Hospers, Iowa

Hospers is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States, along the Floyd River. The population was 716 at the 2013 census.HistoryHospers was founded in 1872 when the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad was extended to that point. The city was named for Henry Hospers, an Iowa banker.GeographyHospers is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.48sqmi, all of it land.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 698 people, 278 households, and 190 families residing in the city. The population density was 1454.2PD/sqmi. There were 300 housing units at an average density of 625.0/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 97.4% White, 0.9% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.1% of the population.There were 278 households of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.7% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.05.