People QuickFacts Pottawattamie County Iowa Population, 2012 estimate 92,913 3,074,186 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 93,151 3,046,857 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.3% 0.9% Population, 2010 93,158 3,046,355 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.7% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.0% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.5% 14.9% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.9% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.6% 93.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.6% 3.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 6.7% 5.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 89.6% 88.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.5% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.1% 4.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.0% 7.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.9% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.7% 24.9% Veterans, 2007-2011 8,128 239,229 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.3 18.6  Housing units, 2011 39,342 1,340,529 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.9% 73.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.6% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $127,000 $121,300 Households, 2007-2011 36,327 1,219,137 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.50 2.41 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,644 $26,110 Median household income, 2007-2011 $49,924 $50,451 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.8% 11.9%     Business QuickFacts Pottawattamie County Iowa Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,998 80,801 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 30,824 1,253,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 6.0 -0.9 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,029 201,448  Total number of firms, 2007 7,088 259,931 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 0.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.1% 25.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 97,592,051 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,256,650 41,068,338 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,503,395 39,234,649 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,784 $13,172 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 451,451 4,737,719 Building permits, 2011 137 7,526     Geography QuickFacts Pottawattamie County Iowa Land area in square miles, 2010 950.28 55,857.13 Persons per square mile, 2010 98.0 54.5 FIPS Code 155 19 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts