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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Iowa
Population, 2013 estimate | 11,945 | 3,090,416
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 12,072 | 3,046,857
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.1% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 12,072 | 3,046,355
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.9% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 20.9% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 22.0% | 15.6%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.5% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 97.2% | 92.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 3.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.6% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 0.9% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 3.3% | 5.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 94.2% | 87.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 86.9% | 84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 0.9% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 3.2% | 7.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 91.6% | 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 19.6% | 25.7%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,163 | 226,175
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 15.3 | 18.8
Housing units, 2013 | 5,757 | 1,349,617
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 74.9% | 72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 12.8% | 18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $80,200 | $124,300
Households, 2009-2013 | 5,354 | 1,226,547
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.17 | 2.42
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $26,330 | $27,027
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $48,977 | $51,843
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 9.7% | 12.4%
Business QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Iowa
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 362 | 80,649
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 4,525 | 1,293,694
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -4.2% | 2.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 803 | 203,701
Total number of firms, 2007 | 796 | 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 | S | 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 279,270 | 97,592,051
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 114,673 | 41,068,338
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 139,445 | 39,234,649
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,935 | $13,172
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,706 | 4,737,719
Building permits, 2012 | 15 | 9,501
Geography QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Iowa
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 576.91 | 55,857.13
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 20.9 | 54.5
FIPS Code | 35 | 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