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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Linn County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Current population (2012)

Linn County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Households

Linn County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Housing units

Linn County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Linn County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Linn County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Retail sales

Linn County is 2nd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Linn County is 3rd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Linn County is 3rd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Linn County is 4th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Race - Two or More

Main Cities Within Linn County, Iowa

Linn County, Iowa Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	215,295	2nd	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	716.9	10th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	294.6	3rd	54.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	19th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	26th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	94th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.5%	6th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.0%	7th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	91.1%	90th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.2%	6th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	45th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.0%	12th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	27th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	4th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	40th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.7%	80th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	50.7%	32nd	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.9%	26th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	93,138	2nd	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.5%	4th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	86,027	2nd	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.1%	80th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$139,700	11th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	45th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	753	3rd	9,501	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$29,209	5th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$55,666	12th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.9%	65th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Linn County	Rank	Iowa	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,335	2nd	80,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	113,621	2nd	1,263,665	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	16,967	2nd	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,592,845	2nd	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,502	5th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$353,610	4th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732

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