Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

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Sergeant Bluff is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, Iowa/Nebraska/South Dakota Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,321 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Industry
4 School
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Sergeant Bluff is located at 42°24′7″N, 96°21′30″W (42.402055, -96.358316)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.2 km² (2.0 mi²), all of which was land. The town is located just south of Sioux City at the edge of the Loess Hills. The Sioux City Municipal Airport (SUX) is adjacent to Sergeant Bluff, on the floodplain of the Missouri River. The town is home to a large brickmaking industry, and is near the Port Neal industrial complex. Interstate 29 cuts through the town dividing residential and industrial areas

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,321 people, 1,137 households, and 891 families residing in the city. The population density was 644.3/km² (1,668.7/mi²). There were 1,176 housing units at an average density of 228.2/km² (590.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.49% White, 0.90% African American, 0.72% Native American, 1.78% Asian, 0.72% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.90% of the population.

There were 1,137 households out of which 49.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city the population was spread out with 33.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,630, and the median income for a family was $53,344. Males had a median income of $35,771 versus $25,685 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,320. About 4.4% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Industry

Much of Sioux City's dangerous or polluting industry is located on the downstream side of Sergeant Bluff. This includes two large coal-burning power plants, an ammonia fertilizer plant, and a soybean processor. All of these are in the sprawling Port Neal Landing industrial park, which is surrounded by cornfields and the Missouri River. The terrain here is very flat, because it used to be in the river's flood plain.

[edit] School

Main article: Sergeant Bluff-Luton School District

The Sergeant Bluff school district is a co-schooling organization with the nearby town, Luton. Thus, the school is called Sergeant Bluff-Luton. The school consists of four schools: a primary building (Kindergarton-2nd grade), an elementary buliding (3rd-5th), a middle school building (6th-8th), and a high school building (9th-12th). Most of the students attending the district are in Sergeant Bluff or in nearby Sioux City. The school's attendance has risen since its founding, and plans for more buildings have been proposed. In March of 2007 the school system took a major hit when is bus barn was burnt down by a large fire. The school had eleven buses, 2 tractors, several lawn mowers, vans, and trucks in the barn. "Anything the school owned that had wheels was lost in the fire," as quoted by the superintendent of the Sergeant Bluff-Luton school district. Many old computers and $7,000 worth of paper were also lost. Buses and vans needed are being dontated until the school can buy more buses, probably until June. Schools that donated buses were; Sioux City community, Lawton-Bronson, Webster City, Woodbury Central, Denison, Westwood, River Valley. A very important bus was donated for use by Denison which is made for use for the handicapped. Jensen Mazda in Sioux City and Dirks Motor Company in Akron donated vans for the school to use for special needs kids. The Mid Amrecia Air Museum had several air planes in the barn that were not insured and irreplaceable. The cause of the fire is still unknow