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People QuickFacts |
Taylor County |
Iowa |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
6,298 | 3,002,555 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-9.5% | 2.6% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
6,958 | 2,926,381 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
5.6% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
22.4% | 23.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
20.5% | 14.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
50.9% | 50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
99.0% | 94.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
Z | 2.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.2% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.4% | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
0.3% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
5.0% | 4.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
94.1% | 90.6% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
63.4% | 56.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.0% | 3.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.6% | 5.8% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.3% | 86.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
12.0% | 21.2% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
1,349 | 446,665 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.2 | 18.5 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
3,231 | 1,329,596 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
76.4% | 72.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
6.2% | 18.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$37,900 | $82,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
2,824 | 1,149,276 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.40 | 2.46 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$38,920 | $47,324 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$15,082 | $19,674 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
11.1% | 11.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Taylor County |
Iowa |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
149 | 82,6981 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
1,355 | 1,295,2581 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
4.6% | 2.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
474 | 195,542 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
605 | 236,515 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 27.0% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 65,042,043 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
20,682 | 33,546,948 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
29,976 | 31,195,012 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$4,387 | $10,629 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,289 | 3,698,955 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
4 | 11,171 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
54,933 | 21,649,1061 |
