Pocahontas County, IA

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2022 Population

7,061

0.423% 1-year decline

US Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

US Senator

Joni Ernst

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

45.4

0% 1-year change

2022 Poverty Rate

9.06%

11.2% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$61,434

9.02% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$90,400

7.75% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Pocahontas County, IA had a population of 7.06k people with a median age of 45.4 and a median household income of $61,434. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Pocahontas County, IA declined from 7,091 to 7,061, a −0.423% decrease and its median household income grew from $56,350 to $61,434, a 9.02% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Pocahontas County, IA are White (Non-Hispanic) (91.4%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.28%), Other (Hispanic) (1.88%), White (Hispanic) (1.87%), and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic) (0.878%).

None of the households in Pocahontas County, IA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.9% of the residents in Pocahontas County, IA are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Pocahontas County, IA was $90,400, and the homeownership rate was 78.4%.

Most people in Pocahontas County, IA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Pocahontas County, IA was 2 cars per household.

Pocahontas County, IA borders Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Clay County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Sac County, IA, and Webster County, IA.

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Population & Diversity

Pocahontas County, IA is home to a population of 7.06k people, from which 97.9% are citizens. As of 2022, 2.92% of Pocahontas County, IA residents were born outside of the country (206 people).

In 2022, there were 40.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (6.46k people) in Pocahontas County, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 161 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 133 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

97.9%

2022 Citizenship

98.3%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 97.9% of Pocahontas County, IA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Pocahontas County, IA was 98.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Pocahontas County, IA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Pocahontas County, IA

White (Non-Hispanic)
6.46k ± 28
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
161 ± 79.1
Other (Hispanic)
133 ± 56

4.55%

Hispanic Population

321 people

4.55% of the people in Pocahontas County, IA are hispanic (321 people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Pocahontas County, IA as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

2.92%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

206 people

2.67%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

189 people

As of 2022, 2.92% of Pocahontas County, IA residents (206 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Pocahontas County, IA was 2.67%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Pocahontas County, IA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
167 ± 47
Korea
60 ± 31
Gulf War (2001-)
55 ± 38

Pocahontas County, IA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.78 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Pocahontas County, IA employs 3.32k people. The largest industries in Pocahontas County, IA are Manufacturing (621 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (437 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (368 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($81,875), Transportation & Warehousing ($64,375), and Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($62,188).

Employment

Occupations

3.32k

2022 Value

± 237

−2.04%

1 Year decline

± 10.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Pocahontas County, IA declined at a rate of −2.04%, from 3.39k employees to 3.32k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Pocahontas County, IA, are Management Occupations (351 people), Production Occupations (330 people), and Transportation Occupations (327 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Pocahontas County, IA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Iowa (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

3.32k

2022 Value

± 237

−2.04%

1 Year decline

± 10.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Pocahontas County, IA declined at a rate of −2.04%, from 3.39k employees to 3.32k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Pocahontas County, IA, are Manufacturing (621 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (437 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (368 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Pocahontas County, IA, though some of these residents may live in Pocahontas County, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$49,390

Median earning men ± $4,030

$34,267

Median earning women ± $3,221

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($71,188), Other Services Except Public Administration ($62,596), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($61,944).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Wholesale Trade ($55,583), Public Administration ($50,714), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($45,919).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

1.48%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.57M people employed in Iowa. This represents a 1.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Iowa.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

74
Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
58
Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance
56
Manufacturing

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Pocahontas County, IA went to Donald J. Trump with 74.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (24.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.968%).

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing the state of Iowa. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Iowa is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (74.1%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (24.4%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.968%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Pocahontas County, IA for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Iowa

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Chuck Grassley

Senator from Iowa

Assumed office on January 3, 1981

Joni Ernst

Senator from Iowa

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing Iowa.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Iowa over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Iowa

Iowa is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Iowa have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.66% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.685% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (751k), Some college (564k), and Bachelors Degree (469k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Pocahontas County, IA was $90,400 in 2022, which is 0.321 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $83,900 to $90,400, a 7.75% increase. The homeownership rate in Pocahontas County, IA is 78.4%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Pocahontas County, IA have an average commute time of 19.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Pocahontas County, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Pocahontas County, IA is $61,434. In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income in Pocahontas County, IA was Census Tract 7803 with a value of $78,438, followed by Census Tract 7802 and Census Tract 7801, with respective values of $60,293 and $58,378.

Property

$90,400

Median Property Value 2022

±$5,872

$2,418

Median Property Taxes

±$198

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Pocahontas County, IA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Pocahontas County, IA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

78.4%

Homeownership

2022

64.1%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 78.4% of the housing units in Pocahontas County, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 79.4%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Pocahontas County, IA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 7803
Census Tract 7802
Census Tract 7801

In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Pocahontas County, IA was Census Tract 7803 with a value of $78,438, followed by Census Tract 7802 and Census Tract 7801, with respective values of $60,293 and $58,378.

The following map shows all of the tracts in Pocahontas County, IA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$61,434

Median Household Income

± $3,811

3.08k

Number of Households

± 231

In 2022, the median household income of the 3.08k households in Pocahontas County, IA grew to $61,434 from the previous year's value of $56,350.

The following chart displays the households in Pocahontas County, IA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Pocahontas County, IA is from Iowa.

0.442

2022 Wage GINI in Iowa

0.439

2021 Wage GINI in Iowa

In 2022, the income inequality in Iowa was 0.442 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.723% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Iowa was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Iowa in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Iowa across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (76.2%)
Carpooled (12.8%)
Worked At Home (6.67%)

In 2022, 76.2% of workers in Pocahontas County, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.8%) and those who worked at home (6.67%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

19.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Pocahontas County, IA have a shorter commute time (19.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 1.53% of the workforce in Pocahontas County, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Pocahontas County, IA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Pocahontas County, IA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Pocahontas County, IA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

9.06% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Pocahontas County, IA (626 out of 6.91k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Pocahontas County, IA is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

94% of the population of Pocahontas County, IA has health coverage, with 40.9% on employee plans, 19.8% on Medicaid, 16.7% on Medicare, 15.1% on non-group plans, and 1.6% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.9% under 18 years, 16.5% between 18 and 34 years, 37.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 22.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

5.98%

Uninsured

40.9%

Employer Coverage

19.8%

Medicaid

16.7%

Medicare

15.1%

Non-Group

1.6%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Pocahontas County, IA grew by 24.9% from 4.79% to 5.98%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Pocahontas County, IA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.