Benton County Facts

Census Statistics

	Benton County	Iowa
Population, 2003 estimate	26,243	2,944,062
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.7%	0.6%
Population, 2000	25,308	2,926,324
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	12.8%	5.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.5%	6.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.4%	25.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.4%	14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.0%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.8%	93.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.5%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.6%	2.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	98.4%	92.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.8%	56.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.6%	3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.8%	5.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.9%	21.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	3,994	446,665
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.0	18.5?
Housing units, 2002	10,601	1,257,184
Homeownership rate, 2000	79.4%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	10.3%	18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$82,700	$82,500?
Households, 2000	9,746	1,149,276
Persons per household, 2000	2.56	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$42,427	$39,469
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,891	$19,674
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	6.1%	9.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	628	80,392
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	4,612	1,255,162
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.5%	-0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,545	171,483
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	62,413,687
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	144,117	26,723,822
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,768	$9,362
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	14.2%	25.3%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	91	14,789
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	131,191	18,839,293
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	716	55,869
Persons per square mile, 2000	35.3	52.4
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	011	19

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