2024 population: 753,913 ( 44,396 from 2020)
Land area: 3612.4 square miles
Population density: 208.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	581,951	77.19%	2.8%
Black:	47,670	6.32%	22.2%
Indian:	1,277	0.17%	4.3%
Asian:	35,828	4.75%	14.0%
2+ races:	16,634	2.21%	17.2%
Hispanic:	70,553	9.36%	22.0%

Total non-White:	171,962	22.81%	19.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	38,454	13.5
Deaths:	26,171	9.2
Net Migration:	16,870	5.9
Net Immigration:	15,191	5.4

Change in White population:	16,082	2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	28,314	4.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
709,517
565,869	79.75%
38,995	5.50%
1,224	0.17%
31,432	4.43%
14,187	2.00%
57,810	8.15%
143,648	20.25%

2010
606,475
511,718	84.38%
26,972	4.45%
1,232	0.20%
17,558	2.90%
9,759	1.61%
38,541	6.35%
94,757	15.62%

2000
518,607
462,042	89.09%
18,596	3.59%
1,098	0.21%
10,624	2.05%
5,905	1.14%
19,730	3.80%
56,565	10.91%

1990
451,141
422,279	93.60%
14,593	3.23%
1,017	0.23%
6,110	1.35%
n/a
7,142	1.58%
28,862	6.40%

1980
428,566
404,807	94.46%
13,924	3.25%
829	0.19%
3,467	0.81%
n/a
4,978	1.16%
23,759	5.54%

1970
398,844
381,754	95.72%
11,953	3.00%
297	0.07%
524	0.13%
n/a
3,776	0.95%
17,090	4.28%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
85,530	14.1
44,857	7.4
40,183	6.6
11,716	1.9

54,151	8.9
48,891	8.1

Number	Rate
2000's
79,044	15.2
38,375	7.4
29,401	5.7
9,634	1.9

49,676	9.6
38,192	7.4

Number	Rate
1990's
73,325	16.3
39,399	8.7
15,120	3.4
10,688	2.4

39,763	8.8
27,703	6.1

Number	Rate
1980's
67,565	15.8
36,513	8.5
-7,161	-1.7
n/a

17,472	4.1
5,103	1.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-3,545	-0.9
n/a

23,053	5.8
6,669	1.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
36.9
179,446	23.8%
574,467	76.2%
106,366	14.1%

294,814
2.44

183,552	62.3%
141,110	76.9%
18,715	10.2%
111,262	37.7%

2010
Number	Percent
35.7
156,470	25.8%
450,005	74.2%
69,768	11.5%

238,074
2.49

156,224	65.6%
121,702	77.9%
15,478	9.9%
81,850	34.4%

2000
Number	Percent
35.1
133,982	25.8%
384,625	74.2%
61,385	11.8%

204,282
2.47

137,174	67.1%
111,585	81.3%
11,898	8.7%
67,108	32.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
115,389	25.6%
335,752	74.4%
55,926	12.4%

176,195
2.50

121,555	69.0%
101,348	83.4%
9,892	8.1%
54,640	31.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
120,959	28.2%
307,607	71.8%
48,035	11.2%

159,901
2.62

114,678	71.7%
98,844	86.2%
8,521	7.4%
45,223	28.3%

2024 Housing Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,999	3.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,095	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,369	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,717	2.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	8,179	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	9,696	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,361	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	10,706	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	10,199	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	19,846	6.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	28,267	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	40,677	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	31,994	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	24,699	8.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	32,413	11.0%
$200,000 or more	36,597	12.4%

Median Household Income	86,506
Per Capita Income	46,336

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9,114	3.1%
Public Assistance	5,607	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	28,474	9.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	337,531	79.3%
Unemployed	13,284	3.1%
In Armed Forces	1,405	0.3%

Total Labor Force	352,220	82.7%
Not in Labor Force	73,505	17.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	151,489	118,912	56.0%
Non-Profit	11,307	23,987	32.0%
Self-Employed	19,412	12,883	60.1%

Local Government	10,007	16,062	38.4%
State Government	6,332	9,348	40.4%
Federal Government	4,589	3,581	56.2%

Total Private + Self	170,901	131,795	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	32,235	52,978	37.8%
Total	203,136	184,773	52.4%

Pct. Govt.	12.9%
Pct. Private + Self	78.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	79,206	20.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	77,720	20.0%
Professional, Technical	97,623	25.1%
Service Occupations	54,119	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,548	0.4%
All others	79,956	20.6%

