Language Spoken At Home in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 41,903 | 100% |
English only | 38,917 | 92.9% |
Language other than English | 2,986 | 7.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,097 | 2.6% |
Spanish | 1,919 | 4.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 760 | 1.8% |
Other Indo-European languages | 604 | 1.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 187 | 0.4% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 270 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 69 | 0.2% |
Other languages | 193 | 0.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 81 | 0.2% |
Ancestry in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 45,984 | 100% |
American | 2,675 | 5.8% |
Arab | 51 | 0.1% |
Czech | 88 | 0.2% |
Danish | 2,141 | 4.7% |
Dutch | 1,312 | 2.9% |
English | 13,437 | 29.2% |
French (except Basque) | 1,299 | 2.8% |
French Canadian | 190 | 0.4% |
German | 5,848 | 12.7% |
Greek | 230 | 0.5% |
Hungarian | 68 | 0.1% |
Irish | 4,016 | 8.7% |
Italian | 1,248 | 2.7% |
Lithuanian | 10 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 916 | 2.0% |
Polish | 319 | 0.7% |
Portuguese | 63 | 0.1% |
Russian | 156 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 478 | 1.0% |
Scottish | 2,767 | 6.0% |
Slovak | 5 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 57 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 1,483 | 3.2% |
Swiss | 782 | 1.7% |
Ukrainian | 34 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 1,112 | 2.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 40 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 15,497 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 11,294 | 72.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 5,820 | 37.6% |
Married-couple family | 9,063 | 58.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,781 | 30.9% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 857 | 5.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 350 | 2.3% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 1,374 | 8.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 689 | 4.4% |
Nonfamily households | 4,203 | 27.1% |
Householder living alone | 3,139 | 20.3% |
65 years and over | 929 | 6.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 6,194 | 40.0% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 3,274 | 21.1% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 44,680 | 100% |
Householder | 15,497 | 34.7% |
Spouse | 9,071 | 20.3% |
Child | 16,172 | 36.2% |
Other relatives | 1,860 | 4.2% |
Nonrelatives | 2,080 | 4.7% |
Unmarried partner | 503 | 1.1% |
Marital Status in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 17,150 | 100% |
Never married | 5,716 | 33.3% |
Now married, except separated | 9,564 | 55.8% |
Separated | 182 | 1.1% |
Widowed | 415 | 2.4% |
Divorced | 1,273 | 7.4% |
Females 15 years and over | 17,297 | 100% |
Never married | 4,766 | 27.6% |
Now married, except separated | 9,606 | 55.5% |
Separated | 155 | 0.9% |
Widowed | 1,126 | 6.5% |
Divorced | 1,644 | 9.5% |
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 | 1,155 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 179 | 15.5% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 32 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 96 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 40 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 162 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 31 | 0% |
Grandparents in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 607 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 238 | 39.2% |
Less than 1 year | 98 | 16.1% |
1 or 2 years | 0 | 0.0% |
3 or 4 years | 66 | 10.9% |
5 or more years | 74 | 12.2% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 238 | 100% |
Who are female | 145 | 60.9% |
Who are married | 163 | 68.5% |
School Enrollment in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 16,467 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 981 | 6.0% |
Kindergarten | 782 | 4.7% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 5,795 | 35.2% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 3,124 | 19.0% |
College or graduate school | 5,785 | 35.1% |
Educational Attainment in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 24,136 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 629 | 2.6% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,497 | 6.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 6,324 | 26.2% |
Some college, no degree | 7,013 | 29.1% |
Associate's degree | 2,255 | 9.3% |
Bachelor's degree | 4,294 | 17.8% |
Graduate or professional degree | 2,124 | 8.8% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 91.2% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 26.6% |
Veteran Status in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 32,161 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,817 | 8.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 45,506 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,839 | 10.6% |
Under 18 years | 13,748 | 100% |
With a disability | 496 | 3.6% |
18 to 64 years | 27,252 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,652 | 9.7% |
65 years and over | 4,506 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,691 | 37.5% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 45,117 | 100% |
Same house | 37,001 | 82.0% |
Different house in the U.S. | 7,860 | 17.4% |
Same county | 4,784 | 10.6% |
Different county | 3,076 | 6.8% |
Same state | 2,086 | 4.6% |
Different state | 990 | 2.2% |
Abroad | 256 | 0.6% |
Place Of Birth in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 45,984 | 100% |
Native | 44,327 | 96.4% |
Born in United States | 43,965 | 95.6% |
State of residence | 26,681 | 58.0% |
Different state | 17,284 | 37.6% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 362 | 0.8% |
Foreign born | 1,657 | 3.6% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,657 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 475 | 28.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,182 | 71.3% |
Year of Entry in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 2,019 | 100% |
Native | 362 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 362 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 1,657 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 61 | 3.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,596 | 96.3% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Iron County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,657 | 100% |
Europe | 200 | 12.1% |
Asia | 234 | 14.1% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 175 | 10.6% |
Latin America | 919 | 55.5% |
Northern America | 129 | 7.8% |