Urbandale (Iowa)

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Urbandale (Iowa)
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Urbandals
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : April 16, 1917
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Polk County
Dallas County
Coordinates : 41 ° 38 ′  N , 93 ° 44 ′  W 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
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.