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People QuickFacts | Monroe County | Iowa
Population, 2012 estimate | 8,063 | 3,074,186
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 7,970 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.2% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 7,970 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.2% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.9% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 18.5% | 14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.2% | 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 97.9% | 93.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.1% | 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 2.4% | 5.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 95.8% | 88.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.3% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.5% | 4.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.9% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.2% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 16.7% | 24.9%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 709 | 239,229
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.3 | 18.6
Housing units, 2011 | 3,916 | 1,340,529
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 80.5% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.9% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $85,800 | $121,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,329 | 1,219,137
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.34 | 2.41
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,504 | $26,110
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,913 | $50,451
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.2% | 11.9%
Business QuickFacts | Monroe County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 173 | 80,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 1,679 | 1,263,665
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.7% | 0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 545 | 201,448
Total number of firms, 2007 | 521 | 259,931
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.1% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 46,184 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 62,488 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,256 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2012 | 12 | 9,501
Geography QuickFacts | Monroe County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 433.72 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 18.4 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 135 | 19
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts