Mount Pleasant, Iowa Demographics

Mount Pleasant is 5th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Mount Pleasant is 7th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Asian

Mount Pleasant is 9th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Income below poverty line

Mount Pleasant is 13th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Mount Pleasant is 15th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Mount Pleasant is 17th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Mount Pleasant is 17th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Two or More

Mount Pleasant is 18th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Mount Pleasant is 20th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	8,741	46th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	8.5	42nd	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,019	65th	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	69th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	69th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	47th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.8%	31st	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	42nd	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	85.7%	70th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.3%	15th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	13th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.4%	7th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	17th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	18th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.2%	69th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	47.3%	77th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.1%	20th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	3,365	51st	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.8%	21st	18.5%	25.9%
Households	3,236	49th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.6%	64th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$101,400	45th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	25th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$23,133	45th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$39,710	64th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.1%	9th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	828	47th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$185,962	38th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,130	17th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$20,289	31st	$4,737,719	$613,795,732