2024 population: 1,238,931 ( 46,176 from 2020)
Land area: 19013.4 square miles
Population density: 65.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	997,561	80.52%	0.8%
Black:	57,125	4.61%	20.6%
Indian:	2,728	0.22%	9.6%
Asian:	50,250	4.06%	13.3%
2+ races:	23,980	1.94%	16.5%
Hispanic:	107,287	8.66%	21.3%

Total non-White:	241,370	19.48%	18.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	59,901	12.6
Deaths:	50,810	10.6
Net Migration:	13,853	2.9
Net Immigration:	23,074	4.8

Change in White population:	8,019	0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	38,157	3.2

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
1,192,755
989,542	82.96%
47,381	3.97%
2,489	0.21%
44,345	3.72%
20,578	1.73%
88,420	7.41%
203,213	17.04%

2010
1,089,149
953,556	87.55%
32,980	3.03%
2,141	0.20%
25,793	2.37%
14,625	1.34%
59,083	5.42%
135,593	12.45%

2000
1,003,552
921,780	91.85%
22,741	2.27%
1,958	0.20%
16,960	1.69%
8,975	0.89%
30,280	3.02%
81,772	8.15%

1990
928,043
887,753	95.66%
17,229	1.86%
1,834	0.20%
11,332	1.22%
n/a
9,895	1.07%
40,290	4.34%

1980
946,188
913,182	96.51%
16,689	1.76%
1,387	0.15%
6,165	0.65%
n/a
7,817	0.83%
33,006	3.49%

1970
910,523
888,305	97.56%
13,828	1.52%
537	0.06%
1,303	0.14%
n/a
5,505	0.60%
22,218	2.44%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
135,662	12.5
92,319	8.5
22,239	2.0
21,002	1.9

35,986	3.3
67,620	6.2

Number	Rate
2000's
132,461	13.2
86,559	8.6
8,416	0.8
16,362	1.6

31,776	3.2
53,821	5.4

Number	Rate
1990's
129,281	13.9
93,973	10.1
11,231	1.2
13,020	1.4

34,027	3.7
41,482	4.5

Number	Rate
1980's
135,322	14.3
90,165	9.5
-62,474	-6.6
n/a

-25,429	-2.7
7,284	0.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-18,623	-2.0
n/a

24,877	2.7
10,788	1.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market 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):

2022
Number	Percent
37.5
280,820	22.7%
958,111	77.3%
194,402	15.7%

484,282
2.41

299,088	61.8%
235,128	78.6%
27,472	9.2%
185,194	38.2%

2010
Number	Percent
37.2
265,130	24.3%
824,019	75.7%
151,127	13.9%

433,351
2.43

279,881	64.6%
222,131	79.4%
25,635	9.2%
153,470	35.4%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
249,547	24.9%
754,005	75.1%
145,084	14.5%

395,913
2.44

264,393	66.8%
219,393	83.0%
21,217	8.0%
131,520	33.2%

1990
Number	Percent
34.0
232,497	25.1%
695,546	74.9%
141,600	15.3%

361,087
2.47

249,637	69.1%
213,789	85.6%
17,482	7.0%
111,450	30.9%

1980
Number	Percent
31.3
257,664	27.2%
688,524	72.8%
128,701	13.6%

349,684
2.60

253,117	72.4%
223,507	88.3%
15,182	6.0%
96,567	27.6%

2022 Housing Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	19,226	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	15,939	3.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	16,886	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	16,492	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	17,131	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	18,372	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	17,996	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	18,680	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	19,311	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	35,709	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	49,763	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	69,566	14.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	52,262	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	37,036	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	40,846	8.4%
$200,000 or more	39,067	8.1%

Median Household Income	75,243
Per Capita Income	39,290

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	17,639	3.6%
Public Assistance	10,663	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	49,177	10.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	547,306	77.0%
Unemployed	22,557	3.2%
In Armed Forces	1,514	0.2%

Total Labor Force	571,377	80.3%
Not in Labor Force	139,801	19.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	236,702	182,410	56.5%
Non-Profit	17,444	35,676	32.8%
Self-Employed	37,903	22,013	63.3%

Local Government	16,593	26,843	38.2%
State Government	15,032	18,445	44.9%
Federal Government	6,499	5,287	55.1%

Total Private + Self	274,605	204,423	57.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	55,568	86,251	39.2%
Total	330,173	290,674	53.2%

Pct. Govt.	14.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	109,977	17.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	125,017	20.1%
Professional, Technical	145,635	23.4%
Service Occupations	93,002	14.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,378	1.0%
All others	148,567	23.9%

