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Integrating Census 2010 TIGER Shapefiles, ACS 2009 5-year demographics, Census 2010 demographics and related data.

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•	Census 2010 demographics: http://proximityone.com/cen2010_pl94171.htm

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The table presented below provides a summary demographic profile for the city based on the Census 2010 P.L. 94-171 data. Similar to a profile developed by Census, this profile also includes two columns providing characteristics for the population under 18 years of age. These profiles are available for any Census 2010 geography, census block and higher level geography.

Census 2010 PL94171 Demographic Profile -- Des Moines city, IA Census 2010 P.L. 94-171 Profile -- Des Moines city, IA (IA0283445)
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Subject	Total		18 years and over		Under 18 years
Subject	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total Population	203,433	100.0	152,950	100.0	50,483	100.0
RACE
One Race	196,616	96.6	150,110	98.1	46,506	92.1
White	155,469	76.4	123,339	80.6	32,130	63.6
Black or African American	20,842	10.2	13,395	8.8	7,447	14.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,008	0.5	651	0.4	357	0.7
Asian	8,990	4.4	6,570	4.3	2,420	4.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	149	0.1	107	0.1	42	0.1
Some Other Race	10,158	5.0	6,048	4.0	4,110	8.1
Two or More Races	6,817	3.4	2,840	1.9	3,977	7.9
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	24,334	12.0	14,026	9.2	10,308	20.4
Not Hispanic or Latino	179,099	88.0	138,924	90.8	40,175	79.6
One Race	173,926	85.5	136,851	89.5	37,075	73.4
White	143,413	70.5	116,393	76.1	27,020	53.5
Black or African American	20,430	10.0	13,203	8.6	7,227	14.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	601	0.3	429	0.3	172	0.3
Asian	8,923	4.4	6,527	4.3	2,396	4.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	127	0.1	95	0.1	32	0.1
Some Other Race	432	0.2	204	0.1	228	0.5
Two or More Races	5,173	2.5	2,073	1.4	3,100	6.1
HOUSING UNITS
Total housing units	88,729	100.0
OCCUPANCY STATUS
Occupied housing units	81,369	91.7
Vacant housing units	7,360	8.3

Data source: Census 2010, P.L. 94-171 data files.

The table presented below provides a summary demographic profile for the district based on the Census 2010 P.L. 94-171 data. Similar to a profile developed by Census, this profile also includes two columns providing characteristics for the population under 18 years of age. These profiles are available for any Census 2010 geography, census block and higher level geography.

Census 2010 PL94171 Demographic Profile -- Des Moines School District, IA Census 2010 P.L. 94-171 Profile -- Des Moines School District, IA (IA0287609)
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Subject	Total		18 years and over		Under 18 years
Subject	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total Population	203,307	100.0	153,449	100.0	49,858	100.0
RACE
One Race	196,484	96.6	150,597	98.1	45,887	92.0
White	156,096	76.8	124,325	81.0	31,771	63.7
Black or African American	20,475	10.1	13,141	8.6	7,334	14.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,037	0.5	667	0.4	370	0.7
Asian	8,716	4.3	6,399	4.2	2,317	4.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	149	0.1	107	0.1	42	0.1
Some Other Race	10,011	4.9	5,958	3.9	4,053	8.1
Two or More Races	6,823	3.4	2,852	1.9	3,971	8.0
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	24,128	11.9	13,910	9.1	10,218	20.5
Not Hispanic or Latino	179,179	88.1	139,539	90.9	39,640	79.5
One Race	174,013	85.6	137,454	89.6	36,559	73.3
White	144,125	70.9	117,411	76.5	26,714	53.6
Black or African American	20,073	9.9	12,953	8.4	7,120	14.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	627	0.3	443	0.3	184	0.4
Asian	8,651	4.3	6,357	4.1	2,294	4.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	127	0.1	95	0.1	32	0.1
Some Other Race	410	0.2	195	0.1	215	0.4
Two or More Races	5,166	2.5	2,085	1.4	3,081	6.2
HOUSING UNITS
Total housing units	88,977	100.0
OCCUPANCY STATUS
Occupied housing units	81,642	91.8
Vacant housing units	7,335	8.2

Data source: Census 2010, P.L. 94-171 data files.

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Des Moines Metro bold brown boundary.

Des Moines School District green fill pattern.

Des Moines diagonal cross-hatch pattern.

Median household income ($MHI) by census tract.

Data based on 2009 American Community Survey (http://proximityone.com/acs.htm) 5-year estimates, centric to mid-2007.

See $MHI color patterns in highlighted layer in legend at left of map view.

Percent high school graduate (population 25 years and over) by census tract.

Data based on 2009 American Community Survey (http://proximityone.com/acs.htm) 5-year estimates, centric to mid-2007.

See color patterns in highlighted layer in legend at left of map view.

See highlighted (blue) layer in legend (left of map) for color/data value interval definitions.

More about these data: http://proximityone.com/cen2010_blocks.htm.

View similar to above showing total population by block as label.

Intersection-to-intersection street detail and K-12 schools shown.

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CV Site Analysis operation applied to census block layer; blocks "cherry-picked" in vicinity of school.

In the graphic below, table in upper right shows 26 blocks (cross-hatched) in this study area.

Aggregate demographics for selected blocks are shown in the mini table below that count:

1,327 total population in this set of blocks (p001001); 953 "White population of one race" (p001003) in this set of blocks.

223 Hispanic (p002002) and 1,104 non-Hispanic (p002003)

Item names shown in left column of profile defined at http://proximityone.com/cen2010_blocks.htm.

List of geocodes for blocks included shown in lower right mini table.

By clicking "Write" button, the summary data are written to specified spreadsheet file.