4.37%	6.58%

	Des Moines, Iowa	%, Des Moines, Iowa	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	198,682		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	13,138	6.61%	12.55%
- Mexican	9,919	4.99%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	308	0.16%	1.21%
- Cuban	74	0.04%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	2,837	1.43%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	185,544	93.39%	87.45%
- White alone	158,095	79.57%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	198,682		281,421,906
In households	192,145	96.71%	97.24%
- Householder	80,504	40.52%	37.48%
- Spouse	35,156	17.69%	19.36%
- Child	54,688	27.53%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	43,910	22.1%	22.92%
- Other relatives	9,426	4.74%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	3,702	1.86%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	12,371	6.23%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	5,320	2.68%	1.95%
In group quarters	6,537	3.29%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	2,670	1.34%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	3,867	1.95%	1.32%

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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.