| People QuickFacts | Dallas County | Iowa |
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Population, 2012 estimate | NA | 3,074,186 |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 69,444 | 3,064,097 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 66,135 | 3,046,857 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | NA | 0.9% |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 5.0% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 66,135 | 3,046,355 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 8.5% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 28.9% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 9.8% | 14.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.0% | 50.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.0% | 93.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.6% | 3.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 1.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.3% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 6.2% | 5.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 88.2% | 88.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.4% | 84.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.6% | 4.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.6% | 7.0% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 93.3% | 90.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 41.1% | 24.9% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,844 | 239,229 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.1 | 18.6 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 28,065 | 1,340,529 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.8% | 73.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 18.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $182,800 | $121,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 24,678 | 1,219,137 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.41 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $34,246 | $26,110 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $71,691 | $50,451 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.7% | 11.9% |
| Business QuickFacts | Dallas County | Iowa |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,520 | 80,8011 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 29,040 | 1,253,0951 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 196.4 | -0.91 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 5,004 | 201,448 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 6,613 | 259,931 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.8% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.2% | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 0.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 19.9% | 25.5% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 574,183 | 97,592,051 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 218,271 | 41,068,338 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 905,710 | 39,234,649 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,813 | $13,172 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 110,369 | 4,737,719 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 212 | 7,526 |