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  The population of Des Moines county is estimated at 39,625. In 2017 there were 452 births and 432 deaths in Des Moines county. Des Moines county has 7,228 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,117 that are owned free and clear and 4,658 that are renter occupied.


  The good residents of Des Moines County filed 18,860 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.3% of all Iowa filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Des Moines had a combined total federal tax liability of $151,624,000 on earned income of $1,012,212,000. Other notable statistics from Des Moines County were 1,590 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,421,000 and 3,490 charitable contributions valued at $16,828,000. 3,900 filings from Des Moines County paid a combined total of $12,445,000 in property taxes and 2,870 filings paid $14,049,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Des Moines county had 67 religious congregations with an estimated 17,575 members.

19.8% of the Des Moines population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 47% of Des Moines County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,551 votes.

At $50,773 the median income is 86.5% of the Iowa average. An estimated 836 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Des Moines, the equivalant of around 4.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.


Top 15 Industries in Des Moines County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
4,367Manufacturing
3,273Health care and social assistance
3,064Retail trade
1,517Food services and drinking places
1,459Restaurants and other eating places
843General merchandise stores
774Ambulatory health care services
762Full-service restaurants
654Real estate and rental and leasing
621Wholesale trade
619Limited-service restaurants
604Truck transportation
536Finance and insurance
447Other services (except public administration)
442Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services


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