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Notable locations in Tama: Tama Toledo Country Club (A), Tama (B), Tama Emergency Medical Services (C), Tama Civic Center (D), Tama Fire Department (E), Tama Police Headquarters (F), Tama Public Library (G), Toledo Police Department (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Tama include: Assembly of God Church (A), Reformed Baptist Church (B), Saint Paul Lutheran Church (C), Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (D), Living Faith United Methodist Church (E), Fellowship Baptist Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Oakhill Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lake: Cherry Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Deer Creek (A), Tama Mud Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Tama County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Drinking water stations with addresses in Tama that have no violations reported:
- CONROY WATER SUPPLY (Population served: 320, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- CHELSEA WATER SUPPLY (Population served: 287, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 11.2%
(10.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 10.2% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 18.6% for American Indian residents, 5.0% for other race residents, 26.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.6 people | | Iowa: |  2.4 people |
| This city: | 64.8% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
| This city: | 5.6% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Tama, IA
60 people in nursing homes
Tama compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Tama (2011 data):
- Lincoln Savings Bank: Tama Branch at 214 West Fourth Street, branch established on 1996/08/19. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $582.9 mil, Deposits: $430.7 mil, headquarters in Cedar Falls, IA, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 14 total offices, Holding Company: Lincoln Bancorp
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Tama County Iowa:
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Religion statistics for Tama (based on Tama County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 52.08%
| Here | | 52.1% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Church of Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 32.8% | 31.6% | 13.7% | 10.6% | 4.9% |
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| Congregations | 20.5% | 23.1% | 7.7% | 10.3% | 7.7% |
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| Name | Assemblies of God | Lutheran Church | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.3% |
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| Congregations | 7.7% | 2.6% | 5.1% | 2.6% | 12.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 4 | Tama County: | 2.25 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | This county: | 1.13 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 0.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 13 | Tama County: | 7.32 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 13 | This county: | 7.32 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Tama County: | 8.5% | | Iowa: | 7.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Tama County: | 28.1% | | State: | 27.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $5,508 | $33,048 | 7 | $2,077 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
5 | $14,139 | $33,934 | 1 | $642 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $7,457 | $29,828 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
1 | $2,657 | $31,884 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
1 | $2,214 | $26,568 | 5 | $2,856 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $886 |
| Totals for Government |
12 | $31,975 | $31,975 | 15 | $6,461 |
Tama government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $386,000 ($134.40)
All Other: $113,000 ($39.35)
Solid Waste Management: $17,000 ($5.92)
Parks & Recreation: $2,000 ($0.70)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $202,000 ($70.33)
General: $189,000 ($65.81)
Water Utilities: $33,000 ($11.49)
Parks & Recreation: $15,000 ($5.22)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $378,000 ($131.62)
Police Protection: $265,000 ($92.27)
Regular Highways: $263,000 ($91.57)
Water Utilities: $183,000 ($63.72)
Health Services - Other: $93,000 ($32.38)
Libraries: $89,000 ($30.99)
Financial Administration: $63,000 ($21.94)
General - Other: $57,000 ($19.85)
Fire Protection: $46,000 ($16.02)
Parks & Recreation: $23,000 ($8.01)
Central Staff Services: $20,000 ($6.96)
Solid Waste Management: $10,000 ($3.48)
General Public Buildings: $8,000 ($2.79)
Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000 ($1.74)
- General - Interest on Debt: $108,000 ($37.60)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Solid Waste Management: $15,000 ($5.22)
General: $1,000 ($0.35)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $97,000 ($33.77)
Health & Hospitals: $6,000 ($2.09)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,200,000 ($766.02)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $550,000 ($191.50)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,387,000 ($482.94)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $263,000 ($91.57)
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $138,000 ($48.05)
Property Sale Other: $100,000 ($34.82)
General Revenue, NEC: $52,000 ($18.11)
Interest Earnings: $26,000 ($9.05)
Special Assessments: $1,000 ($0.35)
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $42,000 ($14.62)
Water Utilities: $39,000 ($13.58)
General - Other: $10,000 ($3.48)
Libraries: $3,000 ($1.04)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,337,000 ($465.53)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $238,000 ($82.87)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $220,000 ($76.60)
General Support: $40,000 ($13.93)
Health & Hospitals: $20,000 ($6.96)
All Other: $3,000 ($1.04)
- Tax - Property: $652,000 ($227.02)
Public Utilities: $39,000 ($13.58)
NEC: $8,000 ($2.79)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $413,000 ($143.80)
5.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,215 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.52% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,623 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.09% | | 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 Tama:
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KDNZ (1650 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC)
- KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
- KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- WMT (600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KWLO (1330 AM; 5 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
- KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KFJB (1230 AM; 1 kW; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KCJJ (1630 AM; 10 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: RIVER CITY RADIO, INC.)
