Iron County, Utah Demographics

Iron County is 2nd in Utah out of 29 other counties in Income below poverty line

Iron County is 2nd in Utah out of 29 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Iron County is 5th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Iron County is 6th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Female residents

Iron County is 8th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Housing units

Iron County is 8th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Iron County is 8th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Race - Asian

Iron County is 8th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Iron County is 8th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Retail sales

Iron County is 8th in Utah out of 29 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Current population (2012)	46,750	9th	2,855,287	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,296.7	11th	82,169.6	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14	12th	33.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Residents younger than 5	8.8%	11th	9.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.6%	19th	31.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.6%	21st	9.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.5%	9th	90.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.1%	8th	29.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Race - White	93.8%	21st	91.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	12th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.4%	5th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	8th	2.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	9th	1.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	12th	2.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	16th	13.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.8%	12th	79.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Female residents	50.0%	6th	49.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.3%	18th	8.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Housing units	19,937	8th	993,060	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.4%	2nd	21.3%	25.9%
Households	15,313	9th	871,358	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.2%	29th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$196,400	9th	$221,300	$186,200
People per household	2.9	19th	3.1	2.6
Building permits (last year)	96	14th	13,007	829,658

Income Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Income per capita	$17,356	26th	$23,650	$27,915
Income per household	$42,226	26th	$57,783	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.7%	2nd	11.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Utah	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,182	8th	68,747	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,029	9th	1,029,103	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,913	8th	246,393	27,092,908
Retail sales	$652,165	8th	$36,574,240	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,067	8th	$13,730	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$59,642	9th	$3,980,570	$613,795,732