Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Des Moines city GEOCODE:19-1130 IA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 191,003 100.0% 193,187 100.0% 2,184 1.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 154,517 80.9% 151,261 78.3% -3,256 -2.1 -2.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5,655 3.0% 6,369 3.3% 714 12.6 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 173,032 90.6% 172,426 89.3% -606 -0.4 -1.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 13,164 6.9% 13,667 7.1% 503 3.8 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,498 1.3% 4,437 2.3% 1,939 77.6 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 603 0.3% 800 0.4% 197 32.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,331 1.7% 4,550 2.4% 1,219 36.6 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 14,047 7.4% 15,157 7.8% 1,110 7.9 0.5 5-17.................. 35,332 18.5% 31,627 16.4% -3,705 -10.5 -2.1 18-24.................. 28,252 14.8% 22,946 11.9% -5,306 -18.8 -2.9 25-44.................. 52,721 27.6% 64,377 33.3% 11,656 22.1 5.7 45-64.................. 36,776 19.3% 33,316 17.2% -3,460 -9.4 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 23,875 12.5% 25,764 13.3% 1,889 7.9 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 49,379 25.9% 46,784 24.2% -2,595 -5.3 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 69,963 36.6% 71,644 37.1% 1,681 2.4 0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.7 32.4 2.7 9.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,553 $26,703 -1,850 -6.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,296 $32,772 -2,524 -7.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,387 $13,710 323 2.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 19,694 10.6% 24,137 12.9% 4,443 22.6 2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 75,416 100.0% 78,587 100.0% 3,171 4.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 49,537 65.7% 49,374 62.8% -163 -0.3 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 29,860 39.6% 31,211 39.7% 1,351 4.5 0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 40,171 53.3% 38,066 48.4% -2,105 -5.2 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 19,104 25.3% 16,974 21.6% -2,130 -11.1 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 7,927 10.5% 9,170 11.7% 1,243 15.7 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,943 6.6% 5,572 7.1% 629 12.7 0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 21,884 29.0% 24,087 30.7% 2,203 10.1 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 113,372 100.0% 123,457 100.0% 10,085 8.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 47,891 42.2% 43,535 35.3% -4,356 -9.1 -7.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 18,786 16.6% 23,331 18.9% 4,545 24.2 2.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 98,829 100.0% 105,029 100.0% 6,200 6.3 FEMALE................ 46,480 47.0% 51,550 49.1% 5,070 10.9 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 93,366 94.5% 99,816 95.0% 6,450 6.9 0.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 21,527 21.8% 23,307 22.2% 1,780 8.3 0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 13,377 13.5% 14,727 14.0% 1,350 10.1 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 79,902 100.0% 83,289 100.0% 3,387 4.2 OCCUPIED.............. 75,249 94.2% 78,453 94.2% 3,204 4.3 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 48,432 64.4% 48,660 62.0% 228 0.5 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $70,924 $55,014 -15,910 -22.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 26,817 35.6% 29,793 38.0% 2,976 11.1 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $396 $408 12 2.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 54,036 67.6% 55,448 66.6% 1,412 2.6 -1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,384 1.7% 2,366 2.8% 982 71.0 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.7 1953.0 4.3 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis