Iowa Census Data: Households & Families

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Iowa Census Data: Households & Families

Household and Family statistics for Iowa counties are shown in this easy-to-read table and chart combination.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census.

Iowa Census Data: Households & Families
Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Iowa	1,149,276	67.0	31.4	55.1	8.6	33.0	27.2	11.4	2.46	3.00	Iowa
Adair Co.	3,398	68.4	29.2	59.5	5.7	31.6	28.1	15.9	2.37	2.89	Adair Co.
Adams Co.	1,867	66.2	28.0	58.0	5.5	33.8	30.0	17.6	2.34	2.91	Adams Co.
Allamakee Co.	5,722	68.7	30.6	58.4	6.6	31.3	27.5	14.3	2.49	3.02	Allamakee Co.
Appanoose Co.	5,779	65.8	28.4	53.1	8.8	34.2	29.9	15.4	2.34	2.89	Appanoose Co.
Audubon Co.	2,773	69.5	30.1	61.4	5.6	30.5	28.2	16.7	2.40	2.94	Audubon Co.
Benton Co.	9,746	72.4	34.9	62.7	6.5	27.6	23.4	11.7	2.56	3.04	Benton Co.
Black Hawk Co.	49,683	64.3	29.5	50.2	10.8	35.7	27.1	10.9	2.45	2.97	Black Hawk Co.
Boone Co.	10,374	68.8	31.2	58.0	7.8	31.2	26.7	11.8	2.44	2.95	Boone Co.
Bremer Co.	8,860	71.4	32.0	62.5	6.2	28.6	24.7	12.7	2.47	2.95	Bremer Co.
Buchanan Co.	7,933	71.5	34.5	60.7	7.4	28.5	24.7	12.5	2.61	3.13	Buchanan Co.
Buena Vista Co.	7,499	68.3	31.9	57.5	7.2	31.7	27.0	13.2	2.54	3.08	Buena Vista Co.
Butler Co.	6,175	72.4	30.9	62.8	6.3	27.6	25.0	14.5	2.43	2.90	Butler Co.
Calhoun Co.	4,513	66.8	27.8	57.9	6.6	33.2	30.5	17.8	2.31	2.87	Calhoun Co.
Carroll Co.	8,486	66.8	32.9	57.0	6.8	33.2	29.6	15.5	2.46	3.07	Carroll Co.
Cass Co.	6,120	66.9	29.3	56.6	7.2	33.1	29.8	15.9	2.32	2.87	Cass Co.
Cedar Co.	7,147	71.9	33.3	61.6	6.7	28.1	23.7	11.9	2.51	2.96	Cedar Co.
Cerro Gordo Co.	19,374	64.0	29.1	51.9	9.1	36.0	30.9	13.5	2.32	2.91	Cerro Gordo Co.
Cherokee Co.	5,378	66.9	29.1	57.3	6.5	33.1	29.5	15.3	2.35	2.91	Cherokee Co.
Chickasaw Co.	5,192	70.2	31.9	60.7	6.3	29.8	26.1	13.7	2.48	3.00	Chickasaw Co.
Clarke Co.	3,584	69.7	32.1	57.8	8.3	30.3	25.9	13.3	2.50	3.01	Clarke Co.
Clay Co.	7,259	65.8	30.7	55.6	6.8	34.2	29.8	13.7	2.35	2.92	Clay Co.
Clayton Co.	7,375	69.6	30.9	59.7	6.1	30.4	26.3	13.3	2.47	2.98	Clayton Co.
Clinton Co.	20,105	68.0	31.8	54.6	9.8	32.0	27.4	12.2	2.44	2.98	Clinton Co.
Crawford Co.	6,441	69.7	31.6	58.5	7.0	30.3	26.2	13.1	2.53	3.03	Crawford Co.
Dallas Co.	15,584	71.7	37.2	60.6	8.0	28.3	23.6	8.2	2.59	3.08	Dallas Co.
Davis Co.	3,207	71.3	32.0	62.7	5.2	28.7	25.0	13.8	2.61	3.13	Davis Co.
