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People QuickFacts | Wapello County | Iowa
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 3,090,416
Population, 2012 estimate | 35,366 | 3,075,039
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 35,625 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 1.4%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.7% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 35,625 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.4% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.8% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.7% | 15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 95.0% | 92.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.7% | 3.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.9% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.3% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 9.5% | 5.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 86.6% | 88.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 85.2% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 6.4% | 4.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 10.2% | 7.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 83.7% | 90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 15.4% | 25.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,909 | 233,698
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 17.5 | 18.7
Housing units, 2012 | 16,025 | 1,345,738
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 74.2% | 72.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.3% | 18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $77,500 | $123,000
Households, 2008-2012 | 14,570 | 1,223,509
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.37 | 2.41
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,825 | $26,545
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $41,088 | $51,129
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.8% | 12.2%
Business QuickFacts | Wapello County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 769 | 80,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 13,994 | 1,263,665
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.2% | 0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,756 | 202,971
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,850 | 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 | 19.1% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,840,383 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 500,711 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,167 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 41,514 | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2012 | 19 | 9,501
Geography QuickFacts | Wapello County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 431.83 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 82.5 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 179 | 19
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Ottumwa, IA Micro 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