Iowa

2024 population: 3,241,488 ( 50,942 from 2020)
Land area: 55853.2 square miles
Population density: 58.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,662,718	82.14%	1.1%
Black:	145,679	4.49%	15.6%
Indian:	10,059	0.31%	5.4%
Asian:	102,657	3.17%	14.6%
2+ races:	65,250	2.01%	14.0%
Hispanic:	255,125	7.87%	18.1%

Total non-White:	578,770	17.86%	16.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	154,592	12.1
Deaths:	144,497	11.3
Net Migration:	-9,482	-0.7
Net Immigration:	49,793	3.9

Change in White population:	-29,463	-0.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	80,405	2.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
3,190,546
2,692,181	84.38%
126,017	3.95%
9,543	0.30%
89,602	2.81%
57,228	1.79%
215,975	6.77%
498,365	15.62%

2010
3,046,355
2,701,123	88.67%
86,906	2.85%
8,581	0.28%
54,394	1.79%
41,675	1.37%
151,544	4.97%
345,232	11.33%

2000
2,926,324
2,710,344	92.62%
60,744	2.08%
7,955	0.27%
37,233	1.27%
25,472	0.87%
82,473	2.82%
215,980	7.38%

1990
2,776,755
2,667,366	96.06%
46,651	1.68%
7,131	0.26%
24,965	0.90%
n/a
30,642	1.10%
109,389	3.94%

1980
2,913,808
2,824,427	96.93%
41,796	1.43%
5,675	0.19%
13,847	0.48%
n/a
26,274	0.90%
89,381	3.07%

1970
2,824,376
2,765,556	97.92%
32,395	1.15%
2,974	0.11%
3,399	0.12%
n/a
17,448	0.62%
58,820	2.08%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
358,277	11.8
268,382	8.8
-29,125	-1.0
47,837	1.6

-8,942	-0.3
153,133	5.0

Number	Rate
2000's
361,766	12.4
255,370	8.7
-52,205	-1.8
36,329	1.2

-9,221	-0.3
129,252	4.4

Number	Rate
1990's
376,872	13.6
278,817	10.0
-19,409	-0.7
25,229	0.9

42,978	1.5
106,591	3.8

Number	Rate
1980's
416,753	14.3
272,621	9.4
-278,385	-9.6
n/a

-157,061	-5.4
20,008	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-102,235	-3.6
n/a

58,871	2.1
30,561	1.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Iowa

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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
38.4
730,318	22.5%
2,511,170	77.5%
560,125	17.3%

1,290,139
2.40

803,276	62.3%
630,424	78.5%
73,782	9.2%
486,863	37.7%

2010
Number	Percent
38.1
727,993	23.9%
2,318,362	76.1%
452,888	14.9%

1,221,576
2.41

790,034	64.7%
625,173	79.1%
72,255	9.1%
431,542	35.3%

2000
Number	Percent
36.6
732,334	25.0%
2,193,990	75.0%
436,377	14.9%

1,150,197
2.45

774,246	67.3%
643,097	83.1%
61,320	7.9%
375,951	32.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.0
719,344	25.9%
2,057,411	74.1%
425,849	15.3%

1,065,243
2.51

746,331	70.1%
639,964	85.7%
52,167	7.0%
318,912	29.9%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
827,441	28.4%
2,086,367	71.6%
387,482	13.3%

1,053,107
2.68

773,311	73.4%
683,675	88.4%
44,352	5.7%
279,796	26.6%

2022 Housing Data for Iowa

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	53,544	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	46,854	3.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	47,659	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	48,392	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	48,702	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	52,047	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	50,363	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	49,778	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	52,883	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	99,696	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	131,444	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	183,917	14.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	140,044	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	94,546	7.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	98,518	7.6%
$200,000 or more	91,752	7.1%

Median Household Income	70,571
Per Capita Income	37,949

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	52,762	4.1%
Public Assistance	27,367	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	132,367	10.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,423,841	76.7%
Unemployed	56,100	3.0%
In Armed Forces	2,849	0.2%

Total Labor Force	1,482,790	79.9%
Not in Labor Force	372,465	20.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	613,179	476,509	56.3%
Non-Profit	44,345	98,244	31.1%
Self-Employed	107,469	57,076	65.3%

Local Government	45,305	72,038	38.6%
State Government	34,869	46,816	42.7%
Federal Government	14,608	13,392	52.2%

Total Private + Self	720,648	533,585	57.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	139,127	230,490	37.6%
Total	859,775	764,075	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	14.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	263,470	16.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	321,247	19.7%
Professional, Technical	356,927	21.9%
Service Occupations	251,632	15.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	17,720	1.1%
All others	434,158	26.7%

White Collar		57.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	241,735	14.9%
Health care and social assistance	231,100	14.2%
Retail trade	188,572	11.6%
Educational services	162,400	10.0%
Construction	109,620	6.7%
Finance and insurance	107,513	6.6%
Accommodation and food services	89,424	5.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	72,143	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	70,042	4.3%
Other services	68,874	4.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	56,870	3.5%
Public administration	51,745	3.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	49,287	3.0%
Wholesale trade	43,644	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	24,692	1.5%
Information	23,201	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	18,444	1.1%
Utilities	14,014	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,791	0.2%
Management	1,323	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	153,250	4.81%
Puerto Rican	9,151	0.29%
Cuban	3,397	0.11%
Dominican	1,168	0.04%

