Cherokee County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cherokee County	Iowa
Population, 2003 estimate	12,541	2,944,062
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-3.8%	0.6%
Population, 2000	13,035	2,926,324
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-7.5%	5.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.5%	6.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.6%	25.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	20.4%	14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.7%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.3%	93.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.4%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.0%	2.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.8%	92.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	66.8%	56.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.9%	3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.0%	5.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.5%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	15.2%	21.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,902	446,665
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	16.4	18.5?
Housing units, 2002	5,858	1,257,184
Homeownership rate, 2000	73.7%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	12.0%	18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$57,300	$82,500?
Households, 2000	5,378	1,149,276
Persons per household, 2000	2.35	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$35,142	$39,469
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,934	$19,674
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	7.3%	9.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	390	80,392
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	4,522	1,255,162
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.6%	-0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	817	171,483
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	188,489	62,413,687
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	107,679	26,723,822
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,058	$9,362
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.4%	25.3%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	17	14,789
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	91,778	18,839,293
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	577	55,869
Persons per square mile, 2000	22.6	52.4
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	035	19

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