there were 871 people, 382 households, and 205 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 487 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.54% White, 0.23% Native American, 0.11% Asian, and 0.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population. There were 382 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.1% were non-families. 38.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.83. Age spread: 19.1% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 25.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,163, and the median income for a family was $37,969. Males had a median income of $27,212 versus $17,344 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,636. About 7.9% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.7% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over. Education It is within the MFL MarMac Community School District. The district formed on July 1, 1994 with the merger of the Mar-Mac and M-F-L districts. Notable people Samuel Merrill, Governor of Iowa from 1868 to 1872 Leo Stanton Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union from 1920 to 1946 Ringling brothers, circus John Ward Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education from 1934 to 1948 Thomas Updegraff, United States House of Representatives from Iowa Andrew Clemens, sand artist Dorothy M. Johnson, author Joseph "Diamond Joe" Reynolds, steamboat entrepreneur, grain dealer, railroad builder Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first woman in the world to earn a degree as Doctor of Dental Surgery Lucy Maynard Salmon, American historian, Vassar professor Marian E. Hubbard, zoologist, Wellesley professor Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect lived there as an infant from 1867-1869 See also 16 to Life