People QuickFacts	Mason City	Iowa
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	27,944	3,062,309
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	28,079	3,046,350
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-0.5%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	28,079	3,046,355
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.2%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.9%	23.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.1%	14.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.8%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	93.8%	91.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.8%	2.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.9%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.1%	5.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	90.6%	88.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	82.8%	83.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	2.5%	4.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	5.2%	6.8%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	91.7%	89.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	20.4%	24.5%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	13.4	18.5 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	67.9%	73.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	20.6%	18.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$97,300	$119,200
 	Households, 2006-2010    	12,772	1,215,954
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.14	2.40
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$24,277	$25,335
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$40,706	$48,872
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	15.1%	11.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mason City	Iowa
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,537	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    	2.0%	0.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	22.7%	25.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,210,263	97,592,051
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	323,807	41,068,338
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	718,970	39,234,649
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$26,203	$13,172
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	55,410	4,737,719

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mason City	Iowa
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	27.81	55,857.13
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,009.8	54.5
 	FIPS Code    	50160	19
 	Counties    	Cerro Gordo County
 	

(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