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West Des Moines, Iowa Population Profile

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	West Des Moines, Iowa	United States
State	Iowa
City	West Des Moines
Total population	46,403	281,421,906
Male	22,239	138,053,563
Female	24,164	143,368,343
Median age (years)	33.0	35.3
Total households	19,826	105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)	54,139	41,994

West Des Moines, Iowa Population

	West Des Moines, Iowa	%, West Des Moines, Iowa	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	22,239	47.93%	49.06%
Female	24,164	52.07%	50.94%
Under 5 years	3,585	7.73%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	3,251	7.01%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	2,930	6.31%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	2,559	5.51%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	3,605	7.77%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	8,899	19.18%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	7,586	16.35%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	6,032	13.0%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	2,044	4.4%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	1,362	2.94%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	2,443	5.26%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	1,642	3.54%	4.39%
85 years and over	465	1.0%	1.51%
Median age (years)	33.0		35.3
18 years and over	34,955	75.33%	74.31%
- Male	16,349	35.23%	35.89%
- Female	18,606	40.1%	38.42%
21 years and over	33,633	72.48%	69.97%
62 years and over	5,337	11.5%	14.66%
65 years and over	4,550	9.81%	12.43%
- Male	1,776	3.83%	5.12%
- Female	2,774	5.98%	7.31%
RACE
One race	45,805	98.71%	97.57%
- White	42,995	92.66%	75.14%
- Black or African American	868	1.87%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	61	0.13%	0.88%
- Asian	1,280	2.76%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	433	0.93%	0.6%
- - Chinese	237	0.51%	0.86%
- - Filipino	65	0.14%	0.66%
- - Japanese	50	0.11%	0.28%
- - Korean	173	0.37%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	123	0.27%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	199	0.43%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	16	0.03%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	4	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	7	0.02%	0.02%
- - Samoan	1		0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	4	0.01%	0.04%
- Some other race	662	1.43%	5.46%
Two or more races	598	1.29%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	43,530	93.81%	77.08%
Black or African American	1,039	2.24%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	205	0.44%	1.46%
Asian	1,444	3.11%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	30	0.06%	0.31%
Some other race	807	1.74%	6.58%

	West Des Moines, Iowa	%, West Des Moines, Iowa	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	46,403		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,404	3.03%	12.55%
- Mexican	913	1.97%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	68	0.15%	1.21%
- Cuban	20	0.04%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	403	0.87%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,999	96.97%	87.45%
- White alone	42,283	91.12%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	46,403		281,421,906
In households	46,104	99.36%	97.24%
- Householder	19,826	42.73%	37.48%
- Spouse	9,907	21.35%	19.36%
- Child	12,677	27.32%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	10,990	23.68%	22.92%
- Other relatives	973	2.1%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	304	0.66%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	2,721	5.86%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	1,010	2.18%	1.95%
In group quarters	299	0.64%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	220	0.47%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	79	0.17%	1.32%

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