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1,883
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$54,345
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America/Chicago
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Leon, IA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Leon a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Leon Home page. The Leon Home page provides as much information as possible on Leon. Knowing Leon’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Leon’s Home page, you will also find Leon’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Leon has a population of 1883. 48.9% of Leon’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.1 are female. 42.7% of Leon is married and 47.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $72,764, and the average rent is $480. Household median income in Leon is $54,345, and the individual median income is $27,180. Leon’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.3%), Multiple(3.2%), Hispanic(0.7%), Asian(0.4%).
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,983 people, 858 households, and 513 families living in the city. The population density was 630.9 inhabitants per square mile (243.6/km2). There were 966 housing units at an average density of 307.3 per square mile (118.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 98.64% White, 0.10% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.56% of the population. There were 858 households, out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.90. Age spread: 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $24,390, and the median income for a family was $33,083.
Males had a median income of $24,100 versus $18,849 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,015. About 12.7% of families and 16.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 16.0% of those age 65 or over.
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