Delaware County, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Delaware County is 44th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White

Delaware County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Statewide Claims to Fame

Delaware County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Delaware County is 4th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Race - White

Delaware County is 20th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Home ownership rate

Main Cities Within Delaware County, Iowa

Manchester, Iowa

Delaware County, Iowa Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	17,574	40th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	577.8	33rd	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	30.7	41st	54.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	68th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	25th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	66th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.1%	43rd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.2%	89th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	98.6%	4th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	82nd	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	97th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	82nd	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	94th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	98th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.7%	2nd	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	49.9%	76th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	73rd	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	8,035	43rd	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.9%	71st	18.5%	25.9%
Households	7,277	42nd	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.3%	20th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$119,800	23rd	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	35th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	10	64th	9,501	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$23,519	68th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$49,375	37th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.3%	83rd	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Iowa	US
Non-farm private establishments	497	44th	80,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,203	45th	1,263,665	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,568	45th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$171,404	43rd	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,791	53rd	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,038	57th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732

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