АҚШ, Вашингтон штатының Айоун қаласы

Town in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States

Ione /aɪ/'/oʊ//n/ is a town in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States. The population was 428 at the 2020 census. Ione was officially incorporated on January 3, 1910. The timber industry played a major role in Ione's history. In the early 1900's, Frederick A. Blackwell's Panhandle Lumber Company opened the inland northwest's first all electric sawmill in Ione. The timber based economy persisted for nearly 100 years in Ione, lasting until 1995 when the Vaagen Brothers' sawmill, the last major sawmill in the country, closed down. Cement Mountain, with its peak roughly a mile immediately north of town, rises to 3,003 feet. Molybdenite Mountain, across the river from Ione, rises even higher to 6,788 feet. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.58 square miles (2 km2), of which, 0.53 square miles (1 km2) is land and 0.05 square miles (0 km2) is water.

As of the 2000 census, there were 479 people, 200 households, and 125 families residing in the town. The population density was 881.3 people per square mile (342.5/km2). There were 239 housing units at an average density of 439.7 per square mile (170.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 92.69% White, 0.21% African American, 2.09% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.21% from other races, and 4.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.46% of the population. There were 200 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.08. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $24,083, and the median income for a family was $30,917. Males had a median income of $35,000 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,093. About 17.1% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.