Decatur Co.	3,337	64.4	28.0	54.3	7.2	35.6	30.3	15.5	2.37	2.96	Decatur Co.
Delaware Co.	6,834	73.6	36.7	64.1	6.2	26.4	23.0	11.2	2.66	3.15	Delaware Co.
Des Moines Co.	17,270	66.8	29.6	52.7	10.5	33.2	28.6	12.6	2.40	2.94	Des Moines Co.
Dickinson Co.	7,103	67.0	26.1	57.8	6.7	33.0	28.6	13.7	2.27	2.78	Dickinson Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Iowa	1,149,276	67.0	31.4	55.1	8.6	33.0	27.2	11.4	2.46	3.00	Iowa
Dubuque Co.	33,690	68.6	33.1	56.8	8.7	31.4	26.7	10.8	2.51	3.07	Dubuque Co.
Emmet Co.	4,450	65.4	27.9	55.0	7.8	34.6	30.3	15.3	2.36	2.93	Emmet Co.
Fayette Co.	8,778	67.8	30.4	56.8	7.4	32.2	28.2	15.0	2.41	2.96	Fayette Co.
Floyd Co.	6,828	69.0	30.5	57.7	7.7	31.0	28.0	14.6	2.40	2.92	Floyd Co.
Franklin Co.	4,356	68.5	29.3	58.9	6.4	31.5	27.6	15.4	2.41	2.93	Franklin Co.
Fremont Co.	3,199	70.1	30.2	58.9	8.2	29.9	26.3	14.9	2.45	2.93	Fremont Co.
Greene Co.	4,205	68.0	30.7	57.3	7.2	32.0	29.1	16.6	2.41	2.97	Greene Co.
Grundy Co.	4,984	71.9	30.7	63.8	5.5	28.1	25.5	14.2	2.45	2.94	Grundy Co.
Guthrie Co.	4,641	70.0	27.9	60.0	6.6	30.0	26.1	14.1	2.39	2.86	Guthrie Co.
Hamilton Co.	6,692	68.7	30.6	57.9	7.6	31.3	27.5	13.6	2.43	2.95	Hamilton Co.
Hancock Co.	4,795	70.4	32.6	60.9	6.0	29.6	26.5	13.7	2.48	3.01	Hancock Co.
Hardin Co.	7,628	66.7	29.5	57.1	6.5	33.3	29.4	15.7	2.35	2.91	Hardin Co.
Harrison Co.	6,115	70.4	32.3	59.3	7.6	29.6	26.1	13.7	2.51	3.02	Harrison Co.
Henry Co.	7,626	69.1	32.8	57.7	8.2	30.9	26.8	12.2	2.46	2.98	Henry Co.
Howard Co.	3,974	66.7	31.1	56.8	6.6	33.3	29.5	15.6	2.43	3.03	Howard Co.
Humboldt Co.	4,295	67.1	29.7	57.4	6.4	32.9	29.8	16.3	2.38	2.94	Humboldt Co.
Ida Co.	3,213	68.0	29.4	59.5	5.9	32.0	29.3	15.9	2.39	2.95	Ida Co.
Iowa Co.	6,163	69.8	32.8	60.1	6.6	30.2	25.9	12.5	2.50	3.03	Iowa Co.
Jackson Co.	8,078	69.2	32.0	58.2	7.7	30.8	27.0	13.8	2.47	3.01	Jackson Co.
Jasper Co.	14,689	69.9	31.7	59.3	7.4	30.1	26.1	11.8	2.42	2.92	Jasper Co.
Jefferson Co.	6,649	64.4	31.1	53.1	8.0	35.6	30.4	10.7	2.34	2.93	Jefferson Co.
Johnson Co.	44,080	53.5	26.5	43.9	6.8	46.5	30.2	5.6	2.34	2.97	Johnson Co.
Jones Co.	7,560	70.1	31.0	59.0	7.9	29.9	25.3	12.5	2.47	2.95	Jones Co.
Keokuk Co.	4,586	68.8	30.5	59.0	6.5	31.2	27.8	15.8	2.45	2.99	Keokuk Co.
Kossuth Co.	6,974	68.7	30.9	60.4	5.8	31.3	28.7	15.5	2.42	2.98	Kossuth Co.
Lee Co.	15,161	67.6	30.4	53.7	10.3	32.4	28.3	13.5	2.41	2.93	Lee Co.
Linn Co.	76,753	65.6	31.8	53.2	9.0	34.4	27.5	8.9	2.43	2.99	Linn Co.
Louisa Co.	4,519	73.4	35.0	61.3	8.2	26.6	22.5	10.4	2.66	3.11	Louisa Co.
