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Palo Alto County, Iowa

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Population:

  • Total Population: 10,147
  • Males: 4,939
  • Females: 5,208

Ethnicity:

  • White: 9,948
  • Black/African American: 0
  • Hispanic: 128
  • Native American/Eskimo: 14
  • Asian: 5
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
  • Other: 6
  • 2 or more: 46

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (9,275)
  2. Spanish (180)
  3. German (40)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 92

  1. United Kingdom (24)
  2. Canada (22)
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina (21)
  4. Germany (11)
  5. Italy (5)
  6. Korea (3)
  7. Poland (2)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Catholic Church (3,667)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (2,084)
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1,689)
  4. Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (1,242)
  5. Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. (510)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 2,480
    • Sensory: 230
    • Physical: 679
    • Mental: 351
    • Self-care: 175
    • Go outside home: 455
    • Employment: 502

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 15

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 4,119
    • Utility gas: 2,325
    • Bottled or LP gas: 1,128
    • Electricity: 525
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 119
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 10
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 10
    • No fuel used: 2

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 8,219
    • No vehicle: 354
    • 1 or more vehicle: 7,865

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 42
    • No High School: 426
    • Some High School: 625
    • High School: 2,342
    • Some College: 1,685
    • Associate's Degree: 645
    • College Degree: 671
    • Master's Degree: 165
    • Professional Degree: 78
    • Doctoral Degree: 13

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 4,119
    • Owners with phone: 3,024
    • Owners without phone: 24
    • Renters with phone: 1,052
    • Renters without phone: 19

    10 closest counties:

    1. Emmet County, Iowa
    2. Pocahontas County, Iowa
    3. Clay County, Iowa
    4. Kossuth County, Iowa
    5. Dickinson County, Iowa
    6. Humboldt County, Iowa
    7. Buena Vista County, Iowa
    8. Martin County, Minnesota
    9. Calhoun County, Iowa
    10. Jackson County, Minnesota

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    50515, 50527, 50528, 50536, 50562, 50597, 51342, 51358

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • KKIA (92.9 FM) EMMETSBURG, IA
    • KUYY (100.1 FM) EMMETSBURG, IA
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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