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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Jackson County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Jackson County is 19th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Size in square miles

Main Cities Within Jackson County, Iowa

Maquoketa, Iowa

Jackson County, Iowa Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	19,712	36th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	636.0	19th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	31.2	39th	54.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	76th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	59th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	46th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.5%	79th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.6%	84th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	97.3%	53rd	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	62nd	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	50th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	68th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.6%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	57th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	87th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	32nd	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	50.2%	54th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	90th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	9,413	31st	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.5%	50th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	8,286	31st	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.2%	43rd	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$107,900	35th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	50th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	38	24th	9,501	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$23,752	61st	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$45,042	66th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.4%	68th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Iowa	US
Non-farm private establishments	546	39th	80,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,683	52nd	1,263,665	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,345	28th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$209,951	38th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,547	44th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,490	42nd	$4,737,719	$613,795,732

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