Total Central American	23,933	0.75%
Costa Rican	369	0.01%
Guatemalan	10,561	0.33%
Honduran	2,942	0.09%
Nicaraguan	836	0.03%
Panamanian	667	0.02%
Salvadoran	8,409	0.26%
Other Central American	149	0.00%

Total South American	6,200	0.19%
Argentinean	295	0.01%
Bolivian	423	0.01%
Chilean	510	0.02%
Colombian	2,147	0.07%
Ecuadorian	891	0.03%
Paraguayan	34	0.00%
Peruvian	1,004	0.03%
Uruguayan	67	0.00%
Venezuelan	716	0.02%
Other South American	113	0.00%

Other Hispanic	11,538	0.36%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	15,450	0.48%
Chinese	11,633	0.36%
Vietnamese	9,631	0.30%
Korean	6,846	0.21%
Burmese	6,731	0.21%
Filipino	5,923	0.19%
Laotian	5,729	0.18%
Thai	1,988	0.06%
Hmong	1,154	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,736,892	91.3%
Spanish	128,384	4.3%
Other Asian	26,888	0.9%
Other Indo-European	16,815	0.6%
German, other Germanic	16,312	0.5%
Other	15,957	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	12,580	0.4%
Arabic	11,113	0.4%
Chinese	9,748	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	998,268	31.3%
Irish	405,795	12.7%
English	294,358	9.2%
Norwegian	143,245	4.5%
American	139,661	4.4%
Dutch	108,928	3.4%
Swedish	75,350	2.4%
Italian	62,432	2.0%
French	51,528	1.6%
European	51,390	1.6%
Czech	48,430	1.5%
Danish	47,126	1.5%
Scottish	45,835	1.4%
Polish	37,889	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	20,955	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,088,853	96.9%
Not a citizen	99,983	3.1%

Native	3,010,299	94.4%
Foreign-born	178,537	5.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
57,758	2.7%	90,887	4.3%	652,792	30.6%	684,436	32.1%	433,380	20.3%	211,949	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	57,758	2.7%
9-12 Years	90,887	4.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	652,792	30.6%
Some College	684,436	32.1%
Bach. Degree	433,380	20.3%
Grad Degree	211,949	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,453,816	1,389,359	64,457	4.4%
1991	1,470,847	1,401,981	68,866	4.7%
1992	1,525,311	1,456,946	68,365	4.5%
1993	1,555,797	1,491,666	64,131	4.1%
1994	1,575,085	1,518,146	56,939	3.6%
1995	1,588,752	1,532,916	55,836	3.5%
1996	1,609,795	1,551,883	57,912	3.6%
1997	1,600,220	1,549,882	50,338	3.1%
1998	1,594,055	1,548,827	45,228	2.8%
1999	1,593,449	1,550,997	42,452	2.7%

2000	1,594,404	1,551,440	42,964	2.7%
2001	1,610,638	1,556,927	53,711	3.3%
2002	1,629,057	1,564,185	64,872	4.0%
2003	1,607,935	1,536,510	71,425	4.4%
2004	1,607,440	1,534,643	72,797	4.5%
2005	1,628,522	1,558,530	69,992	4.3%
2006	1,655,932	1,595,352	60,580	3.7%
2007	1,662,163	1,600,514	61,649	3.7%
2008	1,682,223	1,612,462	69,761	4.1%
2009	1,677,066	1,569,561	107,505	6.4%

2010	1,674,418	1,571,962	102,456	6.1%
2011	1,670,062	1,575,769	94,293	5.6%
2012	1,660,190	1,576,241	83,949	5.1%
2013	1,676,575	1,597,143	79,432	4.7%
2014	1,698,722	1,626,676	72,046	4.2%
2015	1,700,558	1,637,474	63,084	3.7%
2016	1,703,168	1,642,155	61,013	3.6%
2017	1,686,473	1,634,330	52,143	3.1%
2018	1,701,672	1,657,465	44,207	2.6%
2019	1,733,875	1,685,863	48,012	2.8%

2020	1,666,424	1,578,764	87,660	5.3%
2021	1,690,382	1,626,177	64,205	3.8%
2022	1,716,907	1,669,935	46,972	2.7%
2023	1,709,406	1,659,109	50,297	2.9%
2024	1,713,064	1,660,859	52,205	3.0%

Migration Data for Iowa

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
Illinois	100,403
Nebraska	63,174
Minnesota	43,939
Texas	39,215
Missouri	35,223
California	32,531
Wisconsin	27,316
Florida	26,950
Colorado	22,175
Arizona	19,420
South Dakota	19,099
Kansas	15,693
Indiana	11,943
North Carolina	11,347
Michigan	11,173

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
Illinois	81,955
Nebraska	62,816
Minnesota	50,465
Texas	46,730
Missouri	37,973
Florida	35,189
Wisconsin	30,107
California	29,116
Colorado	26,374
Arizona	24,888
South Dakota	22,592
Kansas	15,038
North Carolina	14,014
Indiana	12,768
Michigan	12,412

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,417,064
Median Value	$181,600

Occupied	1,290,139	91.0%
Vacant	126,925	9.0%

Owned	922,684	71.5%
Rented	367,455	28.5%
Median Rent	$914

Single-Family Units	1,088,276	76.8%
Detached	1,027,751	72.5%
Attached	60,525	4.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	201,228	14.2%
Mobile Homes	48,088	3.4%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Iowa

2022 Housing Data for Iowa

2022 Income & Employment Data for Iowa

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Iowa

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Iowa

Historical Labor Force Data for Iowa

Migration Data for Iowa

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