Atlantic, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Atlantic is 3rd in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Atlantic is 6th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Atlantic is 8th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - White

Atlantic is 8th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Atlantic is 19th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	7,008	58th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	8.3	43rd	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	855.1	74th	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	40th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	59th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.0%	6th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.7%	39th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.1%	65th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	97.0%	8th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	81st	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	32nd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	78th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.5%	3rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	81st	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	49th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.7%	8th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	52.1%	26th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	67th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	3,399	50th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.1%	24th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	3,164	51st	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.5%	72nd	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$86,500	63rd	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.1	71st	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$22,504	49th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$36,233	74th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.0%	24th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Atlantic	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	951	39th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$140,814	47th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,809	19th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,990	50th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732