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West Des Moines Community School District Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 65,738
| West Des Moines Community School District | % | Iowa | U.S. | |
| English | 23,454 | 85.25%, see rank | 92.20% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 1,533 | 5.57%, see rank | 3.98% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,385 | 5.03%, see rank | 1.97% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 642 | 2.33%, see rank | 1.36% | 3.36% |
| Other | 499 | 1.81%, see rank | 0.50% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 65,061
| West Des Moines Community School District | % | Iowa | U.S. | |
| English | 23,274 | 86.29%, see rank | 92.29% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 1,523 | 5.65%, see rank | 4.07% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,426 | 5.29%, see rank | 2.03% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 441 | 1.64%, see rank | 1.21% | 3.24% |
| Other | 308 | 1.14%, see rank | 0.41% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 62,978
| West Des Moines Community School District | % | Iowa | U.S. | |
| English | 23,170 | 87.26%, see rank | 92.46% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 1,315 | 4.95%, see rank | 3.99% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,251 | 4.71%, see rank | 2.04% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 542 | 2.04%, see rank | 1.15% | 3.14% |
| Other | 275 | 1.04%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 67,878
| West Des Moines Community School District | % | Iowa | U.S. | |
| English | 25,746 | 88.51%, see rank | 92.60% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 1,413 | 4.86%, see rank | 4.00% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,176 | 4.04%, see rank | 2.03% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 637 | 2.19%, see rank | 1.08% | 2.95% |
| Other | 115 | 0.40%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.87% |
* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.