Iron County Facts

Census Statistics

	Iron County	Utah
Population, 2003 estimate	35,741	2,351,467
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.8%	5.3%
Population, 2000	33,779	2,233,169
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	62.5%	29.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	9.4%	9.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	31.2%	32.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	8.6%	8.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	49.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	93.0%	89.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.3%	0.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.8%	4.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.7%	2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	4.1%	9.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	91.3%	85.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	42.1%	49.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.9%	7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.5%	12.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.6%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	23.8%	26.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,123	298,686
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	15.0	21.3?
Housing units, 2002	14,461	808,593
Homeownership rate, 2000	66.2%	71.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	24.2%	22.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$112,000	$146,100?
Households, 2000	10,627	701,281
Persons per household, 2000	3.11	3.13
Median household income, 1999	$33,114	$45,726
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,568	$18,185
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	19.2%	9.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	887	56,851
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	9,276	914,829
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-7.1%	-0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,021	135,794
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	206,380	24,014,379
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	286,937	19,964,601
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,330	$9,666
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	8.1%	5.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.8%	24.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	452	19,327
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	123,720	12,301,970
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	3,298	82,144
Persons per square mile, 2000	10.2	27.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	021	49

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