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People QuickFacts |
Linn County |
Iowa |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
201,853 | 2,982,085 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
5.3% | 1.9% |
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Population, 2000 |
191,701 | 2,926,324 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
6.8% | 6.4% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
24.7% | 23.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
12.7% | 14.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
50.9% | 50.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
93.0% | 94.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
3.3% | 2.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.3% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
1.8% | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.5% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
1.9% | 3.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
91.4% | 91.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
52.3% | 56.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.6% | 3.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.8% | 5.8% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
90.6% | 86.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
27.7% | 21.2% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
26,664 | 446,665 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
17.8 | 18.5 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
90,855 | 1,320,331 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.7% | 72.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
22.7% | 18.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$99,400 | $82,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
76,753 | 1,149,276 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.43 | 2.46 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$48,887 | $42,865 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$22,977 | $19,674 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
9.2% | 10.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Linn County |
Iowa |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
5,420 | 82,0871 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
104,255 | 1,261,1081 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-9.0% | -0.3%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
12,057 | 192,917 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
14,808 | 236,515 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.0% | 0.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.4% | 0.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
28.8% | 27.0% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
5,521,626 | 65,042,043 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,437,660 | 33,546,948 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,583,158 | 31,195,012 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$13,232 | $10,629 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
272,605 | 3,698,955 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
1,085 | 13,357 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
1,498,033 | 19,217,8991 |