Plymouth County, Iowa (IA)

Races in Plymouth County, Iowa:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $178,697

Here:	$178,697
State:	$179,425

Townhouses or other attached units: $140,291

Here:	$140,291
State:	$194,502

In 2-unit structures: $124,713

Here:	$124,713
State:	$132,478

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $67,601

Here:	$67,601
State:	$137,270

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $55,035

Here:	$55,035
State:	$129,372

Mobile homes: $47,748

Here:	$47,748
State:	$49,582

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 22
• Thefts: 36
• Auto thefts: 3

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 24
• Thefts: 27
• Auto thefts: 7

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,798 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,937 (1.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Plymouth County is $414 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $498 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $671 a month.

Cities in this county include: Le Mars, Remsen, Akron, Kingsley, Hinton, Merrill, Westfield, Brunsville, Oyens, Craig.

Neighboring counties: Buena Vista County , Clay County , Hancock County , Twin Falls County, Idaho , Ida County , Sac County , Sioux County , Woodbury County .

Current college students: 816
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 670 (41.4% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 2372010 or later
• 2132000 to 2009
• 411990 to 1999
• 431980 to 1989
• 331970 to 1979
• 48Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 65.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,302
• One, attached: 244
• Two: 140
• 3 or 4: 176
• 5 to 9: 188
• 10 to 19: 95
• 20 to 49: 140
• 50 or more: 134
• Mobile homes: 372

Housing units in Plymouth County with a mortgage: 4,453 (154 second mortgage, 345 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,443

Religion statistics for Plymouth County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Plymouth County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 14, 2014 to June 24, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4184: July 24, 2014, FEMA Id: 4184, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2013 to June 15, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4126: July 02, 2013, FEMA Id: 4126, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 23, 2009 to December 27, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1877: February 25, 2010, FEMA Id: 1877, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Iowa Snow, Incident Period: February 28, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3275: March 30, 2007, FEMA Id: 3275, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Iowa Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3239: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3239, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Iowa Flooding, Incident Period: June 15, 1996 to June 30, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1133: August 21, 1996, FEMA Id: 1133, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Iowa Flooding, Severe Storm, Incident Period: April 13, 1993 to October 01, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-996: July 09, 1993, FEMA Id: 996, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Iowa Ice Storm, Incident Period: October 31, 1991 to November 29, 1991, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-928: December 26, 1991, FEMA Id: 928, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• Iowa Flooding, Severe Storm, Incident Period: May 18, 1990 to July 06, 1990, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-868: May 26, 1990, FEMA Id: 868, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Iowa Drought, Incident Period: March 31, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3036: March 31, 1977, FEMA Id: 3036, Natural disaster type: Drought
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.81% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($36,363 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.97% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($22,996 average AGI)
1.84% relocated from other states ($13,368 average AGI)

Plymouth County:	1.84%
Iowa average:	2.41%

from Woodbury County, IA	1.63% ($35,648 average AGI)
from Sioux County, IA	0.36% ($38,400)
from Union County, SD	0.17% ($32,176)
from Polk County, IA	0.15% ($53,667)
from Dakota County, NE	0.14% ($46,214)
from Douglas County, NE	0.12% ($39,667)
from Cherokee County, IA	0.11% ($42,727)

5.61% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($39,270 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.28% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($21,350 average AGI)
2.33% relocated to other states ($17,920 average AGI)

Plymouth County:	2.33%
Iowa average:	2.60%

to Woodbury County, IA	1.43% ($32,957 average AGI)
to Sioux County, IA	0.38% ($24,351)
to Polk County, IA	0.20% ($44,050)
to Minnehaha County, SD	0.20% ($28,650)
to Cherokee County, IA	0.16% ($77,250)
to Union County, SD	0.15% ($43,333)
to Story County, IA	0.13% ($22,846)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Plymouth County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 20,956 (3,879 male householders, 2,987 female householders)

  5,693 spouses, 7,269 children (6,582 natural, 311 adopted, 365 stepchildren), 199 grandchildren, 126 brothers or sisters, 55 parents, 171 other relatives, 530 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,858 (1,522 male householders (1,295 living alone)), 1,626 female householders (1,387 living alone)), 708 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 369

Size of family households: 3,434 2-persons, 1,073 3-persons, 1,258 4-persons, 882 5-persons, 144 6-persons, 102 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,683 1-person, 357 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.

4,286 married couples with children.
1,548 single-parent households (315 men, 1,233 women).

95.1% of residents of Plymouth speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $117,909,000 ($4,731 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,639,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $53,868,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,179,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $16,943,000
Federal grants: $16,844,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,183,000 ($156,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,891,000 ($399,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $971,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $11,305,000
Federal Government insurance: $111,085,000

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

Here:	-11 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.17 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 1032014 or later
• 1562010 to 2013
• 8972000 to 2009
• 1,2181990 to 1999
• 1,0151980 to 1989
• 1,5671970 to 1979
• 1,1181960 to 1969
• 9461950 to 1959
• 5781940 to 1949
• 3,1171939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 101 room
• 02 rooms
• 1143 rooms
• 4904 rooms
• 1,0175 rooms
• 1,3576 rooms
• 1,4077 rooms
• 1,3708 rooms
• 2,1679+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 771 room
• 602 rooms
• 2913 rooms
• 4284 rooms
• 3555 rooms
• 3726 rooms
• 2227 rooms
• 1588 rooms
• 1759+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 8no bedroom
• 871 bedroom
• 1,4982 bedrooms
• 3,3773 bedrooms
• 2,1454 bedrooms
• 8105+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 75no bedroom
• 4271 bedroom
• 6082 bedrooms
• 6853 bedrooms
• 3114 bedrooms
• 495+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Plymouth County, Iowa in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 180no vehicle
• 1,4591 vehicle
• 3,5652 vehicles
• 1,6583 vehicles
• 7134 vehicles
• 3335+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Plymouth County population

• 343no vehicle
• 8221 vehicle
• 6042 vehicles
• 2473 vehicles
• 1024 vehicles
• 355+ vehicles

89.7% of Plymouth County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Iowa.

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

• This state: 19,413
• Other state: 4,984
• Northeast: 165
• Midwest: 3,407
• South: 604
• West: 806

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 183
• Number of aged recipients: 18
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 165
• Number of recipients under 18: 14
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 142
• Number of recipients older than 64: 27
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 93
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 64