Facts
- Population
- 516,185 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.8 %
- Net migration
- 4,072 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- Iowa
- Population base, April 2020
- 492,402 (2020)
- Births
- 6,463 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.5
- Deaths
- 4,196 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,267
- International migration
- 4,143 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -71 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.9
- Postal code
- IA
- FIPS code
- 19153
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.2 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 2.8 % |
| 2021 | 4.1 % |
| 2020 | 5.9 % |
| 2019 | 2.7 % |
| 2018 | 2.6 % |
| 2017 | 3.0 % |
| 2016 | 3.4 % |
| 2015 | 3.7 % |
| 2014 | 4.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 516,185 |
| 2023 | 507,487 |
| 2022 | 501,261 |
| 2021 | 497,903 |
| 2020 | 493,039 |