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Population

Population (2010)1: 3,046,355

    Rank among states: 30

Population (2000)1: 2,926,324

  • Rank among states: 30

Population (2040 projection)1: 3,467,386

Land Area and Urbanization 

Land area and population density (2000)1

    • Land area: 55,869.3 square miles

    • Population density: 52.4 people per square mile

  • Urban and rural population (2009)1

    • Urban: 59.8%

    • Rural (total): 40.2%

    • Metropolitan and non-metropolitan population (2009)1,2

    • Metropolitan: 55.2%

    • Non-metropolitan: 44.8%

    • Metropolitan areas: 9 areas comprised of 20 Iowa counties

    • Micropolitan areas: 15 areas comprised of 17 Iowa counties

    • Combined statistical areas: 4 areas comprised of 13 Iowa counties

Business and Industry

  • Gross Domestic Product  (2009)3

    • Total (in millions): $142,282

    • By Industry (2009)

      • Manufacturing: $23,775

      • Finance and insurance: $23,075

      • Government: $16,212

      • Real estate, rental and leasing: $13,616

      • Health care & social assistance:  $9,295

      • Retail trade: $7,996

      • Transportation and warehousing: $4,677

      • Wholesale trade: $7,685

      • Construction: $4,964

      • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting: $7,315

      • Utilities: $2,501

      • Professional and Technical services: $4,526

      • Information: $4,025

      • Arts, entertainment, and related activities: $1,166

      • Mining: $112

      • Exports (2009)1

    • Top commodity exports (in millions):

      • Tractors - $665

      • Swine meat, frozen - $390

      • Soybeans - $352 

      • Corn Except Seed Corn - $343

      • Civilian aircraft, engines & parts - $332

    • Top destinations of exports (in millions):

