Urbandale (Iowa)
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Location in Iowa
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Foundation : | April 16, 1917 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Iowa | |
Counties : |
Polk County Dallas County |
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Coordinates : | 41 ° 38 ′ N , 93 ° 44 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | |
Residents : | 29,072 (as of: 2000) | |
Population density : | 542.4 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 53.7 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) of which 53.6 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 288 m | |
Postcodes : | 50322, 50323, 50391 | |
Area code : | +1 515 | |
FIPS : | 19-79950 | |
GNIS ID : | 0462504 | |
Website : | www.urbandale.org | |
Mayor : | Bob Andeweg |
Urbandale is a city in Polk County and Dallas County in the US state of Iowa , which was declared a city on April 16, 1917. According to the city's own census, around 35,904 people lived in the city in 2005.
geography
Urbandale is a suburb of the state capital Des Moines and is located at the coordinates 41 ° 38'11 "North, 93 ° 44'10" West. The total area amounts to 53.7 km². 53.6 km² of this is land and 0.1 km² is water.
population
According to the 2000 census, there are 11,484 households and 8,308 families residing in Urbandale. The ethnic composition is as follows: 95.18% White, 1.53% African American, 0.09% Native American, 1.73% Asian, 0.10% from the Pacific region, 0.51% from other ethnicities, 0.86% of two or more races, and 1.60% of the population are Hispanic of any skin color.