Des Moines Iowa Census and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	198,682	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	198,682	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	13,138	6.6%
Male	96,157	48.4%		Mexican	9,919	5.0%
Female	102,525	51.6%		Puerto Rican	308	0.2%
				Cuban	74	0.0%
Under 5 years	14,893	7.5%		Other Hispanic or Latino	2,837	1.4%
5 to 9 years	13,945	7.0%		Not Hispanic or Latino	185,544	93.4%
10 to 14 years	13,049	6.6%		White alone	158,095	79.6%
15 to 19 years	13,314	6.7%
20 to 24 years	15,198	7.6%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	32,450	16.3%		Total population	198,682	100.0%
35 to 44 years	30,760	15.5%		In households	192,145	96.7%
45 to 54 years	25,037	12.6%		Householder	80,504	40.5%
55 to 59 years	8,689	4.4%		Spouse	35,156	17.7%
60 to 64 years	6,788	3.4%		Child	54,688	27.5%
65 to 74 years	11,934	6.0%		Own child under 18 years	43,910	22.1%
75 to 84 years	9,008	4.5%		Other relatives	9,426	4.7%
85 years and over	3,617	1.8%		Under 18 years	3,702	1.9%
				Nonrelatives	12,371	6.2%
Median age (years)	33.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	5,320	2.7%
				In group quarters	6,537	3.3%
18 years and over	149,354	75.2%		Institutionalized population	2,670	1.3%
Male	70,962	35.7%		Noninstitutionalized population	3,867	1.9%
Female	78,392	39.5%
21 years and over	140,308	70.6%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	28,440	14.3%		Total households	80,504	100.0%
65 years and over	24,559	12.4%		Family households (families)	48,710	60.5%
Male	9,472	4.8%		With own children under 18 years	23,748	29.5%
Female	15,087	7.6%		Married couple family	35,156	43.7%
				With own children under 18 years	15,547	19.3%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	10,121	12.6%
One race	194,252	97.8%		With own children under 18 years	6,345	7.9%
White	163,494	82.3%		Nonfamily households	31,794	39.5%
Black or African American	16,025	8.1%		Householder living alone	25,717	31.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	705	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	8,234	10.2%
Asian	6,946	3.5%
Asian Indian	560	0.3%		Households with individuals under 18 years	26,087	32.4%
Chinese	364	0.2%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	17,508	21.7%
Filipino	221	0.1%
Japanese	95	0.0%		Average household size	2.39	(X)
Korean	288	0.1%		Average family size	3.04	(X)
Vietnamese	2,220	1.1%
Other Asian1	3,198	1.6%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	95	0.0%		Total housing units	85,067	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	29	0.0%		Occupied housing units	80,504	94.6%
Guamanian or Chamorro	17	0.0%		Vacant housing units	4,563	5.4%
Samoan	20	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	178	0.2%
Other Pacific Islander2	29	0.0%
Some other race	6,987	3.5%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.4%	(X)
Two or more races	4,430	2.2%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.8%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	167,179	84.1%		Occupied housing units	80,504	100.0%
Black or African American	17,690	8.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	52,119	64.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,633	0.8%		Renter-occupied housing units	28,385	35.3%
Asian	7,906	4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	286	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.53	(X)
Some other race	8,677	4.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.12	(X)
Date: December 14, 2004
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.