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Des Moines Household Makeup and Size

2010 Household Family Makeup Statistics Des Moines, IA Iowa United States
Family HH 49,246 60.45% 831,062 66.96% 80,786,957 68.23%
Non-Family HH 32,213 39.55% 410,110 33.04% 37,615,186 31.77%
Family Households
Married Family HH 35,509 72.11% 684,671 82.39% 61,788,433 76.48%
Other Family HH 13,737 27.89% 146,391 17.61% 18,998,524 23.52%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present 3,765 27.41% 43,764 29.90% 5,269,052 27.73%
Female Householder, No Husband Present 9,972 72.59% 102,627 70.10% 13,729,472 72.27%
Married Family Households
with Children Under 18 14,792 41.66% 274,176 40.04% 26,914,156 43.56%
with No Children Under 18 20,717 58.34% 410,495 59.96% 34,874,277 56.44%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present with Children Under 18 2,035 14.81% 24,556 16.77% 2,679,014 14.10%
Male Householder, No Wife Present with No Children Under 18 1,730 12.59% 19,208 13.12% 2,590,038 13.63%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with Children Under 18 6,175 44.95% 64,124 43.80% 8,162,103 42.96%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with No Children Under 18 3,797 27.64% 38,503 26.30% 5,567,369 29.30%
Non-Family Households
Male Householder 14,918 46.31% 188,908 46.06% 17,889,615 47.56%
Female Householder 17,295 53.69% 221,202 53.94% 19,725,571 52.44%

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Family Household: A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family, and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there.

Married Family Household: A married family household consists of a married householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption.

Other Family Household: An other family household consists of a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth or adoption. These households may have a Male Householder with No Wife Present and/or Female Householder with No Husband Present.

Non-Family Household: A non-family household consists of a householder living alone (a one-person household) or where the householder shares the home exclusively with people to whom he/she is not related.

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Des Moines Household Average Size Graph

2010 Household Size Statistics Des Moines, IA Iowa United States
Households 81,459 1,241,172 118,402,143
Household Growth Since 2000 1.52% 8.00% 12.25%
Average Household Size 2.32 2.34 2.54
Median Household Size 2.55 2.64 2.73
1 Person 25,859 31.74% 334,454 26.95% 30,136,064 25.45%
2 Person 27,027 33.18% 449,807 36.24% 39,659,597 33.50%
3 Person 11,980 14.71% 179,276 14.44% 19,037,063 16.08%
4 Person 10,085 12.38% 173,263 13.96% 17,509,838 14.79%
5 Person 4,306 5.29% 74,640 6.01% 7,800,606 6.59%
6 Person 1,405 1.72% 21,429 1.73% 2,691,520 2.27%
7 or More Person 797 0.98% 8,303 0.67% 1,567,455 1.32%

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