Woodbury County, Iowa (IA)

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• • 73,20871.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 17,91817.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,9383.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,3913.3%Two or more races
  • 2,7602.7%Asian alone
  • 1,7951.7%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 970.09%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $155,668

Here:	$155,668
State:	$201,113

Townhouses or other attached units: $167,011

Here:	$167,011
State:	$195,638

In 2-unit structures: $106,914

Here:	$106,914
State:	$120,562

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $86,670

Here:	$86,670
State:	$159,145

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $204,215

Here:	$204,215
State:	$143,957

Mobile homes: $107,053

Here:	$107,053
State:	$75,033

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 34
• Burglaries: 46
• Thefts: 87
• Auto thefts: 9

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 19
• Burglaries: 37
• Thefts: 67
• Auto thefts: 19

Health of residents in Woodbury County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

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: $2,184 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,149 (1.7%)

Area name: Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Woodbury County is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $597 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $752 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sioux City, Sergeant Bluff, Moville, Sloan, Correctionville, Lawton, Anthon, Danbury, Pierson, Salix.

Neighboring counties: Chautauqua County, New York , Berrien County, Michigan , Twin Falls County, Idaho , Ida County , Monona County , Plymouth County .

Current college students: 4,797
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 9,008 (54.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,0972010 or later
• 1,9832000 to 2009
• 2,8301990 to 1999
• 1,8841980 to 1989
• 7661970 to 1979
• 375Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 78.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 30,969
• One, attached: 1,326
• Two: 1,258
• 3 or 4: 1,510
• 5 to 9: 678
• 10 to 19: 1,226
• 20 to 49: 2,061
• 50 or more: 1,781
• Mobile homes: 1,559
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 147

Housing units in Woodbury County with a mortgage: 16,335 (387 second mortgage, 908 home equity loan, 90 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,202

Religion statistics for Woodbury County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Woodbury County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Iowa Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: March 17, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4483-IA: March 23, 2020, FEMA Id: 4483, Natural disaster type: Other
• Iowa Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2019, FEMA Id: 4421, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: June 6, 2018 - July 2, 2018, FEMA Id: 4386, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 Flooding, Incident Period: May 25, 2011 to August 01, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1998: June 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 1998, Natural disaster type: 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 Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 02, 1999 to August 10, 1999, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1282: July 22, 1999, FEMA Id: 1282, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.26% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($41,782 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.51% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($12,335 average AGI)
3.74% relocated from other states ($29,446 average AGI)

Woodbury County:	3.74%
Iowa average:	2.42%

from Dakota County, NE	0.78% ($32,083 average AGI)
from Plymouth County, IA	0.47% ($51,414)
from Union County, SD	0.38% ($56,279)
from Monona County, IA	0.16% ($34,435)
from Douglas County, NE	0.12% ($50,196)
from Polk County, IA	0.10% ($37,405)
from Minnehaha County, SD	0.07% ($28,929)

5.77% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,950 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.71% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($12,365 average AGI)
4.06% relocated to other states ($33,586 average AGI)

Woodbury County:	4.06%
Iowa average:	2.69%

to Dakota County, NE	0.60% ($33,586 average AGI)
to Plymouth County, IA	0.58% ($48,398)
to Union County, SD	0.47% ($76,862)
to Douglas County, NE	0.25% ($42,717)
to Polk County, IA	0.20% ($41,558)
to Minnehaha County, SD	0.20% ($34,763)
to Monona County, IA	0.14% ($42,358)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.9
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 15.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Woodbury County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 19,997 (4,846 living alone), Female householders: 19,736 (5,160 living alone)

• 19,179 spouses (19,058 opposite-sex spouses), 3,713 unmarried partners, (3,713 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 29,062 children (26,813 natural, 686 adopted, 1,563 stepchildren), 1,360 grandchildren, 1,219 brothers or sisters, 704 parents, 0 foster children, 2,029 other relatives, 3,417 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,691

Size of family households: 10,866 2-persons, 5,057 3-persons, 5,928 4-persons, 2,717 5-persons, 1,584 6-persons, 590 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,006 1-person, 1,912 2-persons, 889 3-persons, 184 4-persons.

15,516 married couples with children.
8,033 single-parent households (2,352 men, 5,681 women).

83.3% of residents of Woodbury speak English at home.
12.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (46% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $560,998,000 ($5,441 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $42,773,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $226,558,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $119,554,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $17,581,000
Federal grants: $120,561,000
Federal procurement contracts: $21,385,000 ($12,543,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $55,358,000 ($22,355,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $836,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $31,264,000
Federal Government insurance: $155,413,000

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

Here:	-68 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 17.01 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Woodbury County, Iowa
• 1,5052014 or later
• 6512010 to 2013
• 2,4392000 to 2009
• 2,9421990 to 1999
• 1,8701980 to 1989
• 5,3101970 to 1979
• 4,1591960 to 1969
• 7,1241950 to 1959
• 2,6351940 to 1949
• 13,8801939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Woodbury County, Iowa
• 1471 room
• 802 rooms
• 4523 rooms
• 2,5244 rooms
• 4,3075 rooms
• 6,1536 rooms
• 3,7827 rooms
• 3,5248 rooms
• 5,5689+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Woodbury County, Iowa
• 8411 room
• 6992 rooms
• 1,7343 rooms
• 3,5684 rooms
• 2,5305 rooms
• 1,4376 rooms
• 1,3297 rooms
• 5648 rooms
• 4949+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Woodbury County, Iowa
• 147no bedroom
• 7561 bedroom
• 5,8752 bedrooms
• 12,9443 bedrooms
• 4,7534 bedrooms
• 2,0625+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Woodbury County, Iowa
• 970no bedroom
• 2,7091 bedroom
• 5,5832 bedrooms
• 2,8283 bedrooms
• 8094 bedrooms
• 2975+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Woodbury County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 821no vehicle
• 6,2571 vehicle
• 11,3692 vehicles
• 4,6153 vehicles
• 2,4054 vehicles
• 1,0705+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Woodbury County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,318no vehicle
• 5,9111 vehicle
• 2,6432 vehicles
• 1,8483 vehicles
• 1424 vehicles
• 3345+ vehicles

89.3% of Woodbury County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Iowa.

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

• This state: 67,882
• Other state: 25,219
• Northeast: 1,128
• Midwest: 14,018
• South: 6,661
• West: 3,412

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,925
• Number of aged recipients: 154
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,771
• Number of recipients under 18: 328
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,290
• Number of recipients older than 64: 307
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 773
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 793

Woodbury County on our top lists:

• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"