Council Bluffs, Iowa Demographics

Council Bluffs is 1st in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Council Bluffs is 5th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales

Council Bluffs is 6th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Council Bluffs is 6th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Size in square miles

Council Bluffs is 7th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Current population (2012)

Council Bluffs is 7th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Households

Council Bluffs is 7th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Housing units

Council Bluffs is 11th in Iowa out of 75 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Council Bluffs is 13th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Council Bluffs is 15th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	62,115	7th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	41.0	6th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,518.8	28th	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	25th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	36th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	58th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.7%	63rd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.5%	68th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	90.9%	55th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.9%	37th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	6th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	54th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	66th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	18th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	13th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.9%	57th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	51.3%	50th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	27th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	26,594	7th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	26.4%	19th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	24,523	7th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.8%	70th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$112,200	38th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.5	24th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$21,731	60th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$42,844	50th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.0%	23rd	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Council Bluffs	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,102	11th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,294,835	5th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,601	15th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$431,929	1st	$4,737,719	$613,795,732