People QuickFacts Audubon County Iowa Population, 2012 estimate 5,910 3,074,186 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 6,119 3,046,857 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -3.4% 0.9% Population, 2010 6,119 3,046,355 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.2% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.1% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 23.4% 14.9% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 98.5% 93.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 3.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.6% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 0.7% 5.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 97.9% 88.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 91.2% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.6% 4.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 1.3% 7.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.9% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.0% 24.9% Veterans, 2007-2011 640 239,229 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.4 18.6  Housing units, 2011 2,990 1,340,529 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 79.5% 73.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 6.8% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $71,200 $121,300 Households, 2007-2011 2,670 1,219,137 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.24 2.41 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,610 $26,110 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,840 $50,451 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.2% 11.9%     Business QuickFacts Audubon County Iowa Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 186 80,113 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 1,189 1,263,665 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -1.8% 0.8% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 503 201,448  Total number of firms, 2007 456 259,931 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 25.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 97,592,051 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,778 41,068,338 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 37,302 39,234,649 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,083 $13,172 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 4,737,719 Building permits, 2012 7 9,501     Geography QuickFacts Audubon County Iowa Land area in square miles, 2010 442.96 55,857.13 Persons per square mile, 2010 13.8 54.5 FIPS Code 009 19 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts