People QuickFacts Storm Lake Iowa Population, 2011 estimate 10,674 3,064,097 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 10,600 3,046,857 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.7% 0.6% Population, 2010 10,600 3,046,355 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.8% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.9% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.5% 14.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.9% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 68.4% 91.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.4% 2.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 9.8% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.9% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.4% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 36.1% 5.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 48.2% 88.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 77.7% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 27.1% 4.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 43.3% 7.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 68.1% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 23.6% 24.9% Veterans, 2007-2011 412 239,229 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 10.4 18.6  Housing units, 2010 3,791 1,336,417 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 59.0% 73.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 26.7% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $93,200 $121,300 Households, 2007-2011 3,625 1,219,137 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.59 2.41 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,292 $26,110 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,457 $50,451 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.6% 11.9%     Business QuickFacts Storm Lake Iowa Total number of firms, 2007 908 259,931 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 S 1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 19.7% 25.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 97,592,051 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 36,791 41,068,338 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 194,472 39,234,649 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $20,497 $13,172 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 24,702 4,737,719     Geography QuickFacts Storm Lake Iowa Land area in square miles, 2010 4.09 55,857.13 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,594.9 54.5 FIPS Code 75630 19 Counties Buena Vista 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