Kossuth County, Iowa (IA)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.2%), Manufacturing (17.5%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (12.7%), Retail trade (11.5%).

Type of workers:

Kossuth County, Iowa business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Kossuth County, Iowa:

Median resident age:	41.3 years
Iowa median age:	36.6 years

Males: 8,377	(48.8%)
Females: 8,786	(51.2%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $115,520

Here:	$115,520
State:	$151,570

Townhouses or other attached units: $81,541

Here:	$81,541
State:	$156,028

In 2-unit structures: $137,257

Here:	$137,257
State:	$128,390

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $125,809

Here:	$125,809
State:	$135,565

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $156,390

Here:	$156,390
State:	$110,680

Mobile homes: $47,766

Here:	$47,766
State:	$29,315

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 23
• Thefts: 11
• Auto thefts: 6

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 12
• Thefts: 34
• Auto thefts: 4

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $819 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $748 (1.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kossuth County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $498 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $636 a month.

Cities in this county include: Algona, Bancroft, Swea City, Titonka, Burt, Whittemore, Wesley, Fenton, Lu Verne, Lakota.

Neighboring counties: Faribault County, Minnesota , Emmet County , Hancock County , Humboldt County , Martin County, Minnesota , Palo Alto County , Pocahontas County , Winnebago County , Wright County .

Current college students: 475
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 150 (58% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 16.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,646
• One, attached: 90
• Two: 166
• 3 or 4: 153
• 5 to 9: 280
• 10 to 19: 42
• 20 or more: 105
• Mobile homes: 123

Housing units in Kossuth County with a mortgage: 2,120 (132 second mortgage, 209 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,168

Religion statistics:

Here		82.3%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Kossuth County:

Tornado activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 6,054 (75%) Carpooled: 946 (12%) Bus or trolley bus: 23 (0%) Taxi: 6 (0%) Bicycle: 41 (1%) Walked: 268 (3%) Other means: 21 (0%) Worked at home: 751 (9%)

4.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,663 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.37% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($20,200 average AGI)
1.66% relocated from other states ($14,463 average AGI)

Kossuth County:	1.66%
Iowa average:	2.55%

from Winnebago County, IA	0.21% ($23,538 average AGI)
from Hancock County, IA	0.19% ($28,083)
from Emmet County, IA	0.17% ($30,909)
from Humboldt County, IA	0.17% ($25,636)
from Cerro Gordo County, IA	0.16% ($35,800)
from Palo Alto County, IA	0.16% ($55,400)

6.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,563 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.82% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($17,846 average AGI)
2.20% relocated to other states ($10,717 average AGI)

Kossuth County:	2.20%
Iowa average:	2.80%

to Polk County, IA	0.56% ($28,306 average AGI)
to Story County, IA	0.31% ($28,600)
to Humboldt County, IA	0.26% ($30,647)
to Palo Alto County, IA	0.26% ($33,059)
to Cerro Gordo County, IA	0.23% ($22,667)
to Hancock County, IA	0.23% ($30,467)
to Winnebago County, IA	0.22% ($21,714)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.4

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,591 (3,311 aged, 280 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 14,461 (4,151 male householders, 638 female householders)

  4,249 spouses, 5,040 children (4,599 natural, 199 adopted, 242 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 43 other relatives, 206 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,394 (948 male householders (818 living alone)), 1,222 female householders (1,171 living alone)), 224 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 308 (260 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,404 2-persons, 854 3-persons, 836 4-persons, 482 5-persons, 177 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,989 1-person, 150 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 10 5-persons.

97.0% of residents of Kossuth County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

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

Here:	-54 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.41 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

69% of Kossuth County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Iowa.

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

• This state: 13580
• Northeast: 86
• Midwest: 2663
• South: 236
• West: 400

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,500

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 189
• Number of aged recipients: 30
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 159
• Number of recipients under 18: 22
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 126
• Number of recipients older than 64: 41
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 96
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 62

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