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Iowa state QuickFacts

	Iowa	United States
Total population	2,926,324	281,421,906
State	Iowa

Iowa state Population

	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
Male	1,435,515	49.06%	49.06%
Female	1,490,809	50.94%	50.94%
Median age (years)	36.6		35.3

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	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
18 years and over	2,192,686	74.93%	74.31%
21 years and over	2,051,156	70.09%	69.97%
62 years and over	505,699	17.28%	14.66%
65 years and over	436,213	14.91%	12.43%

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	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
White	2,748,640	93.93%	75.14%
Black or African American	61,853	2.11%	12.32%
Asian	36,635	1.25%	3.64%
Some other race	47,418	1.62%	5.46%
Two or more races	31,778	1.09%	2.43%

Iowa state Housing

	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
Total households	1,149,276		105,480,101
Family households (families)	769,684	66.97%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	379,592	33.03%	31.94%

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	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
Total housing units	1,232,511		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	83,235	6.75%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,149,276	93.25%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	831,419	67.46%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	317,857	25.79%	30.77%

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	Iowa	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	135,833	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	301,591	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	134,212	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	53,228	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	29,483	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	8,938	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,743	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	414	0.57%
Median (dollars)	82,500	119,600

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	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	205,894	17.92%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	301,998	26.28%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	187,571	16.32%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	179,418	15.61%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	132,962	11.57%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	141,433	12.31%	9.65%

Iowa state Education

	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	792,057		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	52,114	6.58%	6.47%
Kindergarten	40,105	5.06%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	336,676	42.51%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	175,856	22.2%	21.38%
College or graduate school	187,306	23.65%	22.81%

Iowa state Economy

	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,281,274		217,168,077
In labor force	1,556,581	68.23%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,554,722	68.15%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,489,816	65.31%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	64,906	2.85%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,859	0.08%	0.53%
Not in labor force	724,693	31.77%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,176,877	51.59%	51.66%
In labor force	737,415	32.32%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	737,165	32.31%	29.65%
- - Employed	709,154	31.09%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	219,439	9.62%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	156,715		12,787,501

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	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,150,197		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	93,783	8.15%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	77,333	6.72%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	165,122	14.36%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	168,713	14.67%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	218,204	18.97%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	242,022	21.04%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	101,287	8.81%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	55,998	4.87%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,879	1.12%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	14,856	1.29%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,469		41,994

	Iowa	%, Iowa	United States
With earnings	925,234	40.56%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	48,183		56,604
With Social Security income	328,919	14.42%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,543		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	37,181	1.63%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,124		6,320
With public assistance income	32,946	1.44%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,555		3,032
With retirement income	168,374	7.38%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	13,862		17,376

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