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People QuickFacts | Buchanan County | Iowa
Population, 2012 estimate | 20,942 | 3,074,186
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 20,958 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.1% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 20,958 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.2% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 26.7% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.8% | 15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.3% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 98.0% | 92.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 3.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 0.9% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.3% | 5.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 96.8% | 88.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.9% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.6% | 4.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.1% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.8% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.2% | 24.9%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,627 | 239,229
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.6 | 18.6
Housing units, 2011 | 8,938 | 1,340,529
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.7% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.6% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $114,400 | $121,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 8,175 | 1,219,137
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.53 | 2.41
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,792 | $26,110
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $54,879 | $50,451
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.2% | 11.9%
Business QuickFacts | Buchanan County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 488 | 80,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 5,166 | 1,263,665
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -3.1% | 0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,506 | 202,971
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,874 | 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 | 18.0% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 640,836 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 624,511 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 214,820 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,242 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,530 | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2012 | 42 | 9,501
Geography QuickFacts | Buchanan County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 571.02 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 36.7 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 19 | 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