People QuickFacts	Ottumwa	Iowa
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	24,881	3,064,097
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	25,023	3,046,857
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-0.6%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	25,023	3,046,355
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.2%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.3%	23.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.0%	14.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.6%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	90.2%	91.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.9%	2.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.8%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	11.3%	5.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	84.3%	88.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.6%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	7.0%	4.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.7%	7.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.4%	90.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.1%	24.9%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,955	239,229
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.3	18.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	11,257	1,336,417
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	71.2%	73.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	18.6%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$69,900	$121,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	10,483	1,219,137
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.29	2.41
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,301	$26,110
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,574	$50,451
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	20.0%	11.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Ottumwa	Iowa
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,081	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    	19.0%	25.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	97,592,051
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	123,392	41,068,338
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	458,797	39,234,649
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$18,847	$13,172
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	40,935	4,737,719

   	Geography QuickFacts	Ottumwa	Iowa
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	15.86	55,857.13
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,578.0	54.5
 	FIPS Code    	60465	19
 	Counties    	Wapello 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