- KKHQ (950 AM; 5 kW; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Tama:
- KZAT-FM (95.5 FM; BELLE PLAINE, IA; Owner: CAMRORY BROADCASTING, INC)
- KRTI (106.7 FM; GRINNELL, IA; Owner: CENTRAL IOWA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KXIA (101.1 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KUNI (90.9 FM; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
- KFMW (107.9 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KOKZ (105.7 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KSKB (99.1 FM; BROOKLYN, IA; Owner: FLORIDA PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- KOEL-FM (92.3 FM; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KRNA (94.1 FM; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KNWS-FM (101.9 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- K205CZ (88.9 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Tama:
- KGAN (Channel 2; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: KGAN LICENSEE, LLC)
- KCRG-TV (Channel 9; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION CO.)
- KWWL (Channel 7; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WOI-TV (Channel 5; AMES, IA; Owner: CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.)
- KDIN-TV (Channel 11; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- KRIN (Channel 32; WATERLOO, 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.)
- KFXA (Channel 28; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: SECOND GENERATION OF IOWA, LTD.)
- KPXR (Channel 48; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- KDAO-LP (Channel 45; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MTN BROADCASTING, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Tama, Iowa:
- Fatal accident count: 6
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 7
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 6
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 12
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Iowa average:
- Fatal accident count: 76
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 116
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 24
- Fatalities: 82
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 191
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 7
Tama fatal accident list:
Sep 3, 2007 02:32 AM, Mcclellan St, 10th St, Lat: 41.968328, Lon: -92.578039, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: Inconsistent data
Sep 6, 1995 06:47 PM, Hall St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Mar 4, 1990 02:45 AM, Mcclennan, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Sep 26, 1986 00:35 AM, W 13th St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
Jul 30, 1977 01:30 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jun 11, 1976 11:18 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Tama)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 7 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 13 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Tama, IA)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3 - STATION, 2000 Mc Clellan St (Lat: 41.978583 Lon: -92.577944), Overall height: 29.9 m, Call Sign: WNTP441
Assigned Frequencies: 957.950 MHz
Grant Date: 04/20/2002, Expiration Date: 07/13/2012, Cancellation Date: 01/18/2008
Registrant: Interstate Power And Light Company, 1000 Main St, Dubuque, IA 52001-4700, Phone: (563) 584-7374, Fax: (563) 599-0780, Email:
- 303 Mc Clellan (Lat: 41.962194 Lon: -92.578500), Overall height: 24.4 m, Call Sign: WPNI836
Assigned Frequencies: 947.000 MHz
Grant Date: 10/22/1997, Expiration Date: 02/01/2013
Registrant: Phone: (319) 365-9431 - RS 14 15 MW RPTR 913, 3 Miles Nnw (Lat: 42.020556 Lon: -92.599167), Type: Tower, Structure height: 96 m, Call Sign: WQDT298
Assigned Frequencies: 6034.15 MHz, 5945.20 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 6004.50 MHz
Grant Date: 10/25/2005, Expiration Date: 10/25/2015, Certifier: Thomas C Floyd
Registrant: Northern Border Pipeline, 23677 230th Ave., Eldridge, IA 52748, Phone: (563) 289-3338, Fax: (563) 289-3513, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 13 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Tama)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: CESSNA 170B (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 8187A , Serial Number: 25039, Year manufactured: 1952, Airworthiness Date: 08/27/1955
Registrant (Corporation): Tama Airways Inc, 612 State St, Tama, IA 52339
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Tama, IA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| John | 38 | 76.3 years |
| Mary | 33 | 84.6 years |
| Frank | 30 | 78.9 years |
| Charles | 30 | 78.8 years |
| William | 26 | 75.4 years |
| James | 25 | 76.7 years |
| Robert | 23 | 70.7 years |
| Anna | 21 | 88.0 years |
| Edward | 18 | 76.3 years |
| Agnes | 17 | 83.1 years |
| Most common last names in Tama, IA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Smith | 26 | 77.8 years |
| Davis | 12 | 79.4 years |
| Anderson | 11 | 70.4 years |
| Prusha | 11 | 74.6 years |
| Benda | 11 | 79.6 years |
| Youngbear | 11 | 66.3 years |
| Backen | 10 | 77.5 years |
| Davenport | 10 | 74.1 years |
| Johnson | 10 | 72.3 years |
| Dolash | 9 | 76.4 years |
Businesses in Tama, IA
- #28 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Arts, entertainment, and recreation"
- #70 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations"
- #95 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Arts, entertainment, and recreation"
- #99 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations"
- #100 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Other sales and related workers including supervisors"
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