People QuickFacts	Urbandale	Iowa
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	37,173	2,982,085
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	27.0%	1.9%
  	Population, 2000    	29,072	2,926,324
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.7%	6.4%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.3%	25.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.8%	14.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.7%	50.9% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	95.2%	93.9%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.5%	2.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.7%	1.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	0.9%	1.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.6%	2.8% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	52.8%	56.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	4.1%	3.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	6.1%	5.8%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	96.2%	86.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	43.7%	21.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	18.1	18.5 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	11,869	1,232,511
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	77.6%	72.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$133,100	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	11,484	1,149,276
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.51	2.46
  	Median household income, 1999    	$59,744	$39,469
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$29,021	$19,674
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	3.7%	9.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Urbandale	Iowa
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,535,477	33,546,948
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	725,737	31,195,012
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$23,336	$10,631
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	49,999	3,698,955
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,251	236,515
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.3%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.8%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.6%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	25.1%	27.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Urbandale	Iowa
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	20	55,869
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,405.1	52.4
  	FIPS Code    	79950	19
 	Counties    	Dallas County
 Polk County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts