ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Des Moines, IA MSA -- Table 1


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	Note: The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters.

TABLE 1. GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Total population	463,486	456,980	469,992
SEX AND AGE
Male	227,108	222,569	231,647
Female	236,378	231,621	241,135
Under 5 years	32,371	29,541	35,201
5 to 9 years	32,734	28,030	37,438
10 to 14 years	31,738	26,941	36,535
15 to 19 years	30,317	27,276	33,358
20 to 24 years	33,657	29,814	37,500
25 to 34 years	66,361	61,931	70,791
35 to 44 years	75,015	71,910	78,120
45 to 54 years	69,279	64,991	73,567
55 to 59 years	22,882	19,516	26,248
60 to 64 years	18,597	15,487	21,707
65 to 74 years	27,931	26,174	29,688
75 to 84 years	16,691	14,596	18,787
85 years and over	5,913	3,954	7,872

Median age (years)	35.8	34.8	36.8

18 years and over	346,321	341,364	351,278
21 years and over	330,887	325,231	336,543
62 years and over	60,775	57,416	64,134
65 years and over	50,535	48,116	52,954
Male	21,260	19,792	22,729
Female	29,275	27,505	31,045

RACE
One race	458,006	450,782	465,230
White	412,379	405,195	419,563
Black or African American	19,063	16,456	21,670
American Indian and Alaska Native	715	0	1,434
Asian	13,271	11,865	14,677
Asian Indian	4,101	410	7,792
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	910	0	1,905
Filipino	0	0	507
Japanese	803	0	1,904
Korean	587	0	1,326
Vietnamese	808	0	1,777
Other Asian	6,062	2,170	9,954
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	507
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	12,578	8,887	16,269
Two or more races	5,480	2,211	8,749
Two races including Some other race	823	0	1,669
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,657	1,614	7,700

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	417,859	410,376	425,342
Black or African American	20,549	18,592	22,506
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,928	781	5,075
Asian	14,522	13,278	15,766
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	507
Some other race	13,401	9,819	16,983

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	463,486	456,980	469,992
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	20,738	18,941	22,535
Mexican	14,129	10,428	17,830
Puerto Rican	201	0	614
Cuban	0	0	507
Other Hispanic or Latino	6,408	2,907	9,909
Not Hispanic or Latino	442,748	436,217	449,279
White alone	404,640	398,329	410,951
Black or African American alone	19,063	16,456	21,670
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	715	0	1,434
Asian alone	13,271	11,865	14,677
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	507
Some other race alone	402	0	1,060
Two or more races:	4,657	1,614	7,700
Two races including Some other race	0	0	507
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,657	1,614	7,700

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	463,486	456,980	469,992
Householder	188,063	182,118	194,008
Spouse	101,139	96,441	105,837
Child	132,675	126,836	138,514
Other relatives	17,522	13,239	21,805
Nonrelatives	24,087	19,477	28,697
Unmarried partner	9,609	7,418	11,800

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	185,318	180,335	190,301
Family households (families)	119,633	113,800	125,466
With own children under 18 years	57,645	53,094	62,196
Married-couple families	99,294	93,585	105,003
With own children under 18 years	45,030	40,506	49,554
Female householder, no husband present	16,553	13,336	19,771
With own children under 18 years	9,765	7,224	12,306
Nonfamily households	65,685	59,573	71,797
Householder living alone	50,992	44,686	57,298
65 years and over	15,173	12,294	18,052

Households with one or more people under 18 years	61,814	57,107	66,521
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	37,089	33,931	40,247

Average household size	2.50	2.43	2.57
Average family size	3.12	3.00	3.24

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	198,050	195,153	200,947
Occupied housing units	185,318	180,335	190,301
Vacant housing units	12,732	7,954	17,510

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0	0.5	3.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.6	3.8	13.4

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	185,318	180,335	190,301
Owner-occupied	138,075	130,878	145,272
Renter-occupied	47,243	41,318	53,168

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.64	2.56	2.72
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.10	1.94	2.27

The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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