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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Hornick, Iowa
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|image_skyline            = Hornick, IA.jpg
|image_caption            = Main Street looking southwest from 4th Street
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|map_caption              = Location of Hornick, Iowa
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = [[USA]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Iowa]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Iowa|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Woodbury County, Iowa|Woodbury]]
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|established_title    = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date   = June 23, 1896 <ref name="CDHornick">{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Hornick-Iowa.html |title= Hornick, Iowa|publisher=City-Data|accessdate=January 23, 2011}}</ref>
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_19.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 0.66
|area_land_km2            = 0.65
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.26
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 255
|population_density_km2   = 392.57
|population_density_sq_mi = 1015.94
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|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
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|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 1066
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 51026
|area_code                = [[Area code 712|712]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 19-37200
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2394422<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2394422}}</ref>
|website                  = 
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'''Hornick''' is a city in [[Woodbury County, Iowa|Woodbury County]], [[Iowa]], United States. It is part of the [[Sioux City, Iowa|Sioux City]], IA–[[Nebraska|NE]]–[[South Dakota|SD]] [[Sioux City metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]]. The population was 255 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=cen2020>{{cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |website=census.gov |publisher=United states Census Bureau |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.26|sqmi|2}}, of which {{convert|0.25|sqmi|2}} is land and 0.01 square mile (0.03&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-01-25 }}</ref> The town is located on the [[floodplain]] of the [[Missouri River]], near the edge of the [[Loess Hills]], adjacent to the old (meandered) channel of the [[West Fork of the Little Sioux River]].

== History ==
Hornick was impacted the [[2019 Midwestern U.S. floods|2019 floods.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/after-flooding-people-hornick-return-different-normal|title=After Flooding, People In Hornick Return To A Different Normal|last=Peikes|first=Katie|date=Mar 28, 2019|website=[[Iowa Public Radio]]|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref> The town was under 2 feet of water. Funding has been allocated for the construction of a [[berm]], similar to the temporary berm which prevented flooding in 1996.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2019/10/09/iowa-flooding-2019-missouri-river-buyouts-flood-recovery-fema/2287374001/|title=205 days and counting: For western Iowa, recovery from historic flooding remains a long way off|last=Norvell|first=Kim|date=October 9, 2019|website=Des Moines Register|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref>

Hornick formerly had passenger train service provided by the [[Milwaukee Road]]. Today, [[Hornick station]] is listed on the [[NRHP]].

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title= Historical populations
|type= USA
|align= left
|1900|284
|1910|245
|1920|296
|1930|309
|1940|291
|1950|310
|1960|275
|1970|250
|1980|239
|1990|222
|2000|253
|2010|225
|2020|255
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cen2020/>}}|footnote=Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=U.S. Census website|access-date=2020-03-29}} and [http://data.iowadatacenter.org/datatables/PlacesAll/plpopulation18502000.pdf Iowa Data Center]
}}
[[File:HornickIowaPopPlot.png|thumb|left|alt=The population of Hornick, Iowa from US census data|The population of Hornick, Iowa from US census data]]

===2020 census===
As of the [[United States census|census]] of 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/2020-census-main.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> there were 255 people, 94 households, and 70 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,016.8 inhabitants per square mile (392.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 105 housing units at an average density of 418.7 per square mile (161.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial]] makeup of the city was 96.9% [[White Americans|White]], 0.8% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.0% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 0.0% from other races and 2.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] persons of any race comprised 1.2% of the population.

Of the 94 households, 40.4% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.8% were cohabitating couples, 21.3% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 16.0% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 25.5% of all households were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the city was 35.4 years. 31.4% of the residents were under the age of 20; 3.5% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 29.0% were from 25 and 44; 22.7% were from 45 and 64; and 13.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.4% male and 48.6% female.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|census of 2010]],<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-05-11}}</ref> there were 225 people, 102 households, and 65 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|900.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 113 housing units at an average density of {{convert|452.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of the city was 98.2% White, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population.

There were 102 households, of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.3% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.82.

The median age in the city was 38.3 years. 26.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|census of 2000]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 253 people, 101 households, and 68 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|984.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 113 housing units at an average density of {{convert|439.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.79% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 0.79% from two or more races.

There were 101 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.10.

Age spread: 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,958, and the median income for a family was $37,083. Males had a median income of $26,750 versus $20,781 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,246. About 8.5% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.9% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.9% of those 65 or over.

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[[Category:Sioux City metropolitan area]]
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