White Collar		65.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	50,867	13.1%
Finance and insurance	49,270	12.7%
Retail trade	42,783	11.0%
Manufacturing	35,496	9.1%
Educational services	32,712	8.4%
Construction	28,277	7.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	26,337	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	20,675	5.3%
Other services	18,101	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	16,693	4.3%
Public administration	14,929	3.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	14,246	3.7%
Wholesale trade	10,442	2.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,247	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,172	1.6%
Information	6,048	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,964	1.5%
Utilities	2,636	0.7%
Management	496	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	233	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	42,668	5.84%
Puerto Rican	3,770	0.52%
Cuban	795	0.11%
Dominican	197	0.03%

Total Central American	10,019	1.37%
Costa Rican	208	0.03%
Guatemalan	2,285	0.31%
Honduran	2,199	0.30%
Nicaraguan	183	0.03%
Panamanian	115	0.02%
Salvadoran	5,015	0.69%
Other Central American	14	0.00%

Total South American	2,733	0.37%
Argentinean	195	0.03%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	273	0.04%
Colombian	908	0.12%
Ecuadorian	675	0.09%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	448	0.06%
Uruguayan	7	0.00%
Venezuelan	194	0.03%
Other South American	33	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,499	0.48%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	6,847	0.94%
Burmese	4,473	0.61%
Vietnamese	3,562	0.49%
Laotian	2,984	0.41%
Chinese	2,701	0.37%
Korean	1,578	0.22%
Filipino	1,097	0.15%
Bhutanese	611	0.08%
Thai	486	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	597,884	87.3%
Spanish	39,859	5.8%
Other Asian	12,910	1.9%
Other	7,593	1.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6,282	0.9%
Other Indo-European	6,029	0.9%
Arabic	4,048	0.6%
Vietnamese	3,131	0.5%
Chinese	2,136	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	189,796	26.0%
Irish	100,918	13.8%
English	88,318	12.1%
Norwegian	28,424	3.9%
American	26,959	3.7%
Dutch	23,003	3.1%
Italian	22,749	3.1%
Swedish	17,977	2.5%
European	15,955	2.2%
Scottish	13,792	1.9%
French	11,077	1.5%
Danish	9,393	1.3%
Polish	9,054	1.2%
Czech	5,934	0.8%
Welsh	5,424	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	697,039	95.3%
Not a citizen	34,081	4.7%

Native	666,741	91.2%
Foreign-born	64,379	8.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
15,580	3.2%	16,547	3.4%	119,493	24.4%	143,616	29.3%	131,138	26.8%	63,413	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	15,580	3.2%
9-12 Years	16,547	3.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	119,493	24.4%
Some College	143,616	29.3%
Bach. Degree	131,138	26.8%
Grad Degree	63,413	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	512,988	495,620	17,368	3.4%
1991	520,864	501,722	19,142	3.7%
1992	542,704	523,388	19,316	3.6%
1993	558,778	538,864	19,914	3.6%
1994	565,530	549,322	16,208	2.9%
1995	574,998	559,412	15,586	2.7%
1996	584,106	567,972	16,134	2.8%
1997	580,456	565,684	14,772	2.5%
1998	584,796	571,896	12,900	2.2%
1999	584,046	572,398	11,648	2.0%

2000	591,148	577,232	13,916	2.4%
2001	600,728	583,542	17,186	2.9%
2002	619,246	596,934	22,312	3.6%
2003	613,280	588,390	24,890	4.1%
2004	619,284	591,890	27,394	4.4%
2005	629,348	603,742	25,606	4.1%
2006	645,726	623,536	22,190	3.4%
2007	655,926	632,346	23,580	3.6%
2008	666,202	638,688	27,514	4.1%
2009	669,300	628,240	41,060	6.1%

2010	682,118	641,294	40,824	6.0%
2011	682,404	643,894	38,510	5.6%
2012	685,622	650,768	34,854	5.1%
2013	701,556	668,770	32,786	4.7%
2014	716,626	687,196	29,430	4.1%
2015	718,048	692,598	25,450	3.5%
2016	730,586	706,306	24,280	3.3%
2017	736,982	715,412	21,570	2.9%
2018	752,550	733,614	18,936	2.5%
2019	774,326	753,034	21,292	2.7%

2020	749,446	708,076	41,370	5.5%
2021	769,044	740,010	29,034	3.8%
2022	790,374	769,834	20,540	2.6%
2023	796,138	773,990	22,148	2.8%
2024	826,318	801,842	24,476	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	314,368
Median Value	$270,132

Occupied	294,814	93.8%
Vacant	19,554	6.2%

Owned	204,751	69.5%
Rented	90,063	30.5%
Median Rent	$1,135

Single-Family Units	228,618	72.7%
Detached	205,417	65.3%
Attached	23,201	7.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	66,198	21.1%
Mobile Homes	6,891	2.2%

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area