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Population (year 2000): 8,751. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,767 (+0.2% change)
Males: 4,583 (52.4%), Females: 4,168 (47.6%)
Henry County
Zip code:
52641
Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $35,558 (year 2000)
Median house value: $81,700 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Pleasant:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.6%)
- Black (3.2%)
- Other Asian (1.9%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Vietnamese (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (30.4%), Irish (14.0%),
United States (10.5%), English (10.5%), Swedish (4.0%), Dutch
(3.5%).
Elevation: 720 feet
Land area: 7.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Pleasant
- High school or higher: 84.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
- Unemployed: 5.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 11.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Pleasant city
- Never married: 27.7%
- Now married: 48.9%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 13.1%
3.0% Foreign born (2.4% Asia, 0.4% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +709 (+8.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Mount Pleasant:
- HENRY COUNTY HEALTH CENTER (407 SOUTH WHITE
ST)
- MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE (1200 EAST WASHINGTON
STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mount Pleasant:
- WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
WASHINGTON, IA)
- FORT MADISON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
FORT MADISON, IA)
- GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER (about 28 miles; WEST
BURLINGTON, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Pleasant:
- SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL (about 34 miles; BURLINGTON,
IA; ID: BRL)
- OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL (about 62 miles; OTTUMWA, IA; ID:
OTM)
- THE EASTERN IOWA (about 64 miles; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA;
ID: CID)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Pleasant:
- MOUNT PLEASANT MUNI (about 5 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT,
IA; ID: MPZ)
- WASHINGTON MUNI (about 23 miles; WASHINGTON, IA; ID:
AWG)
- FORT MADISON MUNI (about 28 miles; FORT MADISON, IA;
ID: FSW)
Amtrak station:
MOUNT PLEASANT (418 N. ADAMS ST.). Services: ticket office,
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi
service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Pleasant:
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (about 48 miles; IOWA CITY, IA;
Full-time enrollment: 24,766)
- INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles;
OTTUMWA, IA; FT enrollment: 2,744)
- WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles; MACOMB,
IL; FT enrollment: 11,096)
- AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 77 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL;
FT enrollment: 2,220)
- EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 78
miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 4,180)
- SAINT AMBROSE UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; DAVENPORT,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,310)
- BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 82 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT
enrollment: 3,891)
Public high school in Mount Pleasant:
- MOUNT PLEASANT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 696;
Location: 2104 S. GRAND AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mount Pleasant:
- MOUNT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 474;
Location: 400 N ADAMS; Grades: 06 - 08)
- VAN ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 375;
Location: 801 E HENRY; Grades: PK - 05)
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 249;
Location: 501 S CORKHILL; Grades: KG - 05)
- HARLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 237;
Location: 400 E. MADISON ST.; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in Mount Pleasant:
- MT. PLEASANT PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $300,815; Location: 200 N MAIN ST; 52,409 books;
956 audio materials; 885 video materials; 109 serial
subscriptions)
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