Iron County, Wisconsin Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Iron County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Iron County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Iron County is 9th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income below poverty line

Iron County is 12th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - White

Iron County is 15th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	5,934	70th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	758.2	36th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	7.8	72nd	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	3.7%	72nd	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	15.9%	71st	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	27.5%	2nd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.3%	35th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.0%	35th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	97.7%	12th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	72nd	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	33rd	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	64th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	35th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	40th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	72nd	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.3%	1st	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	49.9%	37th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	42nd	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	5,981	69th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.1%	53rd	25.4%	25.9%
Households	2,989	70th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.3%	15th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,100	69th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.0	72nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	18	68th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$22,154	61st	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$37,413	71st	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.8%	9th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Iron County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	216	70th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,441	70th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	638	68th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$74,581	68th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,906	32nd	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	72nd	$9,247,311	$613,795,732