North Liberty, Iowa

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The City of North Liberty is in Johnson County, Iowa and was incorporated November 10, 1913 at a time when the population was approximately 190. It is a suburb of Iowa City. It is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The population dipped to 150 in 1930 but doubled to 300 by 1940 and by 1960 the population was 334 and by 1967 it numbered 782.

In 1981 the city had grown to 2,046 and at the 2000 census, the city population was 5,367; a special census taken by the city in 2004 counted 7,224 residents.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Infrastructure
4 External links

[edit] Geography

North Liberty is located at 41°44′35″N, 91°36′28″W (41.743029, -91.607807)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.6 km² (6.8 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 5,367 people, 2,259 households, and 1,400 families residing in the city. The population density was 305.6/km² (791.9/mi²). There were 2,377 housing units at an average density of 135.4/km² (350.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.38% White, 1.53% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.78% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.38% of the population.

There were 2,259 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.0% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 43.9% from 25 to 44, 13.8% from 45 to 64, and 4.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $42,500, and the median income for a family was $53,750. Males had a median income of $35,042 versus $29,328 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,339. About 3.4% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Infrastructure

The sewage from the city is treated at a modern and sophisticated treatment plant using Sequential Batch Reactors (SBRs) followed by UV sterilization. It is designed to be able to discharge more than 2 million gallons of high quality effluent to Muddy Creek each day.