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People QuickFacts |
Iron County |
Missouri |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
9,918 | 5,911,605 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-7.3% | 5.6% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
10,697 | 5,596,678 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
6.5% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
23.5% | 24.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
16.5% | 13.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
51.6% | 51.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
96.0% | 85.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
2.2% | 11.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.4% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.1% | 1.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
1.2% | 1.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
0.9% | 3.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
95.2% | 82.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
58.8% | 53.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
0.4% | 2.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
2.1% | 5.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
65.2% | 81.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
8.4% | 21.6% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
2,669 | 973,637 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
28.1 | 23.8 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
5,060 | 2,647,274 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
75.9% | 70.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
6.4% | 20.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$51,800 | $89,900 |
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Households, 2000 |
4,197 | 2,194,594 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.46 | 2.48 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$30,490 | $45,012 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$14,227 | $19,936 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
20.2% | 13.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Iron County |
Missouri |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
490 | 154,5461 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
2,348 | 2,468,0351 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
6.9% | 2.9%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
591 | 380,499 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
826 | 439,485 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 3.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.5% |
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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 | 0.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
23.5% | 27.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 92,909,173 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
13,283 | 95,603,561 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
45,135 | 61,861,163 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$4,306 | $10,891 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,375 | 8,607,025 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
3 | 21,525 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
77,341 | 55,564,4831 |
