Zwingle is a city in

Dubuque Dubuque (, ) is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Dubuque was 59,667. The city lies at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a r ...

and

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counties in the

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. The population was 84 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 100 in 2000.

History

Zwingle was originally built up chiefly by settlers from

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. It was named for

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reformer

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. It was near Zwingle that

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Governor

George S. Mickelson George Speaker Mickelson (January 31, 1941April 19, 1993) was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near Zwingle, Iowa. His father, Ge ...

and seven others died in a plane crash in 1993.

Geography

Zwingle is located at (42.297837, −90.687038). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2020 Census

As of the 2020 Census, there was a total population of 84 people. There was a population density of 430.8 people per square mile, spread over 0.2 miles. Of those 84 people, the median age was 26.9 years, with 17.1% of the town's population under the age of 18, all of which are also under the age of 5, 70% between the ages of 18 and 64, and 12.9% of the population over the age of 65. There were a total of 33 households, with an average of 2.5 people per household. 60% of the town's population is male, with 40% of the population female. The racial makeup of the town was 100% White. 2.9% of the population are of English descent, 1.4% French, 45.7% German, 25.7% Irish, and 1.4% Norwegian. The average income per capita of Zwingle was $19,572, which is far lower than the state average, and the median household income was $65,600, which is higher than the state average. Only 7.1% of the population of the town lives under the poverty line, which 4 percentage points lower than the state average. 31% of the population of the town is identified as currently married, but only 6.7% of women between the ages of 15 and 50 gave birth during that year, higher than the average in the Dubuque Metro Area. 83% of the Zwingle population has received a high school degree, which is 9.5 percentage points less than the rest of the state. The town also has a lower-than-average percentage of the population having received college degrees, only 6.4% of the town's population has received a college degree compared to the state average of 30.5%. 5.2% of the town's population were veterans.

2010 Census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 91 people, 45 households, and 23 families living in the city. The

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was . There were 49 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 100.0%

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. There were 45 households, of which 17.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were

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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 48.9% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.61. The median age in the city was 38.5 years. 16.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.5% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.

2000 Census

As of the

of 2000, there were 100 people, 42 households, and 23 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 43 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.00%

, 1.00%

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and 1.00%

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of any race were 1.00% of the population. There were 42 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% were

living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 38.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.0% 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 3.25. 31.0% are under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $26,667, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $25,417 versus $19,375 for females. The

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for the city was $18,916. There were no families and 1.4% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Education

The

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operates the

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system.

References

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