Facts
- Population
- 231,762 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.6 %
- Net migration
- 20 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8 % (2025)
- State
- Iowa
- Population base, April 2020
- 230,303 (2020)
- Births
- 2,628 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.3
- Deaths
- 2,190 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 438
- International migration
- 1,396 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,376 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.1
- Postal code
- IA
- FIPS code
- 19113
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 4.4 % |
| 2020 | 6.0 % |
| 2019 | 2.7 % |
| 2018 | 2.7 % |
| 2017 | 3.2 % |
| 2016 | 3.5 % |
| 2015 | 3.8 % |
| 2014 | 4.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 231,762 |
| 2023 | 229,402 |
| 2022 | 228,947 |
| 2021 | 229,474 |
| 2020 | 230,433 |