Blue Grass, Iowa | |
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City | |
Blue Grass Community Center
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Motto: A Great Place To Call Home Since 1853 | |
Location of Blue Grass, Iowa |
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Coordinates: 41°30′43″N 90°45′54″W / 41.51194°N 90.76500°WCoordinates: 41°30′43″N 90°45′54″W / 41.51194°N 90.76500°W | |
Country | USA |
State | Iowa |
Counties | Muscatine, Scott |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tim Brandenburg |
Area | |
• City | 2.89 sq mi (7.49 km2) |
• Land | 2.89 sq mi (7.49 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 791 ft (241 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• City | 1,452 |
• Estimate (2012) | 1,556 |
• Density | 502.4/sq mi (194.0/km2) |
• Metro | 382,630 (135th) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 52726 |
Area code(s) | 563 |
FIPS code | 19-07075 |
GNIS feature ID | 0454709 |
Website | http://www.bluegrassia.org/ |
Blue Grass is a city in Muscatine and Scott counties in the US state of Iowa. The population was 1,541 as of 2010.
Most of Blue Grass is part of the Davenport–Moline–Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, but the Muscatine County portion of the city is considered part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.89 square miles (7.49 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,452 people, 561 households, and 426 families residing in the city. The population density was 502.4 inhabitants per square mile (194.0/km2). There were 597 housing units at an average density of 206.6 per square mile (79.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.0% White, 1.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population.
There were 561 households of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 24.1% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.93.