Des Moines County

administration
The Des Moines County Courthouse in Burlington, listed on the NRHP since 2003
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Burlington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 513 North Main Street Burlington, IA 52601-5220
Foundation :	October 1, 1934
Made up from:	Michigan Territory
Area code :	001 319
Demographics
Residents :	40,325 (2010)
Population density :	37.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1113 km²
Water surface :	35 km²
map

Website : www.co.des-moines.ia.us

The Des Moines County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 the county had 40,325 residents and a population density of 37.4 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population increased to 40,480. The county seat is Burlington .

geography

The county is located in southeast Iowa and borders Illinois to the east , from which it is separated by the Mississippi . The Iowa- Missouri border runs approximately 60 km south and southeast. The county has an area of 1113 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are water.

In the south, Des Moines County is bounded by the Skunk River up to its confluence with the Mississippi . The Flint Creek flows through the center of the county and also flows into the Mississippi at Burlington.

The following neighboring counties border Des Moines County:

	Louisa County	Mercer County, Illinois
Henry County		Henderson County (Illinois)
	Lee County

history

Des Moines County was formed on October 1, 1834. It was named after the Des Moines River , to the left bank of which the county stretched at that time.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	5577	-
1850	12,988	132.9%
1860	19,611	51%
1870	27,256	39%
1880	33,099	21.4%
1890	35,324	6.7%
1900	35,989	1.9%
1910	36,145	0.4%
1920	35,520	-1.7%
1930	38.162	7.4%
1940	36,804	-3.6%
1950	42,056	14.3%
1960	44,605	6.1%
1970	46,982	5.3%
1980	46.203	-1.7%
1990	42,614	-7.8%
2000	42,351	-0.6%
2010	40,325	-4.8%
2013 estimate	40,480	0.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

View of Burlington in Des Moines County

US Highway 34 bridge over the Mississippi near Burlington

As of the 2010 census , Des Moines County had 40,325 people in 17,126 households. The population density was 37.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in the 17,126 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.0 percent white, 5.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,273 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,114. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.