Sioux City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 85,040 people and 22 constituent neighborhoods, Sioux City is the fourth largest community in Iowa.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sioux City is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sioux City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sioux City who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.78%), sales jobs (12.41%), and food service (6.01%).

One of the benefits of Sioux City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.65 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Sioux City Information and Demographics

The education level of Sioux City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.97% of adults in Sioux City have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sioux City in 2000 was $18,666, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,664 for a family of four.

Sioux City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sioux City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sioux City is White, followed by Asian. Sioux City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.82% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Sioux City include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sioux City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.