Lucas Co.	3,811	67.2	28.3	56.7	7.0	32.8	28.7	14.6	2.42	2.98	Lucas Co.
Lyon Co.	4,428	73.7	34.8	67.1	4.4	26.3	24.3	13.7	2.61	3.13	Lyon Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Iowa	1,149,276	67.0	31.4	55.1	8.6	33.0	27.2	11.4	2.46	3.00	Iowa
Madison Co.	5,326	73.7	34.8	63.9	7.0	26.3	22.7	11.7	2.58	3.04	Madison Co.
Mahaska Co.	8,880	69.2	32.4	58.6	7.5	30.8	26.6	12.4	2.45	2.96	Mahaska Co.
Marion Co.	12,017	71.0	33.0	61.2	6.9	29.0	25.6	11.9	2.50	3.02	Marion Co.
Marshall Co.	15,338	68.2	31.1	55.4	9.3	31.8	26.9	12.2	2.48	3.00	Marshall Co.
Mills Co.	5,324	74.0	34.8	61.7	8.9	26.0	22.3	10.1	2.60	3.04	Mills Co.
Mitchell Co.	4,294	69.5	30.1	60.8	5.7	30.5	27.6	15.4	2.47	3.02	Mitchell Co.
Monona Co.	4,211	65.0	26.7	54.5	7.1	35.0	31.0	17.5	2.31	2.88	Monona Co.
Monroe Co.	3,228	68.5	30.5	56.2	8.6	31.5	28.0	15.3	2.43	2.97	Monroe Co.
Montgomery Co.	4,886	66.7	29.7	54.4	8.7	33.3	29.5	14.7	2.36	2.91	Montgomery Co.
Muscatine Co.	15,847	71.2	34.8	57.9	9.3	28.8	24.1	9.9	2.59	3.07	Muscatine Co.
O'Brien Co.	6,001	68.7	30.4	61.0	4.9	31.3	28.0	14.7	2.42	2.97	O'Brien Co.
Osceola Co.	2,778	69.9	31.7	62.0	5.1	30.1	27.6	15.1	2.48	3.03	Osceola Co.
Page Co.	6,708	66.5	28.2	55.5	8.1	33.5	29.9	15.4	2.32	2.87	Page Co.
Palo Alto Co.	4,119	64.9	28.5	56.3	5.9	35.1	30.4	16.1	2.37	2.96	Palo Alto Co.
Plymouth Co.	9,372	72.6	35.7	63.3	6.2	27.4	24.0	12.0	2.61	3.12	Plymouth Co.
Pocahontas Co.	3,617	67.2	29.5	58.3	5.9	32.8	30.2	17.8	2.35	2.91	Pocahontas Co.
Polk Co.	149,112	64.8	32.2	51.0	10.3	35.2	28.1	8.6	2.45	3.04	Polk Co.
Pottawattamie Co.	33,844	69.8	32.3	53.6	11.8	30.2	24.9	10.0	2.54	3.03	Pottawattamie Co.
Poweshiek Co.	7,398	66.0	29.0	55.8	7.4	34.0	29.2	13.9	2.35	2.88	Poweshiek Co.
Ringgold Co.	2,245	68.5	27.7	59.7	5.5	31.5	28.6	17.8	2.37	2.90	Ringgold Co.
Sac Co.	4,746	67.4	28.6	58.3	6.2	32.6	29.4	16.4	2.37	2.92	Sac Co.
Scott Co.	62,334	67.2	33.2	52.3	11.4	32.8	26.9	9.0	2.49	3.04	Scott Co.
Shelby Co.	5,173	71.6	32.6	62.3	6.8	28.4	25.2	13.6	2.49	2.99	Shelby Co.
Sioux Co.	10,693	75.4	36.8	69.4	4.2	24.6	22.2	11.4	2.71	3.19	Sioux Co.
Story Co.	29,383	58.0	27.3	49.6	5.9	42.0	26.7	7.6	2.39	2.94	Story Co.
Tama Co.	7,018	70.8	31.6	59.2	8.0	29.2	25.3	13.7	2.51	3.01	Tama Co.
Taylor Co.	2,824	67.7	28.0	59.0	5.9	32.3	27.8	16.1	2.40	2.94	Taylor Co.
Union Co.	5,242	64.0	27.5	53.1	8.0	36.0	31.3	14.4	2.29	2.87	Union Co.
Van Buren Co.	3,181	68.0	28.7	58.3	6.0	32.0	28.0	15.7	2.41	2.96	Van Buren Co.
Wapello Co.	14,784	66.3	28.8	52.7	9.9	33.7	28.2	13.4	2.37	2.89	Wapello Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Iowa	1,149,276	67.0	31.4	55.1	8.6	33.0	27.2	11.4	2.46	3.00	Iowa
Warren Co.	14,708	76.2	37.8	64.5	8.8	23.8	19.9	8.7	2.65	3.05	Warren Co.
Washington Co.	8,056	69.9	31.4	60.3	6.7	30.1	26.4	12.5	2.50	3.04	Washington Co.
Wayne Co.	2,821	68.0	27.3	58.2	6.4	32.0	29.8	17.9	2.34	2.89	Wayne Co.
Webster Co.	15,878	64.9	30.2	51.8	9.5	35.1	30.3	13.1	2.38	2.97	Webster Co.
Winnebago Co.	4,749	67.0	30.6	56.9	7.2	33.0	29.4	14.7	2.36	2.91	Winnebago Co.
Winneshiek Co.	7,734	67.1	30.9	58.9	5.5	32.9	27.6	12.3	2.46	3.03	Winneshiek Co.
Woodbury Co.	39,151	67.5	34.0	51.9	11.3	32.5	26.6	11.2	2.58	3.13	Woodbury Co.
Worth Co.	3,278	69.1	30.4	58.1	7.3	30.9	27.6	14.3	2.38	2.88	Worth Co.
Wright Co.	5,940	66.3	28.4	57.3	6.2	33.7	30.2	16.3	2.36	2.92	Wright Co.

Reading the Chart:

The entries under the Percent of total households headings are percentages. The "Family households Total" and "Nonfamily households Total" percentages add up to approximately 100%. The subheadings underneath do not add up to 100%, because they do not include all the types of households. For example, there is no subheading for "Male householder, no wife present.". The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

The entries under the Average population per- heading are averages of the number of people in each family or household. Here the colored bars indicate a percentage of an arbitrary maximum (5). For example, the colored bar for an average family size of 2.5 fills half of the table cell.

Total Households counts households, not people. Here the colored bars represent percentages of the highest household count of any county in the state. For example, the county with the most households will have a colored bar that fills the cell. A county with half that many households will have a colored bar that fills half the cell. For small percentages the bar does not appear.

Census Department definitions:

A household includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied (or if vacant, intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

A family includes a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Abbreviations used in location names: Co.=County, C.A.=Census Area, Pa.=Parish, Mu.=Municipio.

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