People QuickFacts	West Des Moines	Iowa
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	57,909	3,064,097
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	56,609	3,046,857
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.3%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	56,609	3,046,355
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.1%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.1%	23.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.6%	14.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.7%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	88.4%	91.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.3%	2.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.8%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.9%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.2%	5.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	85.0%	88.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	79.0%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	10.6%	4.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	12.9%	7.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	95.0%	90.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	50.1%	24.9%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,172	239,229
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	16.1	18.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	26,219	1,336,417
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.0%	73.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	38.0%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$183,000	$121,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	23,604	1,219,137
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.35	2.41
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$37,646	$26,110
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$67,179	$50,451
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.0%	11.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	West Des Moines	Iowa
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,703	259,931
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.0%	0.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.7%	0.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.4%	1.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.3%	0.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.6%	25.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	257,348	97,592,051
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	275,121	41,068,338
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,228,515	39,234,649
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$22,414	$13,172
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	186,547	4,737,719

   	Geography QuickFacts	West Des Moines	Iowa
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	38.59	55,857.13
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,467.0	54.5
 	FIPS Code    	83910	19
 	Counties    	Dallas County
 Polk County
 Warren County
 	

(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