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This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, the 5 populated U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by race/ethnicity. It includes a sortable table of population by race /ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category. The table also excludes all mixed raced/multiracial persons from the ...
Ottumwa (/ ə ˈ t ʌ m w ə / ə-TUM-wə) is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. [7] The population was 25,529 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. [8] Located in the state's southeastern section, the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River.
This was about 1.7% of the city's population in 1910. By 1880, Des Moines had a population of 22,408, making it Iowa's largest city. It displaced the three Mississippi River ports: Burlington, Dubuque, and Davenport, that had alternated holding the position since the territorial period. Des Moines has remained Iowa's most populous city.
The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
In 2000 9,093 (9.3%) of Davenport's population was African-American, up from 6,229 in 1980, and in 2019, it was 11,939 (11.67%). [ 5 ] The United States Census Bureau estimated from 2005 to 2007 that there was a larger black community in the Davenport: 11,300 persons or almost 12 percent of the city.
The U.S. population grew by 1.6 million from 2018 to 2019, with 38% of growth from immigration. [28] Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and according to the Census Bureau's 2020 estimation, 50% of U.S. children under the age of 18 are members of ethnic minority groups. [29]
The Des Moines metropolitan area, officially known as the Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is located at the confluence of the Des Moines River and the Raccoon River. Des Moines serves as the capital of the U.S. state of Iowa. The metro area consists of six counties in central Iowa: Polk, Dallas, Warren ...
The U.S. State of Iowa currently has 31 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, nine metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Iowa. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Des Moines-West ...