OBrien County, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

OBrien County is 18th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Income per capita

Main Cities Within OBrien County, Iowa

Sheldon, Iowa

OBrien County, Iowa Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	14,172	57th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	573.0	41st	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.1	57th	54.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	43rd	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	51st	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.4%	29th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.7%	52nd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.6%	39th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	97.4%	51st	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	35th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	86th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	30th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	79th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	70th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	28th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.0%	61st	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	50.2%	56th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	32nd	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	6,649	55th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.0%	44th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	6,126	52nd	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.1%	55th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,900	74th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.3	83rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	8	66th	9,501	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$26,821	18th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$45,995	57th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.4%	60th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	OBrien County	Rank	Iowa	US
Non-farm private establishments	516	41st	80,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,178	46th	1,263,665	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,337	54th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$169,740	44th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,093	31st	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,778	53rd	$4,737,719	$613,795,732

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