Iron County Facts

Census Statistics

	Iron County	Michigan
Population, 2003 estimate	12,787	10,079,985
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.7%	1.4%
Population, 2000	13,138	9,938,444
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-0.3%	6.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.3%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.6%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	25.2%	12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.6%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	96.3%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.1%	14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.6%	3.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	95.9%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	67.2%	57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.1%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.5%	8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	84.8%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.7%	21.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,748	1,711,231
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.2	24.1?
Housing units, 2002	8,806	4,331,986
Homeownership rate, 2000	82.4%	73.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	6.6%	18.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$47,500	$115,600?
Households, 2000	5,748	3,785,661
Persons per household, 2000	2.19	2.56
Median household income, 1999	$28,560	$44,667
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,506	$22,168
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.3%	10.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	411	236,711
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,173	4,008,572
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.0%	-1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	767	526,958
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	214,900,655
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	92,889	93,706,078
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,141	$9,576
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	7.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.6%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	59	49,968
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	87,198	55,909,012
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,166	56,804
Persons per square mile, 2000	11.3	175.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	071	26

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