Ringgold County Facts

Census Statistics

	Ringgold County	Iowa
Population, 2003 estimate	5,421	2,944,062
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-0.9%	0.6%
Population, 2000	5,469	2,926,324
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	0.9%	5.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.9%	6.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.0%	25.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	24.0%	14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.5%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	99.1%	93.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	Z	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.4%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.2%	2.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	98.8%	92.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	63.6%	56.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.5%	3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.1%	5.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.4%	21.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	963	446,665
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.0	18.5?
Housing units, 2002	2,813	1,257,184
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.7%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	5.7%	18.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$45,000	$82,500?
Households, 2000	2,245	1,149,276
Persons per household, 2000	2.37	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$29,110	$39,469
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,023	$19,674
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.3%	9.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	130	80,392
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,033	1,255,162
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-7.8%	-0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	404	171,483
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	62,413,687
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	38,192	26,723,822
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,117	$9,362
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	21.5%	25.3%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	4	14,789
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	44,996	18,839,293
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	538	55,869
Persons per square mile, 2000	10.2	52.4
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	159	19

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