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People QuickFacts | Benton County | Iowa
Population, 2013 estimate | 25,699 | 3,090,416
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 26,076 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.4% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 26,076 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.7% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.0% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 16.6% | 15.6%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.0% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 98.1% | 92.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 3.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 0.9% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 1.3% | 5.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 97.0% | 87.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 91.8% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.1% | 4.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 2.4% | 7.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 92.7% | 90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 18.3% | 25.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,306 | 233,698
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 24.1 | 18.7
Housing units, 2013 | 11,051 | 1,349,617
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 81.1% | 72.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 9.5% | 18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $130,900 | $123,000
Households, 2008-2012 | 10,230 | 1,223,509
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.52 | 2.41
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,744 | $26,545
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $57,488 | $51,129
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 7.8% | 12.2%
Business QuickFacts | Benton County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 573 | 80,649
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 4,444 | 1,293,694
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 4.7% | 2.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 1,808 | 203,701
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,420 | 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 | 31.2% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 176,791 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 213,218 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 176,434 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,645 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,616 | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2012 | 22 | 9,501
Geography QuickFacts | Benton County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 716.27 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 36.4 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 11 | 19
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Cedar Rapids, IA Metro 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