Des Moines, WA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5317635, place: Des Moines city, Washington)

Total Population: 29,267
Male: 14,101 (48.18%)
Female: 15,166 (51.82%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,924 (6.57%)
5 to 9 years: 1,977 (6.76%)
10 to 14 years: 1,924 (6.57%)
15 to 19 years: 1,825 (6.24%)
20 to 24 years: 1,746 (5.97%)
25 to 34 years: 4,244 (14.5%)
35 to 44 years: 4,848 (16.56%)
45 to 54 years: 3,951 (13.5%)
55 to 59 years: 1,470 (5.02%)
60 to 64 years: 1,011 (3.45%)
65 to 74 years: 1,749 (5.98%)
75 to 84 years: 1,739 (5.94%)
85 years and over: 859 (2.94%)

Median age: 37 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 22,304 (76.21%)
21 years and over: 21,247 (72.6%)
62 years and over: 4,925 (16.83%)
65 years and over: 4,347 (14.85%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 22,304 (76.21%)
--Male: 10,528 (35.97%)
--Female: 11,776 (40.24%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 4,347 (14.85%)
--Male: 1,680 (5.74%)
--Female: 2,667 (9.11%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 27,875 (95.24%)
--White: 20,986 (71.71%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,936 (6.61%)
--Black or African American: 2,106 (7.2%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 280 (0.96%)
--Asian: 2,422 (8.28%)
----Asian Indian: 193 (0.66%)
----Chinese: 169 (0.58%)
----Filipino: 655 (2.24%)
----Japanese: 237 (0.81%)
----Korean: 159 (0.54%)
----Vietnamese: 498 (1.7%)
----Other Asian: 511 (1.75%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 393 (1.34%)
----Native Hawaiian: 29 (0.1%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 39 (0.13%)
----Samoan: 248 (0.85%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 77 (0.26%)
--Some other race: 972 (3.32%)
Two or more Races: 1,392 (4.76%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,936 (6.61%)
--Mexican: 1,265 (4.32%)
--Puerto Rican: 93 (0.32%)
--Cuban: 15 (0.05%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 563 (1.92%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 27,331 (93.39%)
--White Alone: 20,986 (71.71%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 28,005 (95.69%)
--Householder: 11,337 (38.74%)
--Spouse: 5,345 (18.26%)
--Child: 7,921 (27.06%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 6,252 (21.36%)
--Other relatives: 1,451 (4.96%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 498 (1.7%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,951 (6.67%)
----Unmarried partner: 758 (2.59%)
Living in group quarters: 1,262 (4.31%)
--Institutionalized Population: 1,240 (4.24%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 22 (0.08%)
Total households: 11,337
Family households (families): 7,291 (64.31%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,445 (30.39%)
--Married-couple families: 5,345 (47.15%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,222 (19.6%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,385 (12.22%)
----With own children under 18 years: 925 (8.16%)
Nonfamily households: 4,046 (35.69%)
--Householder living alone: 3,155 (27.83%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 787 (6.94%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 3,763 (33.19%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,260 (19.93%)
Average household size: 2.47 people
Average family size: 3.02 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 11,777
Occupied housing units: 11,337 (96.26%)
Vacant housing units: 440 (3.74%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 63 (0.53%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.4%
Occupied housing units: 11,337 (96.26%)
Owner occupied housing units: 6,918 (58.74%)
Renter occupied housing units: 4,419 (37.52%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.56 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.33 people

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