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Mills County, IA

14,568 Population
437.4 square miles 33.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,497 ±$2,601 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,753 ±$5,692 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±1.7% (1,185  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±0.9 (160,550  ±9,861) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,394 ±155 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (14,175  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±1.9% (113  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,134 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$237,800 ±$9,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±2.6% (1,667  ±373.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±5.5% (9,892  ±568.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31% ±3.1% (3,172  ±316) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% (172  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±1.6% (1,026  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,026 Total veterans ±176 934 Male ±166 92 Female ±64

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