Editing Des Moines, Iowa (section)

===2010 census===
[[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Des Moines (5560433688).png|thumb|left|Map of racial distribution in Des Moines, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ff0000|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#0000ff|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#00ffaa|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffa600|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffff07|Other}}]]
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 203,433 people, 81,369 households, and 47,491 families residing in the city.<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=May 11, 2012 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> [[Population density]] was {{convert|2515.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 88,729 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1097.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city for [[unincorporated areas]] not merged with the city proper was 66.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 15.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African Americans]], 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 4.0% [[Asian people|Asian]], and 2.6% from [[Two or more races]]. People of [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] origin, of any race, made up 12.1% of the population. The city's racial make up during the 2010 census was 76.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (1.2% Vietnamese, 0.9% Laotian, 0.4% Burmese, 0.3% Asian Indian, 0.3% Thai, 0.2% Chinese, 0.2% Cambodian, 0.2% Filipino, 0.1% Hmong, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Nepalese), 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.0% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.4% from two or more races. People of [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] origin, of any race, formed 12.0% of the population (9.4% Mexican, 0.7% Salvadoran, 0.3% Guatemalan, 0.3% Puerto Rican, 0.1% Honduran, 0.1% Ecuadorian, 0.1% Cuban, 0.1% Spaniard, 0.1% Spanish). [[Non-Hispanic Whites]] were 70.5% of the population in 2010.<ref name="census1">{{Cite web |title=Des Moines (city), Iowa |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/19/1921000.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910062553/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/19/1921000.html |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |website=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> Des Moines also has a sizeable [[South Sudanese]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sudan Project: Being Sudanese American in Iowa |url=https://www.thegazette.com/news/the-sudan-project-being-sudanese-american-in-iowa-2/ |website=www.thegazette.com}}</ref>

There were 81,369 households, of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.6% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.11.

The median age in the city was 33.5 years. 24.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.4% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 11% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.