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Hoyt Sherman Place
1501 Woodland Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
www.hoytsherman.org
Contact:
Carol Pollock
pollock@hoytsherman.org
515-244-0507
 

Market Information

 
DES MOINES, IOWA

Hoyt Sherman Place (1,251)

 

Location: Des Moines is located in central Iowa.

Des Moines is approximately 200 miles north of Kansas City, 250 miles south of Minneapolis, 330 miles west of Chicago, and 130 miles east of Omaha.  

 

Demographics (2003 census bureau estimates):

Des Moines city - 196,093

Male - 48.4 %

Female - 51.6

15 to 19 - 6.7

 20 to 24 - 7.6

 25 to 34 - 16.3

 35 to 44 - 15.5

 45 to 54 - 12.6

 
Polk County - 401,006

Male - 48.5

Female - 51.5

15 to 19 - 6.7

20 to 24 - 6.8

25 to 34 - 15.8

35 to 44 - 16.4

45 to 54 - 13.5

 
Des Moines MSA (Dallas, Guthrie, Madison, Polk and Warren counties) – 481,394

Male - 48.6

Female - 51.4

15 to 19 - 6.9

20 to 24 - 6.4

25 to 34 - 15.1

35 to 44 - 16.4

45 to 54 - 13.6

 

Local colleges:

Drake - 5,126 students

Grand View - 1,378

Iowa State - 26,845

Des Moines Area Community College - 10,998

 

Media:

 
TV: ABC (WOI-5), NBC (WHO-13), CBS (KCCI-8), FOX (KDSM-17), CW (KPWB-23), Independents (WBXF-4 and KRPG-43) local affiliates.
 
Cable provider: Mediacom
 
Radio: 22 stations within 25 miles

Public radio - 2

Religious - 4

Christian contemporary - 3

College - 3

Rock - 1

Adult contemporary - 2

Urban contemporary - 1

Adult album alternative - 2

Classical - 1

Country - 2

News/Talk - 2

Top-40 - 1

Nostalgia - 1

Spanish - 2

Sports - 1

 
Newspapers:

Des Moines Register (M-F 151,336; Sunday 240,912)

 

E-mail database:   1,288

 

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