Palo Alto County, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

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Palo Alto County is 17th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Residents 65 or older

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	9,275	81st	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	563.8	59th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16.7	84th	54.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	42nd	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.3%	68th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.0%	17th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.9%	72nd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.2%	80th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	97.8%	35th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	61st	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	42nd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	62nd	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	22nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	51st	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	63rd	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	34th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	50.2%	60th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	75th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	4,606	80th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.0%	43rd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	3,973	82nd	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.1%	67th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$79,800	80th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.3	78th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	6	75th	9,501	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$24,027	54th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$44,063	73rd	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.8%	67th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Palo Alto County	Rank	Iowa	US
Non-farm private establishments	278	77th	80,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,614	76th	1,263,665	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	937	73rd	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$65,829	86th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,988	83rd	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$34,628	23rd	$4,737,719	$613,795,732

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