      • Canada - $3,037

      • Mexico -  $1,394

      • Japan -   $822

  • Businesses1

    • Business establishments with employees (2008): 82,353

    • Non-employer business establishments (2008):  198,028

    • Farms4

    • Number of farms (2009): 92,600

    • Acres in farmland (2009): 30,800,000

  • Residential building permits issued (2009)1: 7,729

Employment

  • Unemployment rate (2009)5: 6.3%

  • Employment status (2009)1

    • In labor force, 16 & over: 69.5%

    • Females 16 years and over in labor force: 65.0%

    • Families with own children under 6 years

      • All parents in labor force: 72.7%

  • Employees in nonfarm establishments (2009)5 

    • Total: 1,480,700

      • Trade, transportation, and utilities: 293,400

      • Leisure and hospitality: 131,000

      • Manufacturing: 206,200

      • Government: 252,600

      • Financial activities: 100,800

      • Construction: 64,000

      • Information: 33,400

      • Professional and business services: 127,200

      • Educational and health services: 214,600

      • Other services: 91,700

  • Farm operators (2007)4

    • Operators by principal occupation

      • Farming: 48,637

      • Other: 44,219

    • Operators by days worked off farm

      • Any: 57,167

      • 200 days or more: 35,969

  • Commuting to work (2009)1

    • Mean travel time to work (minutes): 18.5

Vital Statistics

  • Births (2009)6

    • Total:  39,662

    • Rate per 1,000 population: 13.2

  • Deaths (2009)6

    • Total: 27,450

    • Rate per 1,000 population:  9.1

  • Marriages (2009)6

    • Total: 21,139

    • Rate per 1,000 population:  7.0

  • Dissolutions (2009)6

    • Total: 7,285

    • Rate per 1,000 population:  2.4

Households and Families

  • Households (2009)1

    •  Number of households: 1,226,804

    •  Average household size (people):  2.37

  • Families (2009)1

    • Number of families: 798,262

    • Average family size (people):   2.90

    • Married couple family with own children under 18 years:  31.1%

    • Single householder with own children under 18 years:  17.9%

General Demographic Characteristics

  • Sex and age (2009)1

    • Male: 49.3%         

    • Female: 50.7%

    • Population under 5 years:  6.6%

    • Population 18 years and over:  76.5%

    • Population 65 years and over:  14.8%

    • Population 85 years and over:   2.5%

    • Median age (years):  38.0

  • Race and Hispanic or Latino (2009)1

    • White alone:   92.3%

    • Black or African American alone:   2.5%

    • American Indian and Alaska Native alone:   0.4%

    • Asian alone:   1.5%

    • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone:    0.1%

    • Two or more races:   1.8%

    • Hispanic or Latino (of any race):   4.3%

    • White alone, not Hispanic or Latino:   89.9%

Social Characteristics

  • Educational attainment (2009)1

    • High school graduate or higher:  90.5%

    • Bachelor's degree or higher:      25.1%

  • Veteran status (2009)1

    • Civilian veterans:   10.2%

  • Disability status (2009)1

    • Population 5 years and over with a disability:  11.4%

  • Nativity and citizenship (2009)1

    • Native:  96.1%

    • Foreign-born:  3.9%   

      • Naturalized citizen: 35.9%

      • Not a citizen: 64.1%

  • Language spoken at home (2009)1

    • English only: 93.5%

    • Spanish: 3.7%

    • Asian and Pacific Islander:  1.1%

    • Other:  0.3%

  • Ancestry (single or multiple) (2009)1

    • German:  40.1%

    • Irish:  15.8%

    • Other:  44.1%

Economic Characteristics

  • Income (2009) 1

    • Median household income: $48,044

    • Median family income: $61,156

    • Per capita income: $25,315

  • Median earnings (2009)1

    • Male full-time, year-round workers:    $42,634

    • Female full-time, year-round workers: $31,431

  • Individual poverty status (2009)1

    • Individuals below poverty level:  11.8%

    • Related children under 18 years below poverty level:  15.1%

    • Individuals 65 years and over below poverty level:  7.3%

  • Family poverty status (2009)1

    • Families below poverty level: 7.7%

    • Families with related children under 18 years below poverty level: 13.6%

    • Families with female householder, no husband present, with related children under 18 years below poverty level: 38.4%

Housing Characteristics

  • Housing occupancy and tenure (2009)1

    • Total housing units:  1,342,052

    • Owner-occupied:  72.1%

  • Year structure built (2009)1

    • 1990 and later: 21.5%

    • Before 1950: 34.1%

    • Median year built: 1964

  • Rooms (2009)1

    • Median rooms: 5.9

  • Value and owner costs (2009)1

    • Median value of owner-occupied units: $122,000

    • Median selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income: 18.0%

  • Gross rent (2009)1

    • Median gross rent of renter-occupied units: $611

    • Median gross rent as a percentage of household income: 27.2%

Governmental Units: Counties, Cities, and Townships

  • Counties (2010)1

    • Number of counties: 99

    • Population - Largest: 430,640 - Polk County

    • Population - Smallest: 4,029 - Adams County

    • Land area (2000) - Largest: 973 square miles - Kossuth County

    • Land area (2000) - Smallest: 381.1 square miles - Dickinson County

  • Incorporated places (2010) 1

    • Number of places: 948

    • Population - Largest: 203,433 - Des Moines in Polk County

    • Population - Smallest: 15 - Le Roy in Decatur County and Beaconsfield in Ringgold County

    • Number of census designated places (2010): 67

  • Townships 1

    • Number of townships (2000): 1,599

Statistical Units: Census Geography

  • Census Geography 1

    • Census tracts (2000): 793

    • Census block groups (2000): 2,634

    • Census blocks (2000): 168,075

Links to More Data About Iowa

 

Data Sources

1 U.S. Census Bureau 

2 U.S. Office of Management and Budget  

3 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis  

4 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 

5 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

6 Iowa Department of Public Health  

7 Woods & Poole Economic, Inc.


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