Facts
- Population
- 175,601 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.5 %
- Net migration
- 424 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- Iowa
- Population base, April 2020
- 174,681 (2020)
- Births
- 1,902 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.8
- Deaths
- 1,693 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 209
- International migration
- 464 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -40 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.4
- Postal code
- IA
- FIPS code
- 19163
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 3.8 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.3 % |
| 2021 | 4.9 % |
| 2020 | 6.5 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.5 % |
| 2016 | 4.4 % |
| 2015 | 4.6 % |
| 2014 | 5.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 175,601 |
| 2023 | 174,589 |
| 2022 | 173,985 |
| 2021 | 174,250 |
| 2020 | 174,617 |