Language Spoken At Home in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 11,353 | 100% |
English only | 10,876 | 95.8% |
Language other than English | 477 | 4.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 174 | 1.5% |
Spanish | 159 | 1.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 64 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European languages | 149 | 1.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 26 | 0.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 46 | 0.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 18 | 0.2% |
Other languages | 123 | 1.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 66 | 0.6% |
Ancestry in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 11,837 | 100% |
American | 623 | 5.3% |
Arab | 104 | 0.9% |
Czech | 132 | 1.1% |
Danish | 188 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 232 | 2.0% |
English | 1,170 | 9.9% |
French (except Basque) | 1,003 | 8.5% |
French Canadian | 385 | 3.3% |
German | 2,502 | 21.1% |
Greek | 57 | 0.5% |
Hungarian | 52 | 0.4% |
Irish | 1,031 | 8.7% |
Italian | 1,623 | 13.7% |
Lithuanian | 29 | 0.2% |
Norwegian | 294 | 2.5% |
Polish | 1,368 | 11.6% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 37 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 70 | 0.6% |
Scottish | 278 | 2.3% |
Slovak | 59 | 0.5% |
Subsaharan African | 22 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 1,394 | 11.8% |
Swiss | 15 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 11 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 12 | 0.1% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 5,276 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 3,188 | 60.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 977 | 18.5% |
Married-couple family | 2,557 | 48.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 630 | 11.9% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 249 | 4.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 121 | 2.3% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 382 | 7.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 226 | 4.3% |
Nonfamily households | 2,088 | 39.6% |
Householder living alone | 1,890 | 35.8% |
65 years and over | 952 | 18.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 1,030 | 19.5% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 2,037 | 38.6% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 11,307 | 100% |
Householder | 5,276 | 46.7% |
Spouse | 2,580 | 22.8% |
Child | 2,545 | 22.5% |
Other relatives | 474 | 4.2% |
Nonrelatives | 432 | 3.8% |
Unmarried partner | 171 | 1.5% |
Marital Status in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 5,081 | 100% |
Never married | 1,413 | 27.8% |
Now married, except separated | 2,657 | 52.3% |
Separated | 54 | 1.1% |
Widowed | 264 | 5.2% |
Divorced | 693 | 13.6% |
Females 15 years and over | 5,148 | 100% |
Never married | 937 | 18.2% |
Now married, except separated | 2,765 | 53.7% |
Separated | 69 | 1.3% |
Widowed | 851 | 16.5% |
Divorced | 526 | 10.2% |
Fertility in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 56 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 12 | 21.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 13 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 28 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 74 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 7 | 0% |
Grandparents in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 82 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 41 | 50.0% |
Less than 1 year | 7 | 8.5% |
1 or 2 years | 14 | 17.1% |
3 or 4 years | 0 | 0.0% |
5 or more years | 20 | 24.4% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 41 | 100% |
Who are female | 31 | 75.6% |
Who are married | 24 | 58.5% |
School Enrollment in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 2,144 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 116 | 5.4% |
Kindergarten | 105 | 4.9% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 948 | 44.2% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 543 | 25.3% |
College or graduate school | 432 | 20.1% |
Educational Attainment in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 9,173 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 309 | 3.4% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 673 | 7.3% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,948 | 43.0% |
Some college, no degree | 1,910 | 20.8% |
Associate's degree | 711 | 7.8% |
Bachelor's degree | 1,046 | 11.4% |
Graduate or professional degree | 576 | 6.3% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 89.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 17.7% |
Veteran Status in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 9,810 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,480 | 15.1% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 11,370 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,481 | 21.8% |
Under 18 years | 2,010 | 100% |
With a disability | 203 | 10.1% |
18 to 64 years | 6,448 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,073 | 16.6% |
65 years and over | 2,912 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,205 | 41.4% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 11,763 | 100% |
Same house | 10,851 | 92.2% |
Different house in the U.S. | 902 | 7.7% |
Same county | 522 | 4.4% |
Different county | 380 | 3.2% |
Same state | 174 | 1.5% |
Different state | 206 | 1.8% |
Abroad | 10 | 0.1% |
Place Of Birth in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 11,837 | 100% |
Native | 11,624 | 98.2% |
Born in United States | 11,578 | 97.8% |
State of residence | 8,409 | 71.0% |
Different state | 3,169 | 26.8% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 46 | 0.4% |
Foreign born | 213 | 1.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 213 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 147 | 69.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 66 | 31.0% |
Year of Entry in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 259 | 100% |
Native | 46 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 6 | 13.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 40 | 87.0% |
Foreign born | 213 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 213 | 100.0% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 213 | 100% |
Europe | 47 | 22.1% |
Asia | 114 | 53.5% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 22 | 10.3% |
Northern America | 30 | 14.1% |