White Collar		61.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	81,678	13.1%
Manufacturing	73,469	11.8%
Retail trade	70,270	11.3%
Educational services	62,055	10.0%
Finance and insurance	60,810	9.8%
Construction	41,887	6.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	33,670	5.4%
Accommodation and food services	32,015	5.1%
Other services	26,872	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	26,487	4.3%
Public administration	21,701	3.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	19,991	3.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	19,928	3.2%
Wholesale trade	17,434	2.8%
Information	9,955	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,971	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	8,617	1.4%
Utilities	4,840	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	913	0.1%
Management	635	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	61,238	5.08%
Puerto Rican	4,051	0.34%
Cuban	1,156	0.10%
Dominican	481	0.04%

Total Central American	8,712	0.72%
Costa Rican	236	0.02%
Guatemalan	2,642	0.22%
Honduran	1,145	0.09%
Nicaraguan	301	0.02%
Panamanian	376	0.03%
Salvadoran	3,969	0.33%
Other Central American	43	0.00%

Total South American	3,079	0.26%
Argentinean	241	0.02%
Bolivian	94	0.01%
Chilean	281	0.02%
Colombian	870	0.07%
Ecuadorian	626	0.05%
Paraguayan	21	0.00%
Peruvian	525	0.04%
Uruguayan	25	0.00%
Venezuelan	383	0.03%
Other South American	13	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,769	0.40%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	7,568	0.63%
Chinese	5,801	0.48%
Burmese	4,793	0.40%
Vietnamese	4,586	0.38%
Korean	3,413	0.28%
Laotian	3,201	0.27%
Filipino	2,165	0.18%
Thai	935	0.08%
Bhutanese	588	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,016,848	89.8%
Spanish	52,608	4.6%
Other Asian	14,477	1.3%
Other	8,200	0.7%
Other Indo-European	8,117	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	7,782	0.7%
Arabic	5,348	0.5%
Chinese	5,062	0.4%
German, other Germanic	4,401	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	337,176	28.0%
Irish	149,208	12.4%
English	125,140	10.4%
Norwegian	57,320	4.8%
American	49,579	4.1%
Dutch	44,459	3.7%
Swedish	30,801	2.6%
Italian	30,014	2.5%
European	21,908	1.8%
French	19,627	1.6%
Scottish	19,041	1.6%
Danish	17,803	1.5%
Polish	13,896	1.2%
Czech	10,806	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	8,700	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,159,513	96.2%
Not a citizen	45,782	3.8%

Native	1,122,805	93.2%
Foreign-born	82,490	6.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
22,353	2.8%	30,340	3.8%	226,668	28.4%	247,743	31.1%	183,352	23.0%	86,559	10.9%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	22,353	2.8%
9-12 Years	30,340	3.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	226,668	28.4%
Some College	247,743	31.1%
Bach. Degree	183,352	23.0%
Grad Degree	86,559	10.9%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	503,027	483,857	19,170	3.8%
1991	508,520	487,792	20,728	4.1%
1992	527,366	506,835	20,531	3.9%
1993	537,388	516,933	20,455	3.8%
1994	545,343	527,879	17,464	3.2%
1995	551,379	533,755	17,624	3.2%
1996	557,808	540,441	17,367	3.1%
1997	553,804	538,229	15,575	2.8%
1998	554,656	540,557	14,099	2.5%
1999	554,526	541,726	12,800	2.3%

2000	558,842	545,007	13,835	2.5%
2001	567,125	550,140	16,985	3.0%
2002	574,864	553,726	21,138	3.7%
2003	566,320	542,658	23,662	4.2%
2004	568,874	544,030	24,844	4.4%
2005	576,254	552,781	23,473	4.1%
2006	588,619	568,396	20,223	3.4%
2007	592,777	571,495	21,282	3.6%
2008	599,961	575,583	24,378	4.1%
2009	599,604	562,287	37,317	6.2%

2010	607,140	571,039	36,101	5.9%
2011	605,667	571,833	33,834	5.6%
2012	604,109	573,972	30,137	5.0%
2013	614,393	586,186	28,207	4.6%
2014	625,790	600,475	25,315	4.0%
2015	628,500	606,411	22,089	3.5%
2016	634,776	613,825	20,951	3.3%
2017	632,781	614,431	18,350	2.9%
2018	641,363	625,295	16,068	2.5%
2019	655,343	637,829	17,514	2.7%

2020	632,533	600,464	32,069	5.1%
2021	646,202	622,838	23,364	3.6%
2022	661,169	644,122	17,047	2.6%
2023	662,791	644,373	18,418	2.8%
2024	670,360	650,850	19,510	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	527,946
Median Value	$200,936

Occupied	484,282	91.7%
Vacant	43,664	8.3%

Owned	339,131	70.0%
Rented	145,151	30.0%
Median Rent	$946

Single-Family Units	396,398	75.1%
Detached	368,791	69.9%
Attached	27,607	5.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	90,288	17.1%
Mobile Homes	14,927	2.8%

Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area