People QuickFacts	Clayton County	Iowa
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	17,835	3,074,186
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	18,129	3,046,857
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.6%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	18,129	3,046,355
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.8%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.7%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	19.7%	14.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.0%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	98.3%	93.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	3.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	1.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	0.7%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.8%	5.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	96.7%	88.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.7%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.7%	4.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.9%	7.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.9%	90.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.3%	24.9%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,672	239,229
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.6	18.6 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	9,019	1,340,529
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	78.4%	73.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.0%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$97,900	$121,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,678	1,219,137
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.31	2.41
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,485	$26,110
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$46,644	$50,451
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	13.4%	11.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Clayton County	Iowa
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	531	80,801
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	5,061	1,253,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-13.4	-0.9
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,404	201,448 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,725	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)    	206,396	97,592,051
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	564,637	41,068,338
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	163,572	39,234,649
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,249	$13,172
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	53,722	4,737,719
 	Building permits, 2011     	41	7,526

   	Geography QuickFacts	Clayton County	Iowa
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	778.54	55,857.13
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	23.3	54.5
 	FIPS Code    	043	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