Iron County, Utah (UT)

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• • 45,14485.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,7429.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,0722.0%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1,0091.9%Two or more races
  • 4330.8%Asian alone
  • 2670.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1440.3%Some other race alone
  • 730.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 18
• Burglaries: 44
• Thefts: 64
• Auto thefts: 22

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 14
• Burglaries: 34
• Thefts: 76
• Auto thefts: 8

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,315 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,228 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Iron County is $466 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $536 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $781 a month.

Cities in this county include: Cedar City, Enoch, Parowan, Beryl-Newcastle, Paragonah, Kanarraville, Newcastle, Beryl Junction, Summit, Brian Head.

2018 air pollution in Iron County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.035 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Spencer County, Indiana .

Current college students: 5,249
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,121 (43.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5592010 or later
• 4582000 to 2009
• 5631990 to 1999
• 1691980 to 1989
• 1181970 to 1979
• 194Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 15.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,466
• One, attached: 1,500
• Two: 654
• 3 or 4: 1,062
• 5 to 9: 1,289
• 10 to 19: 1,143
• 20 to 49: 828
• 50 or more: 480
• Mobile homes: 1,082
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19

Housing units in Iron County with a mortgage: 7,451 (215 second mortgage, 665 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,043

Religion statistics for Iron County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Iron County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Utah Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4525, Natural disaster type: Other
• Utah Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3223: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3223, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Utah Flood and Landslide, Incident Period: April 28, 2005 to June 29, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1598: August 01, 2005, FEMA Id: 1598, Natural disaster type: Landslide, Flood
• Utah Drought, Incident Period: January 20, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3024: January 20, 1977, FEMA Id: 3024, Natural disaster type: Drought

10.39% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($43,891 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.62% relocated from other counties in Utah ($17,306 average AGI)
5.77% relocated from other states ($26,585 average AGI)

Iron County:	5.77%
Utah average:	3.44%

from Washington County, UT	1.47% ($35,335 average AGI)
from Clark County, NV	0.97% ($38,440)
from Salt Lake County, UT	0.84% ($42,992)
from Utah County, UT	0.58% ($32,647)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.31% ($47,156)
from San Bernardino County, CA	0.28% ($43,732)
from Sevier County, UT	0.21% ($29,667)

9.20% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($36,553 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.73% relocated to other counties in Utah ($19,069 average AGI)
4.47% relocated to other states ($17,484 average AGI)

Iron County:	4.47%
Utah average:	3.02%

to Washington County, UT	1.47% ($42,853 average AGI)
to Salt Lake County, UT	0.97% ($30,414)
to Clark County, NV	0.90% ($33,946)
to Utah County, UT	0.74% ($40,462)
to Davis County, UT	0.22% ($36,323)
to Cache County, UT	0.17% ($32,917)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.16% ($51,174)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 21.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 22.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 5.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Iron County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 9,311 (1,780 living alone), Female householders: 8,514 (1,837 living alone)

• 10,679 spouses (10,668 opposite-sex spouses), 683 unmarried partners, (671 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 17,230 children (16,278 natural, 417 adopted, 529 stepchildren), 723 grandchildren, 888 brothers or sisters, 326 parents, 60 foster children, 798 other relatives, 3,206 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 631

Size of family households: 5,608 2-persons, 2,048 3-persons, 2,366 4-persons, 1,456 5-persons, 751 6-persons, 672 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,620 1-person, 650 2-persons, 364 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

11,303 married couples with children.
2,480 single-parent households (809 men, 1,671 women).

91.7% of residents of Iron speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $183,200,000 ($5,049 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $18,711,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $67,427,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $26,460,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,533,000
Federal grants: $44,176,000
Federal procurement contracts: $24,679,000 ($13,602,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $18,924,000 ($1,366,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,705,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $40,616,000
Federal Government insurance: $13,696,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+31 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.37 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Iron County, Utah
• 1,3982014 or later
• 6302010 to 2013
• 5,2042000 to 2009
• 4,5031990 to 1999
• 3,7301980 to 1989
• 2,6031970 to 1979
• 1,1941960 to 1969
• 1,0481950 to 1959
• 6461940 to 1949
• 9121939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Iron County, Utah

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Iron County, Utah
• 241 room
• 1122 rooms
• 2593 rooms
• 8564 rooms
• 1,9495 rooms
• 1,6656 rooms
• 1,3517 rooms
• 1,5598 rooms
• 3,7189+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Iron County, Utah
• 2231 room
• 4302 rooms
• 8283 rooms
• 1,8484 rooms
• 1,7005 rooms
• 4146 rooms
• 2957 rooms
• 2808 rooms
• 3299+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Iron County, Utah

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Iron County, Utah
• 34no bedroom
• 2351 bedroom
• 1,3372 bedrooms
• 4,3033 bedrooms
• 2,5144 bedrooms
• 3,0555+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Iron County, Utah
• 218no bedroom
• 8841 bedroom
• 1,8292 bedrooms
• 2,5143 bedrooms
• 6164 bedrooms
• 2765+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Iron County, Utah in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Iron County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 347no vehicle
• 1,9721 vehicle
• 4,3152 vehicles
• 2,9143 vehicles
• 1,2374 vehicles
• 7215+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Iron County in renter-occupied apartments
• 333no vehicle
• 2,3781 vehicle
• 2,6182 vehicles
• 7033 vehicles
• 2414 vehicles
• 635+ vehicles

83.1% of Iron County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Utah.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 30,168
• Other state: 20,325
• Northeast: 1,041
• Midwest: 2,590
• South: 2,291
• West: 14,375

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 417
• Number of aged recipients: 19
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 398
• Number of recipients under 18: 83
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 289
• Number of recipients older than 64: 45
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 142
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 190

Iron County on our top lists:

• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election"
• #86 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents"