Average household size:
| This city: |  2.3 people | | Iowa: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 65.5% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 5.5% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 4.3% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Ferguson compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Marshall County Iowa:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $750 |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $21 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $42 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $21 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $834 |
Ferguson government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $20,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $11,000
Financial Administration: $11,000
General - Other: $7,000
Sewerage: $7,000
Regular Highways: $4,000
Police Protection: $3,000
Fire Protection: $2,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,000
Central Staff Services: $1,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000
General Public Buildings: $1,000
Welfare - Other: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $9,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $13,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $7,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $6,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $3,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $12,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $60,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $12,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $12,000
End of Fiscal Year: $9,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $10,000
General Support: $4,000
- Tax - Property: $21,000
Total General Sales: $10,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $17,000
5.11% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,856 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.11% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($187 average AGI)| Marshall County: | 0.15% | | Iowa average: | 0.10% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,921 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.40% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Ferguson:
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KFJB (1230 AM; 1 kW; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
- KDNZ (1650 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC)
- KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
- KDAO (1190 AM; 0 kW; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MTN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KCOB (1280 AM; 1 kW; NEWTON, IA; Owner: CENTRAL IOWA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KXNO (1460 AM; 5 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KWLO (1330 AM; 5 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ferguson:
- KXIA (101.1 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K205CZ (88.9 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- KRTI (106.7 FM; GRINNELL, IA; Owner: CENTRAL IOWA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KAZR (103.3 FM; PELLA, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KCOB-FM (95.9 FM; NEWTON, IA; Owner: CENTRAL IOWA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WOI-FM (90.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCI & TECH)
- KGGO (94.9 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KKDM (107.5 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- K218CE (91.5 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Ferguson:
- WOI-TV (Channel 5; AMES, IA; Owner: CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.)
- KDIN-TV (Channel 11; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- KDSM-TV (Channel 17; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: KDSM LICENSEE, LLC)
- WHO-TV (Channel 13; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- KPWB-TV (Channel 23; AMES, IA; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
- KCCI (Channel 8; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: DES MOINES HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- KDAO-LP (Channel 45; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MTN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KFPX (Channel 39; NEWTON, IA; Owner: PAXSON DES MOINES LICENSE, INC.)
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