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West Siberian Plain

(Encyclopedia) West Siberian Plain, an extensive region of continuous flatland, N Asia, comprising the western third of Siberia, Russia. It is bounded on the east by the Yenisei River, on the north…

West University Place

(Encyclopedia) West University Place, residential city (1990 pop. 12,920), Harris co., S Tex., completely surrounded by the city of Houston; inc. 1925. Rice Univ. is nearby.

West Virginia University

(Encyclopedia) West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. It operates 15 schools and…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to HeavenAn ExhortationOde to the West Wind (This poem was conceived and chiefly written in a wood that skirts the Arno, near Florence, and on a day when that tempestuous…

West Des Moines, IA Census Data

People QuickFactsWest Des MoinesIowaPopulation, 2003 estimate 51,6992,944,062Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 10.7%0.6%Population, 2000 46,4032,926,324Population,…

West Des Moines, IA Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population46,403100.0SEX AND AGEMale22,23947.9Female24,16452.1Under 5 years3,5857.75 to 9 years3,2517.010 to 14 years2,9306.315 to 19 years2,5595.520 to 24 years3,6057.825 to…

West Des Moines, IA Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over35,876100.0In labor force27,80077.5Civilian labor force27,79177.5Employed27,33276.2Unemployed4591.3Percent of civilian labor force1.7(X…

West Des Moines, IA, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units20,774100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached10,41950.21-unit, attached2,14410.32 units1500.73 or 4 units3751.85 to 9 units1,3186.310 to 19 units2,11710.220 or…