This dataset contains Iowa households by household type for State of Iowa, individual Iowa counties, Iowa places and census tracts within Iowa. Data is from the American Community Survey, Five Year Estimates, Table B11001. A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied as separate living quarters.

Household type includes All, All Family, Family - Married Couple, Family - All Single Householders, Family - Male Householder - No Wife Present, Family - Female Householder - No Husband Present, All Nonfamily, Nonfamily - Householder Living Alone, and Nonfamily - Householder Not Living Alone

A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family. A family group is defined as any two or more people residing together, and related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Householder refers to the person (or one of the people) in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented (maintained) or, if there is no such person, any adult member, excluding roomers, boarders, or paid employees. If the house is owned or rented jointly by a married couple, the householder may be either the husband or the wife.