Urbandale, Iowa
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Urbandale welcome sign
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 Urbandale, Iowa
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| Coordinates: 41°38′11″N 93°44′10″W / 41.63639°N 93.73611°WCoordinates: 41°38′11″N 93°44′10″W / 41.63639°N 93.73611°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 Iowa
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| Counties | Polk, Dallas |
| Incorporated | April 16, 1917 |
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| • Type | Council-manager government |
| • Mayor | Robert Andeweg |
| • City Manager | A.J. Johnson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.94 sq mi (56.82 km2) |
| • Land | 21.92 sq mi (56.77 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 945 ft (288 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 39,463 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 41,020 |
| • Rank | 12th in Iowa |
| • Density | 1,800.3/sq mi (695.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 50322, 50323, 50391 |
| Area code(s) | 515 |
| FIPS code | 19-79950 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0462504 |
| Website | http://www.urbandale.org |
Urbandale is a city in Polk and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 39,463. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Urbandale was incorporated as a city on April 16, 1917. In its early days, Urbandale served as a streetcar suburb of Des Moines with four coal mines. Urbandale served as the end of the "Urbandale Line" after plans to build a railroad from Des Moines to Woodward were abandoned because of right-of-way issues. The coal mines had closed by the end of the 1940s while streetcar service ended in 1951.
In 1920, shortly after the city incorporated, Urbandale had 298 people. Its population in 1950 was 1,777, but the city grew rapidly after that along with the rest of Des Moines' suburbs. By 1970 Urbandale had 14,434 people, and in 2000 it had 29,072. Although most of the city's developed area is in Polk County, Urbandale has expanded westward into Dallas County in recent years.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.94 square miles (56.82 km2), of which, 21.92 square miles (56.77 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.
The median income for a household in the city was $59,744, and the median income for a family was $70,548 (these figures had risen to $69,269 and $86,885 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $45,470 versus $32,631 for females. The per capita income for the city was $29,021. About 2.5% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.
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