| | People QuickFacts | Iron County | Utah |
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Population, 2011 estimate | NA | 2,817,222 |
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Population, 2010 | 46,163 | 2,763,885 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | 36.7% | 23.8% |
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Population, 2000 | 33,779 | 2,233,169 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 9.3% | 9.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 30.2% | 31.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 9.8% | 9.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.3% | 49.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 90.7% | 86.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 1.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.2% | 1.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.3% | 2.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 7.7% | 13.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 87.1% | 80.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 | 76.0% | 81.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 | 3.5% | 8.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 | 6.6% | 14.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 91.0% | 90.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 28.2% | 29.4% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010 | 2,931 | 149,469 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 | 15.8 | 21.2 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 19,667 | 979,709 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 | 63.2% | 71.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 | 26.3% | 21.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 | $204,600 | $218,100 |
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Households, 2006-2010 | 15,155 | 859,158 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 | 2.84 | 3.04 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 | $16,898 | $23,139 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 | $42,247 | $56,330 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 | 20.9% | 10.8% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Iron County | Utah |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 | 1,273 | 69,4641 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2009 | 11,624 | 1,059,7221 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 | 16.5% | 15.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2009 | 2,877 | 176,338 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,913 | 246,393 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.6% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.5% | 24.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 735,967 | 42,431,657 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 25,417,368 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 652,165 | 36,574,240 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,067 | $13,730 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 59,642 | 3,980,570 |
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Building permits, 2010 | 147 | 9,171 |
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Federal spending, 2009 | 230,734 | 22,338,8471 |